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GIGANTOR

The Jet Pack!

About Me



GIGANTOR is a Punk/Rock band from Hannover, Germany. We've been around since 1991 and made quite a few records.

Early August, CJ of the WiLDHEARTS visited us in the studio to sing and play on a few songs.
Top row: Andy, Jay, CJ, Jenzzz.
Front: Nils (producer), Willi (Engineer)

The video for "Asia No Junshin"

The video for "Umi E To"

And check out this cool coverversion of "Ramone Control" by Simon Chainsaw!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2005
Band Website: gigantor.de
Band Members: Gagu - vocals
Heiko Bendlin - drums
Andy Mertens - guitars
Jay Lansford - bass
Jenzzz Gallmeyer - guitars

Influences: Ramones
Dickies
The Who
Cheap Trick
Kiss
DEVO
The Wildhearts
Zeke
Hellacopters
Descendents/ALL
Black Oak Arkansas
Simpletones
Focus
The Oneders...

Sounds Like: ...a kick in the ass!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

More Japan pix up!

I have uploaded more pictures from our stay in Tokyo last week.Check them out!
Posted by GIGANTOR on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:01:00 PST

Back from Japan!

After our 4day stint at the LIVE FREAK in Tokyo/Shinjuku, we returned safely to our hometown(s). We'd like to thank everybody who came to see our shows and hung out with us.We had a really good time a...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:09:00 PST

Album finished / mastered at the BLASTINGROOM!

Our new album "The Jet Pack!" is finally finished! Punk-engineer legend Jason Livermore mastered the album at the equally legendary BLASTINGROOM studios in Colorado and the result is... blasting. Ever...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:51:00 PST

Next guest villain! Stephen Egerton (ALL) shreds!

ALL / DESCENDENTS guitar madman Stephen Egerton contributed a shredding (do I have to mention that he SHREDS?) guitar solo to our brand new song "One Kiss For A Dollar" (which, by the w...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:39:00 PST

Special guest villain / rocking out with CJ!

Last Wednesday we had a visitor from the UK to sing and play on our album - it was CJ of THE WILDHEARTS (one of our most favourite bands). We invited him to come by and sure enough he said YES. He san...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:46:00 PST

Recording the new album NOW!

Right now we're at Willi Dammeier's IFW studio in Hannover to record our new album "THE JET PACK!"with producer Nils Ruzicka. So far things are going well. All drums are already in the can as well as ...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:47:00 PST

Recording the new album

We're gonna start recording the new album "The Jet Pack" (working title) next week. We already have 5 songs from the last session and we'll record another 10 with producer Nils Ruzicka. Should be inte...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:44:00 PST

New album!

We are currently preparing our new yet untitled album. Right now we are in the process of picking new songs from the ideas we have collected over the last year. Once we have the songs picked, we will ...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:37:00 PST

Five new tracks!

Today we will finish the recordings for our new 5-song demo. Jenzzz yet has to sing a few backing vocals but that'll be done tonight. Mixing starts tomorrow and we can hopefully present you some...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:50:00 PST

In the studio NOW

Right now we're at Willi Dammeier's IFW studio in Hannover to record a new 5 song demo. It's gonna be killer! New songs that we're recording are - Two Tonights (Are One Too Many) - Don't Dream And...
Posted by GIGANTOR on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:30:00 PST