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Gordo

Groove Pie Anyone?

About Me





My Name is Gordon McNeil
Im a 25 year old drummer/song writer/producer

I've been lucky enough to see some beautiful parts of the world simply because i hit things with bits off wood.

Life is ALL about Groovin...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/14/2005
Band Website: gogobot.net
Band Members:
Influences: Neil Peart
Sounds Like: I play drums for "GUN" and "GoGoBot"

Off the top of my head, i have worked with some of the following bands/artists...

Graduation Day
The Hussy's
Paolo Nutini
The Dykeenies
Roost
The Flying Matchstick Men
Ronnie Smith
45 RPM
Jeepstar
Illuminato
Bengal Lancers
Jamie Barnes and Cochise
Panacea
The Adventure Friends
Maxwells Wheels
Alan Crany
Peregrine
Simon McLean
Lisa Marie
Glasvegas (Sound)
Pacific Blue
NinetySix4 (Producer/Mixer)
The Hunky Dorys
GRASP
Northern Verve (Verve Tribute)
The Fakes
Carnaby Street

...Available for session work live or studio...

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

GUN...

I officially have been appointed the new drummer for GUN.Growing up, i was a big fan of the band, so for me to get the call to be guyin the hot seat is simply an honour.In 2009, the band will be celeb...
Posted by Gordo on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:58:00 PST

GoGoBot newz...

We got a new member in GoGoBot.As it stands at the moment she is "Miss X" for complicated reasons.She will play bass and keys and sing.We have been recording our debut Single "Curiously Simple" at Cen...
Posted by Gordo on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:56:00 PST

Oh i wish i was Ringo Starr...just for the day...

So me and the monkey have been writing alot of songs recently and one of them "Certified Loopy" i thought would sound great if i could kinda emulate the drum sound ringo Starr used to get with The Bea...
Posted by Gordo on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:05:00 PST

Texas...

Went to the USA with The Dykeenies.It was a short notice effort, John their drummer got refused a Visa by the American Embassy for whatever reason so asked me to stand in.John is easily one of the top...
Posted by Gordo on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:30:00 PST

If my drumkit could support a football team...

Unfortunatly, i think it'd be Celtic.Im in the studio playing on my own, trying some new things here and there when i noitice the stamp inside the shell of my toms. These stamps represent the note of ...
Posted by Gordo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:01:00 PST

THAT night...RUSH...October 3rd, the BEST night of my LIFE...

So, as you can see, my dream of meeting my favourite ever band and my biggest inspiration became relality on October 3rd.Me and my best bud Jon got meet and greet passes to meet the guys before their ...
Posted by Gordo on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:07:00 PST

RUSH...its nearly SHOWTIME!

Its 11 days until i sit my sorry prog-rock ass on my front row seat for RUSH!Sitting beside my hot girl and my best mates, this is going to be the best night of my life.People know im a Rush maniac, i...
Posted by Gordo on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:10:00 PST

Gordo Groove 1...Explained...

Its Sooper easy...The sticking/foot pattern is simply...F - R - L - R - F - R - L - R Your right hand moves around differnt voices on the kit whilst your left hand stays always on the snare.Notice, it...
Posted by Gordo on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:53:00 PST

I got FRONT ROW Tickets to see RUSH in Glasgow!!!

Today the pre-sales for Rush at the SECC went on sale at 9am. I was standin in the queue at 8am.I was 3rd in line, i was so nervous cos i knew i had a chance to get front row seats...9am came,...
Posted by Gordo on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:05:00 PST

Thanx...

A big thanx to Paul McManus (No Dice) for putting me in touch with the good people of DW Drums.As i result, DW sent me a DW 9002 Double pedal from California for free!Its the first time ive been given...
Posted by Gordo on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:38:00 PST