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GONE WILD - "GONE WILD"Produced By Rob Smith
Co-Produced by Richard Anderson, Nils-Ole Finbak & Matt Sturgess
Via RAAA International Productions / Polar Music NZ / Finbak Music / Matt Da Bass Music
1. DON'T WANNA BE A STAR
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS)
2. ESCAPE
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
3. THE GOOD OLE BOYS
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
4. GONE WILD
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
5. HEAVENS ABOVE
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
6. ACHILLES (Instrumental)
(ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
7. WAR OF WORDS
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
8. DON'T NEED THEM BLUES
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
9. MONTAGE
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
10. EL PRONTO MOFO
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
11. DITTO
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
12. COMFORT WITHIN
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
13. INTROSPECTIVE/OUTROSPECTIVE
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
14. TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
(RICHARD ANDERSON, ROB SMITH, MATT STURGESS, NILS-OLE FINBAK)
All lyrics by Richard Anderson
All music by written and recorded by GONE WILD
Rob Smith - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Music Production, Vocal Production & Arrangements
Richard Anderson - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Narration & Vocal Arrangements
Nils-Ole Finbak - Keyboards, WILD Guitars, Norske Narration, Music Production & Arrangements
Matt Sturgess - Bass, Music Production & Arrangements
Recorded at:
Polar Music Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand
Finbak Studio's, Bodo, Norway
Matt Da Bass Studio's, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Mastered at Polar Music Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand by Rob Smith
Album Cover Design: Matt Sturgess (with input from Richard Anderson & Rob Smith)
Logo Design/Concept: Richard Anderson & Matt Sturgess
Chris Szkup - Guest Guitars on "Montage"
Robin Wellaway - Guest Sax on "Heavens Above", "Don't Need Them Blues" and "The Good Ole Boys"
Carol Smith - Guest Harmonica on "Don't Need Them Blues"
Chris Szkup appears courtesy of Chrisca Music
Robin Wellaway appears courtesy of Quadraphonic Music
Carol Smith appears courtesy of Polar Music NZ
"For Your Love" - Free Mp3 Download
(Graham Gouldman, Arrangment: Rob Smith)
Rob Smith - Vocals, Guitars, Programming, Mixing & Production
Matt Sturgess - Bass
Richard Anderson - Backing Vocals
GONE WILD - "GONE WILD II"Rob Smith - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Music Production, Vocal Production & Arrangements, Lyrical & Musical Composition
Richard Anderson - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Narration & Vocal Arrangements, Lyrical & Musical Composition
Matt Sturgess - Bass, Dobro, Harmonica, Occasional Vocals, Lyrical & Musical Composition
Guests:
Nils-Ole Finbak - Piano, Keyboards on "If Only I Could Find The Words" & "In The Year Of The Blues"
Chris Szkup - Guitars on "State Of Euphoria" & "Georgia Peach"
Robin Wellaway - Guest Sax
GONE WILD - Soundclick Chart Placings:
- 3 - For Your Love - Cover Songs - Signed Artists
- 39 - For Your Love - Cover Songs - All Artists
- 10 - The Good Ole Boys - Blues/Rock - Signed Artists
- 20 - The Good Ole Boys - Blues - Signed Artists
- 25 - War Of Words - Guitar/Rock - Signed Artists
- 8 - Escape - Guitar/Rock - Signed Artists
- 10 - Achilles - Instrumental/Rock - Signed Artists
- 6 - Don't Wanna Be A Star - Classic Rock - Signed Artists
- 26 - Don't Wanna Be A Star - Guitar/Rock - Signed Artists
- 29 - Don't Wanna Be A Star - Guitar/Rock - All Artists
- 52 - El Pronto Mofo - General/Latin - All Artists

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/11/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/robsmithmuso/gonewild.html
Band Members: Please click here to support GONE WILD:

Rob Smith - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Musical Composition, Production & Arranging, Fishing & GuttingRichard Anderson - Vocals, Lyrics, Concepts, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine Wrecking, Musical Composition & Arranging, Smoking & CussingMatt Sturgess - Bass, Dobro, Occasional Vocals, Lyrics, Musical Composition & Arranging, Booze Drinking & Irish ImpersonationsEsteemed Guests:Nils-Ole Finbak - Keyboards, Piano, WILD Guitars, 12 String GuitarsChris Szkup - Guest Guitar Soloist, Resident CelebWhore, Touring GuitaristCarol Smith - Guest Harmonica, Making Coffee'sRobin Wellaway - Guest Sax, Surfing & Fluffing AboutThe Crew:Craig Harvey - Touring Drummer (awaiting the big call-up)
Kane Sturgess - Roadie & Photoguy
Skin Nickson - Head Photoguy
We hope to add more guests to the roster soon....so watch out, you might be on our hit list, yeah you!
Influences: These are some of the bands that influence the individual band members, you may or may not be able to hear the influences of some artists on the first GW album (but if you really know your music you will know that each and every one of these people helped inspire this band in some HUGE way).Official Sites:
Queen
Dragon
Deep Purple
Gary Moore
Def Leppard
The Feelers
John Lennon
George Thorogood
Iron Maiden
Paul Rodgers
Billy Idol
Gary Cherone
Bryan Adams
Mutt Lange
Tom Petty
Aerosmith
Led Zeppelin
Bruce Springsteen
John Mellencamp
Elvis Presley
Roy Orbison
Jeff Lynne
MySpace Sites:
Gary Cherone
Phil Lynott
David Gates
Gary Moore
Dragon
Bryan Adams
THIN LIZZY
Whitesnake
Jack Bruce
Ritchie Blackmore
Billy Sheehan
Jaco Pastorius
Jeff Scott Soto
Neil Young
T-Rex
Joe Lynn Turner
Cheap Trick
Man-Raze
David Gilmour
Sebastian Bach
Steve Stevens
Joe Satriani
Glenn Hughes
Les Paul
Dio
Jimmy Barnes
The Angels
Six Foot Children
The Choirboys
Rick Parfitt
Rick Ocasek
Extreme
Iron Maiden
Steve Vai

Sounds Like: All manner of things, there are little bits and pieces of influences musically, anything from Iron Maiden to Blues music....and a few of our own odd things thrown in for good measure....most of all we'd like to think that we kinda kick some ass musically.
Record Label: Polar Music New Zealand
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

GONE WILD II - LATEST UPDATE (24 April 2008)

GONE WILD II: LATEST UPDATE We can confirm that we are currently working on tracks for "GONE WILD II", Writing and Recording has continued throughout 2007 & 2008, recording of the albu...
Posted by GONE WILD on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:03:00 PST

The Candles - The Best Of The Candles

The Candles were one of the Waikato's and later Taranaki's hottest live rock bands in the 80's. The Candles were: Rob Smith - Vocals, Guitars Phil Smith - Bass, Backing Vocals Chris Martin - Dr...
Posted by GONE WILD on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:22:00 PST

Houston Wells - New CD Details - Released 14th March 2008

Compiled by Houston Wells & Rob SmithProduced by Rob SmithFor the last few years extensive work has gone into compiling the upcoming release "Then & Now: From Joe Meek To Taupo, New Zealand", ...
Posted by GONE WILD on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:04:00 PST

Matt Sturgess - "I Wasnt Looking"

Our buddy Matt Sturgess has put up a version of "I Wasn’t Looking" a very touching song written and recorded in tribute to his father who recently sadly passed away. "I Wasn’t Looking"...
Posted by GONE WILD on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:14:00 PST

Versailles Records - Skater Rock Vol 1,2 & 3

The Versailles Records compilation "Skater Rock Vol 1,2 &3" - featuring GONE WILD amongst a host of other cool as acts, this album had a release date of 1st April 2008."Skater Rock Vol 1, ...
Posted by GONE WILD on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:08:00 PST

Rest In Peace - Sir Edmund Hillary

Like many others the world over were struck with the news that a true kiwi hero, Sir Edmund Hillary passed away aged 88. Sir Ed as he was affectionately known the world over was not only respected...
Posted by GONE WILD on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:15:00 PST

Radio Stations, Shows & DJs

Due to the fact that we have a few radio stations/shows playing our music we thought it would be a perfect thing for them to be given a forum for advertising their shows right here. Please feel free ...
Posted by GONE WILD on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:33:00 PST

Noises From The Studio

Hey all....A bit of update here to let you know we are still living. We all got together this weekend and had a merry old time (thanks to some good plonk...) Saturday saw Matt laying down the bass ...
Posted by GONE WILD on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:40:00 PST

Matt Say's Don't Ask

GONE WILD bassman Matt "Da Bass" Sturgess moonlights with a few other acts.....as anyone whos up with the play will know he and Rob Smith (Vocals, Guitars) are members of New Plymouth rockers Quadrap...
Posted by GONE WILD on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:31:00 PST

Welcome to 2008!

Welcome to 2008! No the world hasn't ended over night (surely some loonies out there had this date on their list ???), but we are now safely over the threshold of one year and into another. With t...
Posted by GONE WILD on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:34:00 PST