Tsunami
Gaylord, Band
CATEGORY: MUSIC TAG: PUNK / METAL
Gaylord: What’s In A Name? If the name of the game is charm, then Rochester’s Gaylord win. Not only have they chosen a word that I haven’t heard since third grade for a band name—unless you count in Meet The Parents, which I don’t—but their music also has a unique quirkiness to match. Touching on punk, metal, jazz, funk and surf rock stylistically, it might just be what Mr.Bungle might have been if they’d had a little soul. Propelled by the guitars of Core Atoms and the ferocious jazz drumming of Andrew Verstraete, not to mention the bass/vocal work of Jeff Steverson, the trio are a three-man mobile party unit, the kind of act you’d see rocking out in PCU if it were made today and George Clinton couldn’t do it for whatever reason. Those who shoot over to their MySpace will be treated to an exceptional, siren-laced jam cover of The Doors’“Light My Fire,” the first such cover I’ve heard to give the song the treatment it truly deserves. They’ve got tour dates lined up through March, including dates at South By Southwest in Austin, TX, but so far nothing in our area. To tide yourself over, you can head to cdbaby.com and pick up the latest record, Tsunami. Consider it highly recommended. ~The Aquarian
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