Chris Goss
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Chris Goss is an American record producer and musician.
As well as being the founding (and only constant) member of influential desert rock outfit Masters of Reality, Goss is also well known for his production work on albums by Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. Largely credited as the Godfather of desert rock, Goss has on several occasions played down the importance of his role in this musical movement. In 1999 he stated:
| “ | I can't make any claim at all to inventing desert rock, or stoner rock, or whatever you want to call it. I make rock n roll records, and hopefully try to make the listener feel like I did when I heard my favourite music.[1] | ” |
In 2004, Goss highlighted exactly what kind of music he created:
| “ | There’s a bunch of weirdos that I work with all the time, and we make what I call "out of whack" Rock records. That’s what I do. When people want an "out of whack" weird Rock record, they call me, and I take an "out of whack" amount of money to do it, and I’m glad to be there. It’s cool.[2] | ” |
In late 2004, Chris Goss had to be hospitalized due to severe internal infection and the European leg of his tour in support of the new Masters of Reality album Give Us Barabbas had to be postponed indefinitely. After his recuperation, he joined Jeordie White and Zach Hill to release I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine, a "mini LP" released under the name Goon Moon.
Goss appeared with his long time friend Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age as "The 5:15ers" at the "winter edition" of ArthurFest, performing an intimate set which was "crafted in less than a month as the duo was a rather late addition to the Arthurball line-up as Sunday's headliner". [3] He also joined Queens of the Stone Age and Billy Gibbons to perform "Burn the Witch" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. album He co-produced with Homme as the "Fififf Teeners" the bands latest album Era Vulgaris. Continuing with Goon Moon, Goss, White and Hill released a full length album in May 2007 entitled Licker's Last Leg containing many guest artists synonymous with the desert rock scene.
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[edit] Production credits
- Melissa Auf der Maur
- The Duke Spirit
- The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
- The Flys
- I Love You
- Kik Tracee
- Kyuss
- Mark Lanegan
- Lupe Fiasco
- Masters of Reality
- Nebula
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Slo Burn
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Soulwax
- UNKLE
[edit] Appearances on record
- 1996 - Dust by Screaming Trees
- 1998 - Queens of the Stone Age by Queens of the Stone Age
- 2000 - Spirit\Light\Speed by Ian Astbury
- 2000 - Cocaine Rodeo by Mondo Generator
- 2000 - Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
- 2001 - Vol. 7&8 by The Desert Sessions
- 2002 - Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
- 2003 - Vol. 9&10 by The Desert Sessions
- 2003 - Here Comes That Weird Chill by Mark Lanegan Band
- 2003 - The Underground Personality Tapes by Roxy Saint
- 2004 - Auf der Maur by Melissa Auf der Maur
- 2005 - I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine by Goon Moon
- 2005 - Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
- 2007 - Licker's Last Leg by Goon Moon
- 2007 - Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age
- 2007 - War Stories by UNKLE
Chris Goss has also appeared on every Masters of Reality record.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Chris Goss' homepage
- 2006 Chris Goss interview with Brian D. Holland of Modernguitars.com.
- German Masters site from Thomas Hornbruch with many Chris Goss interviews and articles in english
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