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About Me

Geoff Farina, guitarist and singer for Karate, spends most of his time away from the band working with his long-time collaborator Jodi Buonanno on their studio/living space at the Naragansett Grange Hall in Rhode Island. Geoff spends his spare time playing with drum machines & fixing his array of broken amplifiers.www.geofffarina.comBaltimore native Gavin McCarthy, has played drums with Karate since their inception in 1993. Like Geoff, Gavin is also a graduate of Berklee College of Music and plays jazz and improvised music with many musicians in Boston and has played with Rosa Chance Well, the Secret Stars and the Swirlies.Visit his web page: www.gavinmccarthy.comJeff Goddard has played bass with Geoff and Gavin since 1995 and studied bass and trumpet at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory, but soon left to pursue a career as one of Boston's most hired guns. Jeff has since played in the Moving Targets, Jones Very, Come and the Lune, just to name a few. In Hundreds Water

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Member Since: 12/18/2005
Band Website: southern.com/southern/band/KARAT/
Band Members: Geoff Farina - Guitarist , Singer Gavin McCarthy - Drums Jeff Goddard - Bass
Sounds Like: no other.
Record Label: Southern
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Better late then never.. News on Glorytellers Album Release

Myspace:www.myspace.com/southerneuropeGLORYTELLERS DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE!The creative force behind Glorytellers is guitarist/singer/songwriter Geoff Farina, who spent the better part of 14 years frontin...
Posted by karate on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:34:00 PST

Karate Live Album!!

from southern.com: On May 5th 2003 Geoff Farina, Jeff Goddard and Gavin McCarthy found themselves in Leuven, Belgium, sweating out what felt like just another tight set at the end of a long tou...
Posted by karate on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:49:00 PST

A letter from Jeff Goddard!!!

Jeff Goddard sent me a letter.. and i'm passing it along to the you! Be sure to check out his new stuff with Gavin McCarthy (also from karate) on his myspace page.. its amazing! Here's the l...
Posted by karate on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:13:00 PST

New Song!!!

You gotta check out the new song "quarantine" on the Glorytellers page... and the other songs as well... super stuff, I can't get enough of it. Also visit www.geofffarina.com to hear Aaron Welsh'...
Posted by karate on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:10:00 PST

Check Out Geoff and Gavin's New Band, Glorytellers!

This music is really great, I had the opportunity to check them out in Philly, simply amazing! Add them and check out the tunes here~~~>Glorytellers Myspace Page...
Posted by karate on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:45:00 PST

Music now working...

The music section is now fully functional, so enjoy!!
Posted by karate on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:14:00 PST

RIP Karate 1993-2005

From www.geofffarina.com.... Karate has disbanded after 12 wonderful years of making music together. We played our last show in Rome on July 10th, 2005. I could no longer continue with the band...
Posted by karate on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:40:00 PST

Unofficial Karate Page

hey everyone, I ,like alot of other people, always wished there was a karate page on myspace, and after learning of their recent breakup, wanted to make one... a tribute of sorts, to one of ...
Posted by karate on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:37:00 PST