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Pete Galub

Opening for the dBs (!) at Southpaw, Friday, 12/7

About Me

I love catchy melodies and great songs. I love dissonance. I love experimentation and growth and try to integrate improvisation, noise, and other things into live performances of the pop songs I write. Somtimes they're an absolute train wreck, sometimes they're the most gratifying moments of my life.CDBABY LINK for PETE GALUB: Boy Gone Wrong --

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/27/2005
Band Website: petegalub.com
Band Members: Pete Galub- guitar, vocals Tom Gavin - bass, vocals Chris Moore- drums, vocals
Influences: Here's some stuff I like .. Thelonious Monk, Serge Gainsbourg, Elvis Costello, Syd Barrett, Joni Mitchell, Robyn Hitchcock, Hoodoo Gurus, The New Christs, Del Shannnon, Beach Boys, Sonic Youth, Joanna Newsom, Laura Veirs, Linda Perhacs, The Millenium, The Exploding Hearts, Kristy Macoll, the Mice, Richard and Linda Thompson, Will Oldham, The Anomoanon, The Nightingales, The Soft Boys, Kimberley Rew, Mott the Hoople and Ian Hunter, Raymond Scott, Debussy, The Homosexuals, The Deviants, The English Beat, Johnny Burnette Trio, Delta 5, the Gordons, the Doublehappys, Chet Atkins, Pentangle, Anne Briggs, The Nightingales, The Byrds, Bach, Beefheart, Radiohead, Radio Birdman, Cat Stevens, Dadahmah, the Dream Syndicate/Steve Wynn, Horace Andy, Desmond Dekker, Mott the Hoople, Dennis Wilson, Gene Vincent, Drop Nineteens, Donald Fagan, The Durutti Column, Edgar Varese, Hans Bading, Can, The Dead C, The Barracudas, Sharon Sheely, Animal Collective, Ariel Pink and the Haunted Graffiti, Eleventh Dream Day, Mingus, Redd Cross, Shoes, The Equals, The Mice, Game Theory, Giant Sand, Denim, Hank Garland, Howlin' Wolf, Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, Jane Wiedlin, Joan Armatrading, John Martyn, The Kids, Kim Fowley, Lewis Taylor, Takeshi Terauchi, The Bluebells, The Blue Aeroplanes, Link Wray, Lively Ones, The Mabuses, Madlib, the Names, Nic Jones, The Wipers, the Silos, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bernard Hermann, The Mommyheads, Alice Bierhorst, Greta Gertler, Robert Wyatt, the Records, the Louvin Brothers, The Carter Family, the tall dwarfs, lee feldman, relatively clean rivers, the Zombies, Feedtime, Django Haskins, Joe Meek, Beth Sorrentino and Suddenly, Tammy!,The Bothy Band, Thin Lizzy, David Kilgour, The Magnetic Fields, Astor Piazzola, Joy Division, Os Mutantes, Roxy Music, Butthole Surfers, The Trash Can Sinatras, Harold Arlen, Scott Walker, Little Feat, The Kinks, Chris Moore, Sonny Sharrock, Joe and Mat Maneri, Roy Montgomery, Spacemen 3, The Sneeches, Sneakers, the Fighting Brothers McCarthy, Peter Blegvad, Amy Allison, Steely Dan, Swell Maps, The Heats, Dusty Springfield, Dinah Washington, Christmas, Rose Polenzani, Noam Weinstein, The Bonzo Dog Band, Husker Du, The Minutemen, Sandie Shaw, The Faces, Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance, Big Dipper, Seefeel, Kim Fowley, Otis Rush, Ali Farka Toure, The Byrds, Laura Nyro, Chris Knox, The Clean, The Chills, The Verlaines, Fela Kuti, Orchestra Baobab, The Flatmates, The Close Lobsters, The Speedies, Dirty Looks, XTC, X, Let's Active, Kevin Ayers, Talk Talk, the Louvin Brothers, Carole King, Can, Scott Walker, Burt Bacharach, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, the dB's, Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, Don Dixon, anything Numero puts out, Motown, Felt, Stax/Volt, Sun records, Big Star, Hank Williams, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks, The Flatmates, The Harvest Ministers, Roy Buchanan, Don Gibson, Patsy Cline, Nancy Wilson, Camberwell Now, Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys, eno, VU, the Buzzcocks, Wire, Mission of Burma, the Undertones, Arthur Russell, The Only Ones, Charlie Rich, Buddy Holly, The Saints, The Collins Kids, Prefab Sprout, Orange Juice, This Heat, Grateful Dead (they're not just for hippies!) etc..
Sounds Like: Britany Spears, Coldplay and whatever else is selling these days..
Record Label: Dove & Pigeon
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Galubalooza order of acts..

Here is the order and approximate set times for Galubalooza! Instead of silly descriptions for each act, a website link has been provided for them, so you can hear for yourself. Doors at 7pmDavid Haim...
Posted by Pete Galub on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:36:00 PST

Galubalooza!- Saturday, September 22 at Banjo Jim’s

Dear FOGs, (Friends of Galub)  As many of you know, I have, for years now, beentouted as a man of impeccable taste in fashion, cars,horses, and hairstyles.  So, it may come as somesurprise t...
Posted by Pete Galub on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:59:00 PST

This Thursday at Banjo Jim’s with Seth from Dumptruck!

In 1990, I heard one of my favorite pop songs of all time- "Island" by the then-Massachusetts based group known as Dumptruck.  I played it over and over, obsessed with everything about it- the me...
Posted by Pete Galub on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:39:00 PST

Sneakers That Look Like Sportscars

Someone should right a PhD thesis (if there isn't one already) about the relationship between sneakers and automobiles.  Think about it.  Classic cars that look great, most of em were from t...
Posted by Pete Galub on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:40:00 PST

A Tale of 2 Richards...

Two seminal guitarists in the history of rock, both named Richard:  The First is Richard Thompson, who has changed the face of gtr playing (at least for me) in rock n' roll since the 60's with Fa...
Posted by Pete Galub on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:46:00 PST

Lead guitar w/ the fabulous pop of Nova Social

I'm back in the lead guitar saddle with the great pop band Nova Social.  2 shows in the next 2 weeks.  Details and MP3 links below.  Should be a noisy and melodic affair! "Our first rec...
Posted by Pete Galub on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:05:00 PST

Sour Beer = Good Beer

I've been drinking a lot of beer lately. I don't drink to get drunk, though I never argue with a good buzz. I have recently gotten into the taste and exploration that goes along with enjoying beer a...
Posted by Pete Galub on Mon, 21 May 2007 12:33:00 PST

The new video, the new song..

The (not so) new video and song for "My Regeneration" is beautifully edited footage by Dennis Cronin (www.vitamindmusic.com) of a love story between an electron and a nucleus.  The song itself w...
Posted by Pete Galub on Wed, 02 May 2007 08:31:00 PST

Leonard Cohen at Joe's Pub

    On late Monday night I got a call from my friend Noam Weinstein (www.enoam.com) inviting me to an 11:30 show the next day.  It was at Joe's Pub, an intimate venue, with about 1...
Posted by Pete Galub on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:03:00 PST

Recording with Vitamin-D at the Fort in Brooklyn

Had a fun and exhausting (in a good way) recording session all of this past weekend with Vitamin-D (aka Dennis Cronin and pals) at the Fort in Brooklyn.  Cool Studio, we were helmed by Jim Bentle...
Posted by Pete Galub on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:37:00 PST