Gomez (band)
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Gomez are an English indie rock
band
from Southport
, comprising Ian Ball
(vocals, guitar), Paul "Blackie" Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitars) and Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers). The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments. Their sound is versatile and evades typical music genres falling into blues, indie, alternative, rock, folk, psychedelic and experimental.
Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998, giving them much media attention in the UK and throughout the world. Later awards came from the NME
and Q Magazine along with a Brit Awards
nomination.
Gomez began their career on Hut records (Virgin) signing in 1997. Just before their third album release In Our Gun
Hut records was forced to downsize and on the following record, Split the Difference
, Hut records was disbanded by Virgin/EMI records. The band were so dismayed by the music business and shocked by huge setbacks they kept experiencing, that they decided to go it alone and asked Virgin Records
to let them go in 2004. The following year American label ATO
signed the group, releasing their first live album Out West
and their most successful record stateside How We Operate
and A New Tide
.
Currently the band members are split between the UK and US with Ian Ball residing in Los Angeles, Olly Peacock in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray and Ben Ottewell in Brighton, England.
Ian Ball released a solo record in 2007 entitled Who Goes There
.
Ian Ball and Olly Peacock worked on the side project Operation Aloha
. The experimental project designed by photographer Christopher Wray-McCann brought together 14 of his friends, living in tree houses making songs with whatever they could bring to the island of Maui, Hawaii.
Ian Ball, Ben Ottewell, Olly Peacock and Graham Pattison (engineer) created the Final Keep Me Up in 2009. They decided to record an album using only iPhones in the back lounge of the tour bus from Calais to Köln 2 May 2009. The album exists only in streaming form.
Ben Ottewell released a solo record in 2011 entitled "Shapes & Shadows".
and vocalist Ian Ball
and drummer
Olly Peacock had been friends for as long as anyone in the band can remember, playing in a 3 piece band from ages 14 to 18. They met bassist
Paul Blackburn
and multi-instrumentalist
Tom Gray, who had grown up two doors down from Peacock, at College. Finally, Ian Ball met vocalist/guitarist; Ben Ottewell from Matlock Bath
in Derbyshire
at Sheffield University.
The band played its first gig together in 1996 in Leeds
at the Hyde Park Social Club on Ash Grove. At the time, they did not have a formal name. The band left a sign out which read "Gomez in here" for a friend of theirs whose surname was Gomez to indicate that it was the site of their first gig. People saw the sign and assumed that the band's name was Gomez. The name stuck.
The band started recording four-track demos in Peacock's father's garage in Southport during the summer of 1996. The demos were handed to Steve Fellows
(later manager/Comsat Angels
) who distributed them to four initial record labels. A bidding war erupted immediately, including several U.S labels. The band, having only one performance under their belt, decided against playing showcases in London and instead made the record companies travel to Red Tape rehearsal studios. After several weeks of playing to over 25 labels, the band finally signed to Hut records (Virgin Records
), in September 1997.
, Coldplay
) recording new songs and improving the mixes of the demos. The band self produced.
Surpassing expectations, the album went Platinum
and beyond. A season of English Festivals (including two performances at Glastonbury
) bolstered their reputation, along with constant radio and television support. The band's successful year was crowned when they won the Mercury Music Prize in September 1998. Other nominees included Massive Attack
– Mezzanine
, Pulp
– This Is Hardcore
, The Verve
– Urban Hymns
.
, was released in 1999, lending Gomez further success on the British and Australian album charts. The band also made the Billboard Heatseeker chart for the first time. After winning the Mercury Prize, the band went back to Parr Street Studios, pressing on with recording as much material as they could between tours. Ken Nelson engineered once again and the band self produced. The album went Platinum
and extensive touring followed, highlighted with a headline slot at Glastonbury Festival
on the second stage, with a record breaking crowd. The album went to #1 in the UK midweek charts but was later passed by Shania Twain
for the top position.
, was released in 2002. It made the top 10 on the UK charts as well as the top 50 on the Australian charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40, the top 20 in Portugal, and the Billboard Heatseeker chart.
The band produced and recorded the record in Batsford Manor, Gloucestershire with additional recordings in the famous Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios
.
as producer for their fourth record. Blake had previously produced albums by Tom Waits
, Crowded House
and Pearl Jam
. The band were massive fans of his compressed sounds inherent on Los Lobos
and Latin Playboys
recordings.
The band had built a Studio in Portslade, just outside of Brighton, England (where most of them were residing). They worked independently for months recording, until they developed what the record would be with Tchad Blake at Real World Studios
.
The album reached the top 40 in the UK and Australia. The first single "Catch Me Up" entered the UK top 40 in March 2004 and "Silence" was released as the second single.
Split the Difference
received a good critical response, with Allmusic rating it as four and a half stars out of five and BBC Internet Music Reviews describing it as "one of the finest releases of the year so far. If you were one of those people who wrote them off two years ago, it's time to get listening again."
However, unfortunately for Gomez, Virgin/EMI closed down Hut Recordings and, having had such a strong bond to their friends at the label, the band asked to be released from their contract. Virgin agreed.
(Foo Fighters
, Pixies) take the reins. The record was developed in the band's Studio and later recorded in 6 weeks at RAK Studios
, London.
The album's title track was featured in the Grey's Anatomy
episode "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response
", and later covered by Kevin McKidd
in the season seven episode "Song Beneath the Song". On 14 February 2006 their song "Get Miles" was featured in the House
episode "Distractions", and on 6 March 2007, their song "See the World" was featured in the House episode "Half-Wit". "See the World" was also featured in the "Bones
" episode "Widow's Son In the Windshield".
They were also one of the many bands featured on a John Lennon
Tribute aired on BBC Radio2 to mark the 25th anniversary of the musician's death. Gomez performed "Hey Bulldog
" by The Beatles
, and "Instant Karma!
" by Lennon.
"How We Operate" is also the ending song to the 2007 remake of the horror film The Hitcher
, and acts as the title music for the pilot episode of The Riches
.
With this album, the band were careful to create a collection of songs that would stand up well at live gigs.
With the band members now scattered across two continents, from Brooklyn to Brighton, England, early tracks were written and recorded individually and then merged online. The process allowed for an open and adaptive songwriting approach, the material taking on its ultimate shape when Gomez officially convened in studios in Chicago and Charlottesville, VA, with producer Brian Deck
(Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, Counting Crows).
As ever, a wide range of styles is incorporated into Gomez's matchless musical brew. Flavors of blues, psychedelia, and Krautrock all come into play, resulting in a musically mischievous and remarkably forward-thinking collection. The record also sees Gomez accompanied by a number of illustrious guest musicians, including vocalist Amy Millan
(of Stars/Broken Social Scene
), bassist Josh Abrams (The Roots
, Sam Prekop
, Godspeed You Black Emperor!), cellist Oliver Krauss (Tom McRae
, David Gray
, Paul Weller
, Beth Orton
), and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Bogie of Brooklyn's world renowned Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
.
Electronics chose Gomez to cover The Beatles
song Getting Better
for a $100 million ad campaign for Philips new lines of flat panel
and high-definition television
sets. The cover song was not released on an album until 2000 with Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
.
A collection of B-sides and rarities, Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
, was released in 2000.
In 2005, Gomez signed a new deal with Dave Matthews' (of the Dave Matthews Band
) ATO Records
. Under a new label, the band released their first live album, Out West
in June 2005. The double disc CD was compiled from shows recorded at San Francisco's famous Fillmore Theater in January 2005.
In January 2006 the band performed on Jam Cruise
before returning to the studio to put the final touches on How We Operate
. After playing the SxSW
music festival in Austin
, Tom, Ian and Ben debuted material from the upcoming release in several U.S. cities. The band's 2006 spring tour included stops in Asheville NC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, OR. They also performed at several large outdoor festivals, including stops at the Beale Street and Bonnaroo Festivals in Tennessee, the Jazzfest in New Orleans and Sasquatch Festival in George, WA.
A collection of A-side
and B-sides
and rarities titled Five Men in a Hut
was released on 17 October 2006. The two-disc album consists of released and unreleased tracks recorded under the Hut/Virgin label from 1998-2004. A DVD with music videos and interviews from their time with Hut was also released.
In 2007, Gomez recorded a cover of The Band
's hit Up On Cripple Creek
for the tribute album Endless Highway: The Music of The Band
. Also their song 'How We Operate' was played in the final scene of 'The Hitcher' staring Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings - Boromir) and Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill - Brooke Davis).
Gomez continue to tour, including a co-headlining 2007 U.S. tour with label-mate Ben Kweller
. The band toured Australia and New Zealand before heading back to the States for a second headlining leg of their U.S. tour.
On 2 March 2007, Gomez recorded a concert at the Vic Theater in Chicago
, IL
that was streamed via MSN Music.
Vocalist and songwriter Ian Ball released a solo project, with an album entitled Who Goes There
.
In 2008, Gomez opened up several shows for Dave Matthews Band
.
On 21 December the band revealed to their mailing list that a new album entitled A New Tide
will be released on 31 March in the U.S., in the UK and Europe on 30 March, and in Australia on 28 March 2009. Gomez recorded A New Tide in Chicago, and played festivals including Lollapalooza
that year.
In early 2009 Dajon Everett, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock were involved in a project called Operation Aloha
with 14 other musicians including members from Phantom Planet
and Maroon 5
. They produced an album over the course of 30 days in Maui, Hawaii. A self titled album was released on 12 May 2009.
In April 2009 the band's song "Little Pieces" was used in the 19th episode of Grey's Anatomy
season 5. It played at the start of the episode and involved a montage of Alex watching Izzie sleep in hospital, as well as Callie dancing with Arizona around Callie's apartment.
In June 2009 Gomez opened for Pearl Jam
on the European leg
of the Backspacer Tour.
In September 2009 their song "See The World" was featured in the motion picture I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
.
Gomez released their seventh studio album, Whatever's On Your Mind, 21 June 2011
The lineup has not changed since the band's beginning in 1996. Instrumentalist Dajon Everett is listed as a de facto
member of the band on their official website.
Most Gomez songs feature more than one vocalist. The breakdown of lead vocalist on each track from How We Operate is:
1 Charted on the UK Indie Chart
at #42.
2 Was released as a US only single
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
from Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...
, comprising Ian Ball
Ian Ball
Ian Ball is an English singer songwriter, most notable for being part of the indie rock band Gomez, sharing lead vocals and guitars. He has also performed and released a solo recording. He is also a member of the 14 piece supergroup Operation Aloha along with fellow Gomez member Olly Peacock...
(vocals, guitar), Paul "Blackie" Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitars) and Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers). The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments. Their sound is versatile and evades typical music genres falling into blues, indie, alternative, rock, folk, psychedelic and experimental.
Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998, giving them much media attention in the UK and throughout the world. Later awards came from the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
and Q Magazine along with a Brit Awards
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
nomination.
Gomez began their career on Hut records (Virgin) signing in 1997. Just before their third album release In Our Gun
In Our Gun
In Our Gun is the third studio album by UK band Gomez in 2002. It made the top 10 of the UK album charts as well as the top 50 of the Australian album charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40 and made the top 20 in Portugal...
Hut records was forced to downsize and on the following record, Split the Difference
Split the Difference
Split the Difference is the 2004 album by UK band Gomez. It is their fourth studio album.-Making of the album:While Gomez's first three albums had been self-produced, the band entered its new recording studio in Portslade in East Sussex with Tchad Blake as producer. Blake had previously produced...
, Hut records was disbanded by Virgin/EMI records. The band were so dismayed by the music business and shocked by huge setbacks they kept experiencing, that they decided to go it alone and asked Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
to let them go in 2004. The following year American label ATO
ATO Records
According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records...
signed the group, releasing their first live album Out West
Out West
Out West is a live double album released by Gomez in June 2005 and the first album the band released for ATO Records. It features material mostly from their first two albums, Bring It On and Liquid Skin, with a few tracks each from In Our Gun and Split the Difference, and one from the Machismo E.P....
and their most successful record stateside How We Operate
How We Operate
How We Operate is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Gomez, which was released in May 2006. The album was produced by Gil Norton who has worked with the likes of Pixies and Foo Fighters, and was recorded at RAK Studios, London. The band have again adopted the more minimalist and...
and A New Tide
A New Tide
A New Tide is the sixth studio album by the British indie rock band Gomez. It was released on 28 March 2009 in Australia, 30 March 2009 in the UK, and on 31 March 2009 in the US.-Reception:Initial critical response to A New Tide was generally average...
.
Currently the band members are split between the UK and US with Ian Ball residing in Los Angeles, Olly Peacock in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray and Ben Ottewell in Brighton, England.
Ian Ball released a solo record in 2007 entitled Who Goes There
Who Goes There (album)
Who Goes There is the debut solo album by Gomez singer and guitarist Ian Ball, released on October 30, 2007.-Track listing:#"Sweet Sweet Sleep" - 5:14#"Automatic Message" - 3:26#"Failure" - 3:25#"Your Move" - 4:59#"The Elephant Pharmacy" - 3:53...
.
Ian Ball and Olly Peacock worked on the side project Operation Aloha
Operation Aloha (album)
Operation Aloha is an album released by a supergroup of 14 musicians of the same name. It was recorded over a period of 30 days in Maui, Hawaii.-Track listing:...
. The experimental project designed by photographer Christopher Wray-McCann brought together 14 of his friends, living in tree houses making songs with whatever they could bring to the island of Maui, Hawaii.
Ian Ball, Ben Ottewell, Olly Peacock and Graham Pattison (engineer) created the Final Keep Me Up in 2009. They decided to record an album using only iPhones in the back lounge of the tour bus from Calais to Köln 2 May 2009. The album exists only in streaming form.
Ben Ottewell released a solo record in 2011 entitled "Shapes & Shadows".
Formation
GuitaristGuitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and vocalist Ian Ball
Ian Ball
Ian Ball is an English singer songwriter, most notable for being part of the indie rock band Gomez, sharing lead vocals and guitars. He has also performed and released a solo recording. He is also a member of the 14 piece supergroup Operation Aloha along with fellow Gomez member Olly Peacock...
and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Olly Peacock had been friends for as long as anyone in the band can remember, playing in a 3 piece band from ages 14 to 18. They met bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn may refer to:* Paul Blackburn * Paul Blackburn with English group, Gomez* Paul Blackburn , youth convicted of attempted murder in 1978, cleared and released in 2005...
and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
Tom Gray, who had grown up two doors down from Peacock, at College. Finally, Ian Ball met vocalist/guitarist; Ben Ottewell from Matlock Bath
Matlock Bath
Matlock Bath is a village south of Matlock in Derbyshire, England. Built along the River Derwent, it developed, in the 19th century, as a spa town and still thrives on tourism.-History:In 1698 warm springs were discovered and a Bath House was built...
in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
at Sheffield University.
The band played its first gig together in 1996 in Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
at the Hyde Park Social Club on Ash Grove. At the time, they did not have a formal name. The band left a sign out which read "Gomez in here" for a friend of theirs whose surname was Gomez to indicate that it was the site of their first gig. People saw the sign and assumed that the band's name was Gomez. The name stuck.
The band started recording four-track demos in Peacock's father's garage in Southport during the summer of 1996. The demos were handed to Steve Fellows
Stephen Fellows
Stephen Fellows is a singer, songwriter and musician. From 1978-1995, he was frontman for the band the Comsat Angels. He has also been manager for the band Gomez and has helped guide the band the Little Glitches....
(later manager/Comsat Angels
Comsat Angels
The Comsat Angels were a post-punk band from Sheffield and Doncaster, England, active from 1978 to 1995. Their music has been described as "abstract pop songs with spare instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled with some form of heartache." They have been credited as being an influence...
) who distributed them to four initial record labels. A bidding war erupted immediately, including several U.S labels. The band, having only one performance under their belt, decided against playing showcases in London and instead made the record companies travel to Red Tape rehearsal studios. After several weeks of playing to over 25 labels, the band finally signed to Hut records (Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
), in September 1997.
Bring It On
After signing to Hut records in September 1997, they began recording their debut album. They entered Parr Street Studios with engineer Ken Nelson (later Badly Drawn BoyBadly Drawn Boy
Damon Gough is an English alternative music singer/songwriter. He was born on 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England....
, Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
) recording new songs and improving the mixes of the demos. The band self produced.
Surpassing expectations, the album went Platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
and beyond. A season of English Festivals (including two performances at Glastonbury
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
) bolstered their reputation, along with constant radio and television support. The band's successful year was crowned when they won the Mercury Music Prize in September 1998. Other nominees included Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
– Mezzanine
Mezzanine (album)
Mezzanine is the third studio album by English trip hop group Massive Attack, released on 20 April 1998. It was produced by Neil Davidge along with the group. The album was released on Virgin Records....
, Pulp
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
– This Is Hardcore
This Is Hardcore
This Is Hardcore is the sixth album by English band Pulp, first released in March 1998. It came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated. As with the previous album it reached number one in the charts, and was well received critically, earning Pulp a...
, The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
– Urban Hymns
Urban Hymns
Urban Hymns is the third album by English rock band The Verve, released on 29 September 1997 on Hut Recordings. It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release, and went on to become the band's best-selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year...
.
Liquid Skin
The band's second album, Liquid SkinLiquid Skin
Liquid Skin, released in September 1999, is the second album by Gomez. The band produced it themselves and it followed the same vein of their award-winning 1998 album Bring It On.-Track listing:#"Hangover" – 3:27#"Revolutionary Kind" – 4:32...
, was released in 1999, lending Gomez further success on the British and Australian album charts. The band also made the Billboard Heatseeker chart for the first time. After winning the Mercury Prize, the band went back to Parr Street Studios, pressing on with recording as much material as they could between tours. Ken Nelson engineered once again and the band self produced. The album went Platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
and extensive touring followed, highlighted with a headline slot at Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
on the second stage, with a record breaking crowd. The album went to #1 in the UK midweek charts but was later passed by Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
for the top position.
In Our Gun
The group's third album, In Our GunIn Our Gun
In Our Gun is the third studio album by UK band Gomez in 2002. It made the top 10 of the UK album charts as well as the top 50 of the Australian album charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40 and made the top 20 in Portugal...
, was released in 2002. It made the top 10 on the UK charts as well as the top 50 on the Australian charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40, the top 20 in Portugal, and the Billboard Heatseeker chart.
The band produced and recorded the record in Batsford Manor, Gloucestershire with additional recordings in the famous Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
.
Split the Difference
While Gomez's first three albums had been self-produced, the band decided to work with Tchad BlakeTchad Blake
Tchad Blake is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.He has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including State Radio, Apartment 26, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Brazilian Girls, Sheryl Crow, November 2nd, Travis, Marike...
as producer for their fourth record. Blake had previously produced albums by Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Crowded House
Crowded House
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
and Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...
. The band were massive fans of his compressed sounds inherent on Los Lobos
Los Lobos
Los Lobos are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños.-History:The...
and Latin Playboys
Latin Playboys
Latin Playboys is a musical group comprising David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake, active in the 1990s.-History:The band began with a series of demo recordings made by Hidalgo on a home cassette tape 4-track machine...
recordings.
The band had built a Studio in Portslade, just outside of Brighton, England (where most of them were residing). They worked independently for months recording, until they developed what the record would be with Tchad Blake at Real World Studios
Real World Studios
Real World Studios is a residential recording studio in Box, Wiltshire, England associated with the Real World Records Ltd. record label founded by rock musician Peter Gabriel...
.
The album reached the top 40 in the UK and Australia. The first single "Catch Me Up" entered the UK top 40 in March 2004 and "Silence" was released as the second single.
Split the Difference
Split the Difference
Split the Difference is the 2004 album by UK band Gomez. It is their fourth studio album.-Making of the album:While Gomez's first three albums had been self-produced, the band entered its new recording studio in Portslade in East Sussex with Tchad Blake as producer. Blake had previously produced...
received a good critical response, with Allmusic rating it as four and a half stars out of five and BBC Internet Music Reviews describing it as "one of the finest releases of the year so far. If you were one of those people who wrote them off two years ago, it's time to get listening again."
However, unfortunately for Gomez, Virgin/EMI closed down Hut Recordings and, having had such a strong bond to their friends at the label, the band asked to be released from their contract. Virgin agreed.
How We Operate
Gomez's fifth studio record, How We Operate was released on 2 May 2006. It was the first record the band did not produce themselves, letting Gil NortonGil Norton
Gil Norton is a British record producer known for his work with such bands as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Distillers, Maxïmo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, The Triffids, Del Amitri, James, The Feelers, The Beekeepers,...
(Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
, Pixies) take the reins. The record was developed in the band's Studio and later recorded in 6 weeks at RAK Studios
RAK studios
RAK Studios are located near Regents Park in central London. The Studios were created by Mickie Most in late 1976 and they have been host to the recording of a number of artists for over three decades.- Artists recorded at RAK :All info from artist list....
, London.
The album's title track was featured in the Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
episode "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response
Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response
"Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" is the 26th episode from the second season of the medical drama show Grey's Anatomy. It is part two of a three part season finale, aired along side with Losing my religion on May 15, 2006, running for 43:01 min.-Main cast:*Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith...
", and later covered by Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd is a Scottish television and film actor and director. Before playing the role of Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy, McKidd starred as Lucius Vorenus in the historical drama series Rome, and provided the voice of Captain John "Soap" Mactavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the sequel...
in the season seven episode "Song Beneath the Song". On 14 February 2006 their song "Get Miles" was featured in the House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
episode "Distractions", and on 6 March 2007, their song "See the World" was featured in the House episode "Half-Wit". "See the World" was also featured in the "Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
" episode "Widow's Son In the Windshield".
They were also one of the many bands featured on a John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
Tribute aired on BBC Radio2 to mark the 25th anniversary of the musician's death. Gomez performed "Hey Bulldog
Hey Bulldog
"Hey Bulldog" is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album in 1969. Primarily by John Lennon , and finished in the studio by Lennon and McCartney, the song was recorded during the filming of the "Lady Madonna" promotional video, and like "Lady Madonna" is...
" by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, and "Instant Karma!
Instant Karma!
"Instant Karma!" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1970 on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 1003 in the United Kingdom, Apple 1818 in the United States. It is the third solo single issued by Lennon, and it peaked at #3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 singles...
" by Lennon.
"How We Operate" is also the ending song to the 2007 remake of the horror film The Hitcher
The Hitcher (2007 film)
The Hitcher is a 2007 horror film starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, and Zachary Knighton. It is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and C. Thomas Howell. The Hitcher was directed by Dave Meyers and produced by Michael Bay’s production company...
, and acts as the title music for the pilot episode of The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...
.
A New Tide
Marked a return to the always-freewheeling British band's more experimental roots, with songs like "Win Park Slope" and "Airstream Driver" evincing a spirit born of imagination and a longstanding collaborative relationship.With this album, the band were careful to create a collection of songs that would stand up well at live gigs.
With the band members now scattered across two continents, from Brooklyn to Brighton, England, early tracks were written and recorded individually and then merged online. The process allowed for an open and adaptive songwriting approach, the material taking on its ultimate shape when Gomez officially convened in studios in Chicago and Charlottesville, VA, with producer Brian Deck
Brian Deck
Brian Deck is an American music producer and member of band Red Red Meat. He co-founded Idful Studios in 1988. Since becoming a full time producer, Deck has worked with bands and artists including Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Califone, All Smiles, Fruit Bats , Gomez, The Grates, Holopaw, Baby & Hide,...
(Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, Counting Crows).
As ever, a wide range of styles is incorporated into Gomez's matchless musical brew. Flavors of blues, psychedelia, and Krautrock all come into play, resulting in a musically mischievous and remarkably forward-thinking collection. The record also sees Gomez accompanied by a number of illustrious guest musicians, including vocalist Amy Millan
Amy Millan
Amy Millan is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, was released by Arts & Crafts Records in September 2009.- Early life :Amy Millan...
(of Stars/Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto...
), bassist Josh Abrams (The Roots
The Roots
The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...
, Sam Prekop
Sam Prekop
Sam Prekop is a rock/pop musician in the band The Sea and Cake. He also has released three solo albums. Prekop first gained recognition in the band Shrimp Boat from 1988 to 1993. Many artists have performed in the Sam Prekop band, such as Chad Taylor, Josh Abrams, Jim O'Rourke, and Archer Prewitt...
, Godspeed You Black Emperor!), cellist Oliver Krauss (Tom McRae
Tom McRae
Tom McRae is an English singer-songwriter.-Career:The son of two Church of England vicars, McRae sang in the church choir and as a teen experimented with his mother's guitar...
, David Gray
David Gray (musician)
David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. He released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later...
, Paul Weller
Paul Weller
Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam , Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council...
, Beth Orton
Beth Orton
Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...
), and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Bogie of Brooklyn's world renowned Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Antibalas is a Brooklyn-based afrobeat band that is modeled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra...
.
Career success
In 1998, PhilipsPhilips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
Electronics chose Gomez to cover The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
song Getting Better
Getting Better
"Getting Better" is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, with lyrical contributions from John Lennon . It was recorded by The Beatles for the 1967 album Sgt...
for a $100 million ad campaign for Philips new lines of flat panel
Flat panel display
Flat panel displays encompass a growing number of electronic visual display technologies. They are far lighter and thinner than traditional television sets and video displays that use cathode ray tubes , and are usually less than thick...
and high-definition television
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
sets. The cover song was not released on an album until 2000 with Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline is a 2000 compilation of previously unreleased material, including BBC Radio 1 studio sessions, outtakes and B-sides by UK band Gomez...
.
A collection of B-sides and rarities, Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline is a 2000 compilation of previously unreleased material, including BBC Radio 1 studio sessions, outtakes and B-sides by UK band Gomez...
, was released in 2000.
In 2005, Gomez signed a new deal with Dave Matthews' (of the Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
) ATO Records
ATO Records
According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records...
. Under a new label, the band released their first live album, Out West
Out West
Out West is a live double album released by Gomez in June 2005 and the first album the band released for ATO Records. It features material mostly from their first two albums, Bring It On and Liquid Skin, with a few tracks each from In Our Gun and Split the Difference, and one from the Machismo E.P....
in June 2005. The double disc CD was compiled from shows recorded at San Francisco's famous Fillmore Theater in January 2005.
In January 2006 the band performed on Jam Cruise
Jam Cruise
Held annually in January, Jam Cruise is a music festival on a cruise ship. It features artists of the jam band genre playing at multiple venues aboard the vessel...
before returning to the studio to put the final touches on How We Operate
How We Operate
How We Operate is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Gomez, which was released in May 2006. The album was produced by Gil Norton who has worked with the likes of Pixies and Foo Fighters, and was recorded at RAK Studios, London. The band have again adopted the more minimalist and...
. After playing the SxSW
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
music festival in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Tom, Ian and Ben debuted material from the upcoming release in several U.S. cities. The band's 2006 spring tour included stops in Asheville NC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, OR. They also performed at several large outdoor festivals, including stops at the Beale Street and Bonnaroo Festivals in Tennessee, the Jazzfest in New Orleans and Sasquatch Festival in George, WA.
A collection of A-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...
and B-sides
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...
and rarities titled Five Men in a Hut
Five Men In A Hut (CD)
Five Men in a Hut is a 2006 compilation album by the British band Gomez. It covers their output from 1998 to 2004 when they were with Virgin Records.-Track listing:Disc 1#"Whipping Piccadilly"#"The Best In Town"#"Catch Me Up"#"Pick Up The Pieces"...
was released on 17 October 2006. The two-disc album consists of released and unreleased tracks recorded under the Hut/Virgin label from 1998-2004. A DVD with music videos and interviews from their time with Hut was also released.
In 2007, Gomez recorded a cover of The Band
The Band
The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
's hit Up On Cripple Creek
Up on Cripple Creek
"Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on The Band's eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as a single in November 1969 and reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100...
for the tribute album Endless Highway: The Music of The Band
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band
Endless Highway: The Music of the Band, a tribute to The Band, was released on 30 January 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by Robbie Robertson unless noted otherwise.#"This Wheel's on Fire" performed by Guster - 3:24...
. Also their song 'How We Operate' was played in the final scene of 'The Hitcher' staring Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings - Boromir) and Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill - Brooke Davis).
Gomez continue to tour, including a co-headlining 2007 U.S. tour with label-mate Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Early life:Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, Texas, where his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to a much larger city,...
. The band toured Australia and New Zealand before heading back to the States for a second headlining leg of their U.S. tour.
On 2 March 2007, Gomez recorded a concert at the Vic Theater in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, IL
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
that was streamed via MSN Music.
Vocalist and songwriter Ian Ball released a solo project, with an album entitled Who Goes There
Who Goes There (album)
Who Goes There is the debut solo album by Gomez singer and guitarist Ian Ball, released on October 30, 2007.-Track listing:#"Sweet Sweet Sleep" - 5:14#"Automatic Message" - 3:26#"Failure" - 3:25#"Your Move" - 4:59#"The Elephant Pharmacy" - 3:53...
.
In 2008, Gomez opened up several shows for Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
.
On 21 December the band revealed to their mailing list that a new album entitled A New Tide
A New Tide
A New Tide is the sixth studio album by the British indie rock band Gomez. It was released on 28 March 2009 in Australia, 30 March 2009 in the UK, and on 31 March 2009 in the US.-Reception:Initial critical response to A New Tide was generally average...
will be released on 31 March in the U.S., in the UK and Europe on 30 March, and in Australia on 28 March 2009. Gomez recorded A New Tide in Chicago, and played festivals including Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
that year.
In early 2009 Dajon Everett, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock were involved in a project called Operation Aloha
Operation Aloha (album)
Operation Aloha is an album released by a supergroup of 14 musicians of the same name. It was recorded over a period of 30 days in Maui, Hawaii.-Track listing:...
with 14 other musicians including members from Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet are an American alternative rock band from Southern California. Formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, the band consists of Alex Greenwald , Darren Robinson , Sam Farrar and Jeff Conrad . The band is best known for its track "California", which became the theme song for the Fox TV series,...
and Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
. They produced an album over the course of 30 days in Maui, Hawaii. A self titled album was released on 12 May 2009.
In April 2009 the band's song "Little Pieces" was used in the 19th episode of Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
season 5. It played at the start of the episode and involved a montage of Alex watching Izzie sleep in hospital, as well as Callie dancing with Arizona around Callie's apartment.
In June 2009 Gomez opened for Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...
on the European leg
Backspacer Tour
The Backspacer Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its ninth album, Backspacer.-History:Pearl Jam promoted Backspacer with tours in Europe, North America and Oceania in 2009 and further legs in North America and Europe in 2010.In August 2009, Pearl Jam headlined...
of the Backspacer Tour.
In September 2009 their song "See The World" was featured in the motion picture I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is a New York Times #1 bestseller and has made the Best Seller List each year from 2006 to 2011. It has sold over one million copies worldwide, including 400,000 copies in 2009 alone...
.
Gomez released their seventh studio album, Whatever's On Your Mind, 21 June 2011
Members
- Ian BallIan BallIan Ball is an English singer songwriter, most notable for being part of the indie rock band Gomez, sharing lead vocals and guitars. He has also performed and released a solo recording. He is also a member of the 14 piece supergroup Operation Aloha along with fellow Gomez member Olly Peacock...
(vocals, guitar) - Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitar)
- Paul Blackburn (bass)
- Tom Gray (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
- Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers)
The lineup has not changed since the band's beginning in 1996. Instrumentalist Dajon Everett is listed as a de facto
De facto
De facto is a Latin expression that means "concerning fact." In law, it often means "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law" or "in practice or actuality, but not officially established." It is commonly used in contrast to de jure when referring to matters of law, governance, or...
member of the band on their official website.
Most Gomez songs feature more than one vocalist. The breakdown of lead vocalist on each track from How We Operate is:
- Ball: "Notice", "Hamoa Beach", "Charley Patton Songs", "Cry On Demand"
- Ottewell: "See The World", "How We Operate", "Chasing Ghosts With Alcohol", "Tear Your Love Apart", "All Too Much"
- Gray: "girlshapedlovedrug", "Woman! Man!", "Don't Make Me Laugh"
Studio albums
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CAN RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
U.S. Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| 1999 | Liquid Skin Liquid Skin Liquid Skin, released in September 1999, is the second album by Gomez. The band produced it themselves and it followed the same vein of their award-winning 1998 album Bring It On.-Track listing:#"Hangover" – 3:27#"Revolutionary Kind" – 4:32... |
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| 2002 | In Our Gun In Our Gun In Our Gun is the third studio album by UK band Gomez in 2002. It made the top 10 of the UK album charts as well as the top 50 of the Australian album charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40 and made the top 20 in Portugal... |
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| 2004 | Split the Difference Split the Difference Split the Difference is the 2004 album by UK band Gomez. It is their fourth studio album.-Making of the album:While Gomez's first three albums had been self-produced, the band entered its new recording studio in Portslade in East Sussex with Tchad Blake as producer. Blake had previously produced... |
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| 2006 | How We Operate How We Operate How We Operate is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Gomez, which was released in May 2006. The album was produced by Gil Norton who has worked with the likes of Pixies and Foo Fighters, and was recorded at RAK Studios, London. The band have again adopted the more minimalist and... ATO Records According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records... / Independiente Independiente Records Independiente is a record label formed in 1997 after Andy MacDonald sold Go! Discs Records to PolyGram in 1996 for a reported £30 million. In the UK, the label is distributed Vital PIAS.... |
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| 2009 | A New Tide A New Tide A New Tide is the sixth studio album by the British indie rock band Gomez. It was released on 28 March 2009 in Australia, 30 March 2009 in the UK, and on 31 March 2009 in the US.-Reception:Initial critical response to A New Tide was generally average... ATO Records According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records... , Eat Sleep |
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| 2011 | Whatever's On Your Mind Whatever's On Your Mind Whatever's On Your Mind is the seventh studio album by English indie rock band Gomez. It was released on 6 June 2011 in the UK, reaching No. 65 in the UK Albums Chart. It reached No. 81 on the Billboard 200 in the US. The song, "Options", was released as a single prior to the album's release,... ATO Records According to Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli, and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records... , Eat Sleep |
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Live Albums
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CAN RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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U.S. Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| 2005 | Out West Out West Out West is a live double album released by Gomez in June 2005 and the first album the band released for ATO Records. It features material mostly from their first two albums, Bring It On and Liquid Skin, with a few tracks each from In Our Gun and Split the Difference, and one from the Machismo E.P....
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Compilations
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CAN RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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U.S. Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| 2000 | Machismo E.P. Machismo E.P. Machismo E.P. is a 5 track EP by British rock band Gomez, released in 2000 on Hut/Virgin Records. Recorded at Real World Studios in Bath, England, Machismo E.P. was originally an individual release, but is often included as a bonus disc with special pressings of the 2000 b-sides compilation...
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| 2002 | Detroit Swing '66/Ping One Down Detroit Swing '66/Ping One Down Detroit Swing 66/Ping One Down is a seven-track EP by British rock band Gomez, released in 2002 on Hut/Virgin Records in Australia. Both Detroit Swing 66 and Ping One Down had been featured on the album In Our Gun. Detroit Swing 66 was played to radio in Australia only... |
| 2006 | See the World E.P.
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| 2006 | Girlshapedlovedrug E.P.
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Singles
| Year | Title | UK UK Singles Chart The 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 ... |
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| 1998 | 6 April | "78 Stone Wobble" | 44 | Bring It On |
| 8 June | "Get Myself Arrested" | 45 | ||
| 7 September | "Whippin' Piccadilly" | 35 | ||
| 1999 | 5 July | "Bring It On" | 21 | Liquid Skin |
| 6 September | "Rhythm & Blues Alibi" | 18 | ||
| 22 November | "We Haven't Turned Around" | 38 | ||
| 2002 | 11 March | "Shot Shot" | 28 | In Our Gun |
| 10 June | "Sound of Sounds"/"Ping One Down" | 48 | ||
| 2004 | 15 March | "Catch Me Up" | 36 | Split the Difference |
| 2005 | 17 May | "Silence" | 41 | |
| 6 September | "Sweet Virginia" | - 1 | ||
| 2006 | 17 April | "How We Operate" | - | How We Operate |
| 29 May | "Girlshapedlovedrug" | 66 | ||
| 4 September | "See the World" | 107 | ||
| 2009 | 13 April | "Airstream Driver" | - | A New Tide |
| 17 August | "Little Pieces" | - | ||
| 2011 | 31 May | "Options" | 76 | Whatever's On Your Mind |
1 Charted on the UK Indie Chart
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...
at #42.
2 Was released as a US only single
Videos
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| 2006 | Five Men in a Hut Five Men In A Hut (DVD) Five Men In A Hut is a DVD release by the British band Gomez, as a companion to the Five Men In A Hut B-sides compilation. It features videos for many of the band's songs, along with some interviews with the band members and some live performances.-Track listing:#"78 Stone Wobble "#"Get Myself...
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Other contributions
- The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary ShowThe Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary ShowThe Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show is a 2-disc compilation album of BBC Radio 2 popular music recordings, released in the United Kingdom in July 2007...
(2007) - "Wichita Lineman" - " Endless Highway: The Music of The BandEndless Highway: The Music of The BandEndless Highway: The Music of the Band, a tribute to The Band, was released on 30 January 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by Robbie Robertson unless noted otherwise.#"This Wheel's on Fire" performed by Guster - 3:24...
" - "Up On Cripple Creek"
External links
- Official Gomez website
- Gomez collection at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive - Interview with Tom Gray on SomethingGlorious.com
- Gomez Concerts and Interviews at NPR Music
- Interview with Ben Ottewell