Gaylord was an American rock band active from late 1995 until 2010.
Gaylord | |
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| Origin | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1995–2010 |
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| Past members | Core Atoms Jeff Steverson Brann Dailor Drew Verstraete |
History
editGaylord was founded in 1995 in Rochester, New York, by guitarist/ singer/songwriter Core Atoms (Arcadea, Zruda) and bassist/singer/songwriter Jeff Steverson. In 1996, Gaylord released their first recording Sparkling Cool, following the addition of drummer Brann Dailor.[1] After Dailor, Gaylord would play with two other drummers before the addition of percussionist/singer Drew Verstraete (Big Hair, Zruda) in late 1998 [2] After the addition of Verstraete, Gaylord went on to release several recordings including the full length self-released, Drop a Bomb on a Town of Fried Bologna (2001), Tsunami (2004) and Resplendent Locution (2007).[3]
In 2007, Gaylord recorded Resplendent Locution with Doug White at Watchmen Recording Studios before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia.[4] In March 2008, a month before Gaylord left for Atlanta, they recorded a one-hour live performance for the WXXI television series On Stage.[5] In December 2009, Gaylord disbanded, and Atoms and Verstraete founded the progressive metal band Zruda with Guitarist Bryan Aiken and bassist Sean Peiffer of the Athens, Georgia-based prog-metal band Lazer Wulf.[6] In 2016, Atoms and Dailor reunited to create the Progressive Synth Metal band Arcadea, releasing their self-entitled debut in June 2017 on Relapse Records.[7]
Musical style and influences
editGaylord embraced an eclectic mix of styles which one reviewer described as, "a raucous blend of prog, metal, and funk with heavy traces of classical."[8] In an interview for the newspaper Flagpole, Core Atoms accredited Gaylord's sound to a shared, "love of everything from metal to classical to funk and bluegrass."[1] Their distinct sound was further aided by Atoms' unconventional style of playing a right-handed guitar, left-handed—essentially backwards and upside-down,[4][9] and Steverson's complex style of bass playing, which combined slapping, strumming, plucking, and tapping.[10] In a 2017 interview for Revolver Magazine, Dailor said:
"Gaylord's bass player, Jeff [Steverson] was crazy too. I thought they were super talented, and it was different from what I was doing at the time...Gaylord were playing weird funk, also influenced by Mr. Bungle. We had all this different music wrapped up in this one really bizarre package. Core's guitar playing was just different, and that's what I always look for: something artistic and weird."[11]
Discography
edit- Sparkling Cool (1996)
- Rootbeer & Mayonnaise (1998)
- Drop a Bomb on a Town of Fried Bologna (2000)
- The Password (2002)
- Tsunami (2004)
- Gayest Hits (2006)
- Resplendent Locution (2007)
References
edit- ^ a b Lamb, Gordon "Gaylord: Not as Popular as Beethoven", Flagpole, Athens: Georgia, July 16, 2008, vol.22 no. 28, p. 22.
- ^ "GAYLORD". Progarchives.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "Lost Rochester Bands - Rochester Wiki". Rocwiki.org. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Gaylord". Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ "ZRUDA | Rock from Atlanta, GA". ReverbNation.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "ARCADEA's (Featuring Members of Mastodon, Withered, Zruda) Self-Titled, Debut Album OUT NOW | Relapse Records". Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ "Music Reviews 2.8.06". Rochestercitynewspaper.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Hatton, Thomas (June 16, 2017). "Interview with Core Atoms from Arcadea (side project for members of Mastodon, Zruda, Withered)". Proglodytes.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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- ^ "Mastodon's Brann Dailor Talks Psychedelic, Synth-Heavy Side Project, Arcadea". Revolvermag.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2020.