A Gold Star Secret

* A Gold Star Secret are Geoff & Bon. We began as an experiment in July 1997 - to see if we could write & record an album in a week during downtime from our 'other' band el Mopa. We did it on 4-track, played all the instruments ourselves & sat on it for a few years. "Constella-Sheep" saw a ltd CDR release in late 1999 (100 only). It's now out of print but if you send us a loving message we can maybe work somethin' out.* 1998 saw us begin and abandon an electronica album. We also teamed up with Tanith Sherman (Hummer/Centipede) to record a few tracks & play a one-off show as the instrumental 2-bass-&-drums combo Suburan (aka Tube Orange Tronfus). We also started work on our mythical 2nd album "Naked With A Blue Light" which has been finished since 2001 and still hasn't seen release.* "Naked With A Blue Light" is 15 songs, 66 minutes & features guests Tanith, Sophie Glasson (Starboard Cast), Lee Hillam (SeaLifePark) & Simon Wooldridge (el Mopa). It was recorded on 4-track by Bon & mixed on computer by Emma Hoy (Rebel Astronauts/el Mopa/PBC). The artwork is STILL under construction (blame Geoff!) and yes it WILL see the light of day. For a pre-release burned copy, please message us.* 1999 saw us play our first shows, with Tanith & Simon rounding out the band. 2000 saw us a trio with Simon. 2001 saw us back to a duo. By year's end we also began work on the projected 3rd album "Dead Love Songs" & in 2000 we also began work on a 4th album "Newspapers, Records & Girlfriends" & an aborted album of 26 A-Z titled songs called "Alphabet Soup".* After a period of relative inactivity & the dissolution of his relationship, Bon decided to collate some of his songs intended for the above 3rd & 4th albums with some new tunes for a solo album under the name of the Baby Bees. See the Baby Bees page for more info!* Geoff decided to follow suit & collated his intended songs for said albums, but decided to stick with the "Dead Love Songs" title & to release it as the 3rd Gold Star album. Initial 4-track recording took place in 1999/2000 & was resurrected in 2004 via fancy new computer recording techniques. It is nearly completed (most of the guests are yet to be recorded though) but it hasn't been touched since 2005 when newfound fatherhood took precedence.* 2004 also saw some new Gold Star songs performed by Geoff & Bon with Joseph Leonard on bass. These songs are projected to be the 4th Gold Star album "The Whole Thing Is Poisoned!". There are demo tracks hastily recorded but nothin' else.* What else...oh, we have about 2 CDs worth of aborted songs that don't fit the schematics of the projected albums mentioned above (the electronic stuff, some alphabet songs, pre-Gold Star 4-track songs, songs dropped from albums, unfinished tracks & other miscellanea.) We intend to release them as "Archive" CDs to giveaway or sell super-cheap at gigs, but since we haven't played in a year & a half or so, nothings really come of it!* A Gold Star Secret WILL rise again though! We just don't know when...* Geoff has previously pulled strings for the Dead Tree, Sal Paradise, el Mopa, Decoder Ring, the Darren Hanlon band & the Cannanes. He currently enjoys fatherhood & wishes he had time for Gold Star. * Bon has previously hit things for Lustre 4, Godstar, Red For Go & the Darren Hanlon band. He currently does the same for el Mopa, the Cannanes, Joseph Leonard & the Family Fuse, KidCornered, the Woods Themselves, a gazillion other bands & wishes Geoff & he had time for Gold Star & he had time for the Baby Bees.