Gone Bald is a noise rock

Noise rock

Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...

 band from Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, The Netherlands. The band was founded in Zagreb

Zagreb

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, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 in 1994. Soon thereafter, the band hitch-hiked to Amsterdam and that's where the band still lives, even though singer/guitarplayer Razorblade Jr is the only original member left after numerous changes in line-up.

Gone Bald has toured Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and shared the stage with bands like The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard was an American alternative rock and noise rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial...

, Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...

, Chinese Stars, The Ex, Ninewood, Today Is The Day

Today is the Day

Today Is the Day is an experimental noise rock/metal/grindcore band from Nashville, Tennessee. They have a diverse sound that includes influences from alternative rock, grindcore, & progressive rock among other genres...

, Neptune

Neptune (band)

Neptune is a noise music band from Boston, noted for having built their custom-made guitars and basses out of scrap metal. The band also plays custom-made percussion instruments and electric lamellophones.-Band history:...

, Sebadoh

Sebadoh

Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...

 and The Flying Luttenbachers. The band released work on tape

Magnetic tape sound recording

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, 7" single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 and CD on labels like Narrominded

Narrominded

Narrominded is an independent record label based in the Netherlands. The label releases experimental electronic and rock music genres like idm, ambient, electro, Electroacoustic improvisation, noise rock, post punk and new wave. The formats on which the label releases its music are equally...

 (The Netherlands) and Interstellar Records (Austria).

Discography

• Jesus Is Coming Soon (Kekere Aquarium, 1994) - Tape
• Fairytale Addict (Kekere Aquarium, 1994) - Tape
• Little Song Of Love (100% Recordings, 1995) - CD
• Gone Bald - (100 % Recordings, 1997) - CD
• Ona (FBWL Records, 1997) - 7” single (split with No Tomorrow Charlie)
• S.O.S. – (No label, 2001) - CD
• It Takes Guts To Tango (No label, 2002) CD-R
• Soul Vacation In Rehab Clinic (Interstellar Records, 2003) - CD
• 10 year anniversary compilation (No label, 2004) - CD
• Exotic Klaustrofobia (Narrominded, 2005) - CD
• 100 Ways to become cool (Narrominded, 2007) – Book / CD / DVD

External links

• gonebald.info Official website
• narrominded.com Narrominded website
• interstellar.at Interstellar Records website