Dirty noisy melodic garage rock indie power pop

5 MP3 Songs
POP: Power Pop, ROCK: Noise



Details:
This CD EP is the latest from tommygun. It was recorded by scott brandenburg at the werehouse in winston-salem in the autumn of 2004. For more info visit our website at www.tommygunrock.com. Thanks for listening

Players:
Doug Hawkins-drums
Jamie Miyares-bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Geoff Abell-guitar, bass, vocals


Tommygun is a minimalist, three-piece ensemble with guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums that came together in the spring of 2001 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Their sound involves edgy, quirky/cutting guitar, melodic/pulsating bass, tasteful/smashing drums, and some harmonizing vocals. Sometimes there is peace and quiet and other times there is feedback and unrest. Influences range from Guided by Voices to PJ Harvey to Fugazi to The Replacements. The band recently released their debut full-length entitled Recreation on Dec 20, 2004.

Hawkins and Abell are both originally from Statesville, N.C. Hawkins has played with various local groups, most recently Hussie. Abell spent many years during the 90's with Chapel Hill-based Capsize 7, which released several 7-inch singles, an EP on Mammoth affiliated Hep-Cat Records, and a full-length CD on Caroline Records. On the Caroline label, Capsize 7 toured the US extensively and played shows on the side-stage at Lollapalooza 1996. Miyares, a popular Winston-Salem singer-songwriter and classical pianist for 15 years, made the transition into rock following an interview with producer Mitch Easter during her stint with public radio news, which resulted in her playing bass guitar briefly for a band involving Easter's girlfriend, Shalini Chatterjee.