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About Me

"Like a grittier Lorretta Lynn, she's from the wrong side of the tracks. Uncouthly ace" - NME....

"Calling all you hippies, shroom bunnnies and purple ohmies. A new sound has come. If you're down and in trouble and you need a helping hand, Gemma Ray has come to share your despair; she will sing you better as she knows just how you feel. She is a people's poet, this is truly excellent music. Drawing everything from Bjork to Pink Floyd to Sam Brown to The Mars Volta. This is essential listening. 4/5 stars." - Neil Simpson, Spill Magazine....

"Imagine if you will Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds fronted by Lorretta Lynne, then I may have painted an outline of this band's sound. "From the Teeth" is brooding, dark and menacing. The textured bluesy instrumentation is breathed into whirling life by Gemma's fantastically expressive and powerful vocals..." - www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/4/2005
Band Website: gemmaray.co.uk
Band Members: Gemma Ray
Influences: words, numbers, patterns, porridge, snakes, lions, spiders, corrugated cardboard, brown paper, things that become good when you have lots of them, wales, rain, driving, dogs, running, rusty metal, varnish, classic cars, the past, anything old and forgotten, annoymous photos of strangers, inanimate objects, my guitars, tv without the sound on, tea, not crabs, hangovers, tramedol, castles, black ink, colour photocopiers, andrew, medieval recreation museums, WWII, life, death, hospitals, colours, candles, smells, hindsight, foresight, the here and now, evil snails, glue.
Sounds Like: a Gamma Ray
Record Label: Bronzerat
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bad Souls and Salvation

Alive? Yes very much so. Having survived, sweated and secreted every bit of filth from our penitent souls during the Seasick Steve tour in March and April, we have emerged cleansed and clear-headed (b...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:18:00 PST

So wrong it must be right...

Yes, as some may have noticed we have a triage of brand new tracks on our my space page, sampling what's to come from our next album. They are: Bad Soul (available for download at ...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:33:00 PST

Red in Tooth and Claw

For those wondering what I've been up to this year, I have been mainly: ...cruising up and down Archway Road in ambulances whilst projectile bleeding from my throat*(1) , drawing lots of pic...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:10:00 PST

Fuck me we're in Canada

Yes we are. And we're kicking the shit out of Toronto tomorrow, we can't wait. Rancho Relaxos, College Street. Come and show us how it's done. Watch out Halifax - we're back in our spiritual hood...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:03:00 PST

Sickness and Swansea to Toronto

It's been a while since there's been a GRR an online outburst, but I'm pretty pumped about the London-Canada (via Swansea and Detroit) Ritual Roadshow. It's not that I hate London (all of the tim...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:15:00 PST

New Track and Water Rats

Our new track * "No, No, No, No" is alive and kick-drumming for your aural pleasure. More new tracks recorded with the Mighty Scott McCormick to be unleashed online soon. The will be a rare lone...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:38:00 PST

The GRR Trilogy and more...

Yes, it's true. The Gemma Ray Ritual Trilogy has been commited to tape: Triffid Nebula I/ Triffid Nebula II/ Little Biscuit This prog-tinged mexican influenced extravaganza is currently being mastered...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Mon, 08 May 2006 09:05:00 PST

Some GRR Press...

(More at www.gemmaray.co.uk) "Gemma Ray obviously gets her kicks by taking in strays from late-90's also-rans like Ten Benson and January but when she leads her ritual down the same dark paths ...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Mon, 08 May 2006 06:20:00 PST

Get your hands on 7 inches of the GRR...

'From the Teeth' and 'White Bait' are now available in all good record shops on white-hot vinyl. Or you can order from the webiste - www.gemmaray.co.uk. Come and get it! ...
Posted by The Gemma Ray Ritual on Sat, 06 May 2006 09:04:00 PST