The Gaa Gaas
| The Gaa Gaas | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Jersey |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Labels |
Movement-2 Records Bubblebrain Records Peter Out Records |
| Associated acts | Gavin Tate And The Traitors, The Parkinsons (band), Twisted Charm, YAK, Vagus, The Valentines, Semu Ca |
| Website |
www |
| Members |
Gavin Tate Peter Hass Jamey Exton Wes Le Galais |
| Past members |
Luke Georgiou (Session) James Walton (Session) Stewart Brown.Stefan Riccio.Dominic Pallot.Ollie Zissou.Dale Marshall.Matt Maguire.Alistair Cooper.Richard Delph.Mark Game.Tom Richardson.Dylan Proudfoot.Mark Andrews.Chris Hodgson.Adam Bouteloup.James Dolan.Johnny Aubert.Craig Smith.Ben Elms.Aaron Bouchard.Lee Gosselin.Ashley Baker.Sam Robinson |
The Gaa Gaas are a British Rock band from Jersey in the Channel Islands, who now reside in Grenoble, France and London and Brighton, UK. They formed in 2003 after attending a weekly garage punk night called 'Bomp', which was based in their hometown of St. Helier. The name came about due to them being off the rails in their younger days.
Since their relocation, they have toured throughout the UK and Europe. They were featured on the compilation 'Nineteen78' by Filthy Little Angels Records (2008), and then signed to Global Net Records in association with The Playground and released their debut single 'Voltaire' in 2010. They have received broadcast from BBC Radio 1 and MTV 2, featured in the new blood section of Artrocker magazine and have played at Jersey Live Festival as well as Drop Dead Festival that originally started up at the legendary New York club CBGB.
Speaking in an interview with Colin Jackson (a journalist for Artrocker Magazine) in February 2016 around the time of their comeback single 'Close Your Eyes', Gavin Tate gives a reason for such long delays between releases: “Since the 2010 release of our debut single ‘Voltaire', the band has survived a rather turbulent time that encompassed battles with record labels and the more serious issue of band members being imprisoned for drug importation. This obviously led to the cancellation of planned European tours and further releases.”
Singer/Guitarist and founding member Gavin Tate is the nephew of Troy Tate, who was a member of Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes, and Birmingham post-punk band Fashion, who also produced the early sessions for The Smiths first album.
Discography
Albums
- Nineteen78 - CD/Digital compilation (2008, Filthy Little Angels)
- The Peter Out Wave - CD/Digital compilation (2012, Peter Out Records)
- The Sound of Brighton - CD compilation (2012, Team Pluto Records)
Singles and EPs
- "The One Eyed Stranger" - Split single (2009, BG Records)
- Popstars! EP - (2009, BG Records)
- Repulsion Seminar EP - (2010, The Playground Records)
- "Voltaire" - (2010, The Playground Records)
- "Statues" - (2012, Unreleased)
- "Voltaire" - Re-release (2013, Movement-2 Records)
- "Close Your Eyes" - (2016, Movement-2 Records)
- "Indian Giver" - Split single (2016, Bubblebrain Records)
Promotional videos
- Voltaire - (2011, Daisy Dickinson/Bin Kim)
- Close Your Eyes - (2016, Boldizsár CR)
- Indian Giver - (2016, Jamey Exton)
References
- ↑ "Album Reviews - 2008". Tastyfanzine.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑
- ↑ "THE GAA GAA’S. | Loud Horizon". Loudhorizon.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.