Gay Dad
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In 2001 the leading single from Transmission - "Now Always and Forever" - was released. It fell just short of the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. An extensive UK
United Kingdom
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tour was followed by a limited edition single "Harder, Faster". The third single "Transmission" was released just before the album came out in late 2001.
Gay Dad played a one-off show in Houston, Texas in the summer of 2001. It was at this show that Jones shared a bill with an up and coming Austin band, Young Heart Attack
Young Heart Attack
Young Heart Attack are a high energy rock band from Austin, Texas which formed in 2001. Chris "Frenchie" Smith and bassist Steven T. Hall had previously been in the Sixteen Deluxe and Joey Shuffield in Fastball.-Lineup:...
. Smitten with the energy and drive of the band, Jones struck up a friendship with them and played a key role in getting the band signed in England. A new song "Young Heart Attack" later appeared as a b-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
to one of the singles from Transmission.
The Carling Festival
Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm...
saw the band's final two full appearances headlining the New Bands Tent. Their Leeds
Leeds
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appearance was initially delayed by technical issues and then was cut short by the stage hands. In response Jones smashed his guitar and lead the crowd in an a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
version of "Joy!".
Having left the stage to the crowd chanting their name the two nights before their Reading
Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm...
appearance saw people attempting to cram into a full tent. The set was successful with the band able to perform "Joy!" with a crowd sing-along, in a less ad-hoc nature.
Band split
Rumours of a split started circulating in 2002, and Jones finally announced the breakup of the band on the eve of the U.S. release of Transmission, citing the excessive press hype the band had received and the pressures resulting from it, as well as negative reactions to the band’s controversial name. "We got shot out of the cannon," said Jones, "then things started to get out of control, and as rapidly as we went up, we came down again."Jones claimed that one negative reaction came from Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
, which had planned to release the album in America. "Someone in radio promotion said he'd resign if he had to work a band called Gay Dad." Instead, Transmission was put out by indie label Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 70s as a marketing company and expanded to issue its own records in 1990....
.
Later that year Gay Dad's second single, "Joy!" was used in a Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi Group , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company that consists of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy...
car advertisement, FIFA 2000 and TV shows including Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk , first transmitted during 1969-70, is a British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, respectively. The series was originally created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman...
and The Naked Chef.
Following the split, Jones went into production and co-songwriting working with Electric Soft Parade, Sia Furler
Sia Furler
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler or simply Sia, is an Australian pop, downtempo, and jazz singer and songwriter. In 2000, her single, "Taken for Granted" was a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. Her 2008 album, Some People Have Real Problems peaked in the top 30 on the Billboard 200...
, Scanners
Scanners (band)
-History:The band was initially formed by Matthew Mole and Sarah Daly around 2004, who after...
, Lovebites
Love Bites (band)
Love Bites is an English girl band, that formed in 2004 and disbanded in 2006. The band was reformed again in 2011.-Career:The girls all got together through their school and internet contacts. They started out as a three piece group consisting of Danielle Graham, Aimee Haddon and Hannah Haddon....
, Jamie Dornan, The Applicators
The Applicators
The Applicators are an American pop punk band. Their music is influenced by classic punk bands such as The Misfits and The Cramps, as well as Motörhead. They formed in January 1999 in Austin, Texas with an all-female lineup: lead vocalist Sabrina, Erica on guitar, Stephanie on bass and Kristina on...
, Faceless Warewolves, The Golden Virgins, and Mark Owen
Mark Owen
Mark Anthony Patrick Owen , is an English singer-songwriter. He is a member of pop band Take That. The band were hugely successful during the 1990s and have enjoyed even more success since their reunion in 2005...
(though nothing was ever released with Owen). He occasionally writes on music for The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
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. He is also tutoring at the Bristol Institute of Modern Music.
Hoyle eventually ended up working with Freelance Hellraiser recording a track for the Ian Brown
Ian Brown
Ian George Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses, which broke up in 1996 but are confirmed to reunite in 2012. Since the break-up of the Stone Roses he has pursued a solo career...
remix album. He then worked with Dylan Rippon and Crispin Hunt (of the defunct Longpigs) in a new band called Gramercy. The band posted numerous songs on their website then split up (just before they were to release their debut EP "Hold On" through Redemption Records). In 2009 he released a a solo album as Nigel Of Bermondsey on Pure Mint records.
Crowe lives in the West of England.
Singles
- 1999: "To Earth with LoveTo Earth With Love"To Earth with Love" was the debut single by Gay Dad released in January 1999 it peaked at Number 10 in the UK Charts. A demo version was featured as single of the week in 1998 on the Mark and Lard show.-Track listing:CD1...
" - UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#10 - 1999: "Joy!Joy!"Joy!" is Gay Dad's best known and successful song. It was featured on Fifa 2000 and in 2002 on a Mitsubishi television commercial. Additional vocals on the track are by Carol Kenyon.-A-Side:...
" - UK #22 - 1999: "Oh JimOh Jim"Oh Jim" was the third single by the band Gay Dad released in 1999. The single version released for airplay is a different and earlier recording of the track that appears on the album.-A-Side:The song is essentially a Lamenting rock ballad...
" - UK #47 - 2001: "Now, Always and Forever" - UK #41
- 2001: "Harder, Faster" - Did not chart (limited edition)
- 2001: "Transmission" - UK #58