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About Me

Gina Go Faster began in the summer of 1995 with three friends who shared a passion for music, an ear for songwriting and a strong need to have a good time.After some time playing in the local rock scene, GGF started to get a buzz within the indie rock crowd. They recorded their first 7-inch release on Blue Lamp Records, a split single called "Nice Boy," which garnered them the attention of international music media and quickly sold out in the US and Japan. But before the record was even released, Gina Go Faster hit its first major bump in the road when their drummer broke the news that he was moving on. Determined to keep the rock alive, bass player/vocalist Mike Freeman and guitarist/back-up vocalist Joel Abell pushed on in search of a new drummer.Still struggling without a permanent time-keeper, "Stereophonicactionplan" was released in 1997 on King Bee Records, and GGF had another sold out record after multiple tours and great reviews.GGF sought a drummer that really fit the bandâ€™s need to tour, write and record the music they loved. Mark Armijo was a drummer from the New Mexico punk rock scene who had a dubious reputation but also a strong charisma and an ability to beat the crap out of the drums. Not wasting any time, GGF released their next recording on Shaky/King Bee records, "Faster Motor Co." The response from music media and fans was even stronger than their previous recordings; GGF had started to really solidify their sound. Success began to snowball for GGF, as they recorded the follow up "Wagon Mound" and jumped on a stint with the Warped Tour.Gina Go Faster has released their last two recordings on King Bee Records, appearing on the "Staying at Mike's" comp and their latest full-length, "Brown Paper Bag." Like GGF recordings of the past, these met with great reviews and much fanfare.From the beginning, GGF has been picking up fans along the way; the buzz has grown stronger, and the passion and devotion of the fans has grown as well. With numerous tours around the US, a long list of headlining and opening gigs with legendary punk and rock-n-roll bands, Gina Go Faster's Freeman and Abell have been on a long road with a revolving door of drummers. With a newfound excitement Gina Go Faster now shares the stage with dyed-in-the-wool drummer Tim Reed, who knows how to keep the excitement for music, the sound solid and the good times rolling.In early 2007, GGF is on tour, writing songs and recording for their next release.

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Member Since: 4/20/2005
Band Website: youtube.com/watch?v=2wFiWC_u8ts
Band Members: Mike- Bass and Lead VocalsJoel- Guitar and Back up VocalsTim- Drums and Back up Vocals
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Sounds Like: "Fast, snappy, delirious pop done as punk rock." Censor This issue 11"Aggressive, but still poppy garage punk rock. This reminds me a lot of the high spirited early THE PHUZZ singles which knocked my socks off when I first got into 7"s. Very energetic and lively." Rats in the Hallway issue 9"two qualities I like in a band , guitars and distinctive, if not slightly annoying, vocals. The songs are catchy too." Maximum Rock & Roll"There are so many bands out there that just go through the motions of playing punk rock that it just becomes boring and self defeating. Luckily, Gina Go Faster isn't one of these bands. They come out of the gate at full steam and don't slow down well into last call. Easily one of the better punk rock bands" "I highly recomend checking them out live." Shame 7"No wank and lots of spank; good, smart, punched to the floor, yelling at the sky, full tilt rock'n'roll." Flipside
Record Label: King Bee Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

First show in months

It was fun to see our friends/fans who came out to rock at the 12 volt on Saturday night. Our good friends Red Stinger are always fun to play with and they really brought the house down after GGF...
Posted by gina go faster on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:17:00 PST

Electric party machine

We had a flippin rockin good time Friday night at the 12 volt tavern. Thanks to the great bartenders and the folks who came by to bring the rock. We met some new fans and friends in Old...
Posted by gina go faster on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:34:00 PST

Crazy rain storm and 1/2 naked entertainers

Thanks to everyone who came to rock on Friday night at Benders. We had a great time rocking with our buddies the Freeman Social and our new friends Murderland. There was a pretty good rain storm...
Posted by gina go faster on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:14:00 PST

Rock is alive and well in Durango!

We had a wild and crazy weekend in Durango with all our friends and the great music fans down there who always show up to get rowdy and have a good time. The Freeman Social totally ripped every show w...
Posted by gina go faster on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:17:00 PST

The Larimer show

We had a great time rockin with everyone at the Larimer Lounge show last night and thank you to them for giving us a place to set up our stuff and play. There was a lot of you fuckers that came late t...
Posted by gina go faster on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:18:00 PST

We're back and ready to rock

After Gina Go Faster left Berlin we hit holiday traffic on the way to Jena to drop off the stuff with Katja and Seth. They had lunch waiting for us and we kicked it with them for about an hour. We the...
Posted by gina go faster on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:31:00 PST

drunk again

we played an amazing show last night at white trash fast food and met some old and new friends this was a great tour and it was really sad to say goodbye to the freeman social. we walked all over Berl...
Posted by gina go faster on Mon, 28 May 2007 07:37:00 PST

one more show to go

We played a kick ass show in Jena-Cafe Wagner last night and earlier in the week we played Wiemar-Gaberstrasse, Chemnitz-Subway to Peter and Jena-Alster. Our friends Katja and Seth kick majo...
Posted by gina go faster on Sat, 26 May 2007 03:21:00 PST

First rock show in Germany

We played our first show last night in Suhl and it was fucking badass! The people there were super cool and they were really into the rock. The fed us great food, free beer that was great and a bungal...
Posted by gina go faster on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:43:00 PST

Tour action

So we're in Dublin for the last day and headed on to play some rock! We've had a lot of great beers and seen some cool places. London, Edinburg and Dublin are all great places with good people and goo...
Posted by gina go faster on Thu, 17 May 2007 03:04:00 PST