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How We Operate
A Song For Lovers In Between the Wars
See The World
Whippin' Piccadilly
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Gomez Bio
For How We Operate, their fifth studio album, Gomez didn't set out to reinvent the wheel. Oh no. The British quintet just wanted to change the blueprint for a different sort of rounded object: Their own records.
"As a creative partnership, and as friends, we had to regroup and make a career-defining record," says Tom Gray (vocals, guitar, keyboards). Longtime cohort Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitar) concurs. "The last album" -- the 2004 studio set Split the Difference -- "was pretty rocking, and reflected the live show a lot. With this one, we wanted to focus on songs, melodies and words, rather than volume."
Gomez -- which also features Ian Ball (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Paul Blackburn (bass, guitar), and Olly Peacock (drums) -- have been playing together for a decade now; they celebrate the tenth anniversary of their first gig in October, 2006. But their friendships date back even further; Ian and Olly have been friends since they were still in short pants, while the rest of the lads rallied around as the duo progressed through academia. Drawing on their disparate tastes, which ranged from Nirvana to Woody Guthrie, Motown singles to barbershop quartets, they honed a one-of-a-kind sound that incorporated all their influences around their shared point of reference: A deep, abiding love for creative music of all stripes... Click Here For More
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Member Since: 6/18/2004
Band Website: gomeztheband.com
Band Members: Ben Ottewell - Vocals/Guitar
Ian Ball - Vocals/Guitar/Bass
Tom Gray - Vocals/Guitar/Bass/Keyboards
Paul "Blackie" Blackburn - Bass/Guitar
Olly Peacock - Drums/Percussion
Dajon Everett - Percussion/Keyboards

Influences: Nina Simone, Charlie Mingus, John Coltrane, Junior Kimbrough, The Beatles, Hank Williams, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Grateful Dead, Super Furry Animals, Iron & Wine, JJ Cale, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Rufus Wainwright, Cornelius, Lionel Richie, Gelbison..
Record Label: ATO Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hark! WHO GOES THERE

It's been a while, dear friends of the 'Mez. Hope the rest of your summer has been fantabulous. The band has gathered their nuts, so to speak, and scattered to the ends of the earth in a mini-hibernat...
Posted by Gomez on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:11:00 PST

blog from ians page

blog is from ian's myspace page --------------------------------------------- Just finished recording and editing the strings for the record with Uncle Phil here at home. It's dark outside and my...
Posted by Gomez on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:42:00 PST

on the road

Hello there mezopotamian friends! Here we are, after a year or so of road, songs, more road, more songs and somehow we're still relatively intact. Very nearly 60,000 on here. We'd be quite a formidabl...
Posted by Gomez on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:39:00 PST

Here Comes the Breeze: Gomez Live in Chicago

GOMEZ WEBCAST TOMORROW APRIL 18 "Here Comes the Breeze: Gomez Live in Chicago" -- sixty minutes of concert footage taken from Gomez's sold out show at the Vic Theatre March 2 -- will be available fo...
Posted by Gomez on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:58:00 PST

shazam!

Dearest Infobahn Chums, as 2007 comes hurtling towards us like a marauding bubble of uncertainty, I see we are now nearly 40,000 in number. Hazard! I cry. At least, when all the world is losing its mi...
Posted by Gomez on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:25:00 PST

as we approach another number of some importance!

Hello friends of mez, Tommy Gomez here. I hope you are all unnervingly wonderful right now. It's really quite overwhelming that we can now count nearly 30,000 of you amongst our myspace friends. Blood...
Posted by Gomez on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:39:00 PST

Scavenger Hunt Winners - Need Friends In Low Places

The army of Gomez love spreaders that is Gomez Are Your Friends is looking for some new recruits to promote the upcoming gigs in Charleston,SC and Mobile,AL. If you are interested , send an email to:...
Posted by Gomez on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:21:00 PST

see the world

Hola my friends, tommy gomez here. Hope you're all in fine fettle. We are, as always, on the road. Taking the Schmez love wherever its wanted. The decision has been made and See The World is going t...
Posted by Gomez on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:24:00 PST

Latest Picts From Olly

these were all taken on the latest round of U.S. gigs, more to come soon! Olly. The Airport     Ben Guitar Centre Ben LA   Ben Portland     Blacks San Diego    ...
Posted by Gomez on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:59:00 PST

girlshapedlovedrug

Hello friends, just a heads up. The new album comes out in the UK on Monday....finally! Feel like we've been in labour with this one for weeks. Haven't needed an epidural mind, but geez louise. Go and...
Posted by Gomez on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:22:00 PST