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GORSE

About Me

Gorse is a band from the UK.Personnel: James (ex the band Hey Colossus). Olly from Brighton and the band The Gilamonsters. Charlie from Birmingham and also the band Mothertrucker.Been going in some form since 2006, a case of fits and restarts. The idea was something like mixing up doom and metal influences with more off-beat hardcore and ........Past members - Mark from Cove, Matt from New York, Evil Dave, roadie extraordinaire to the stars, and wedding band legend Si.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/03/2006
Band Members: James guitar, vocals Olly bass Charlie drums
Influences: Harvey Milk, Om, Neurosis, Dead Meadow, The Hidden Hand, YOB, Aswad, Quicksand, Drive Like Jehu, Part Chimp, Entombed, Electric Wizard, Amphetamine Reptile, Sonic Youth
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Gorse live vid

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&fr iendID=64444427&n=64444427Here we are having a jolly time in Brighton, back in May. We were drunk but you can only slightly tell....
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:16:00 GMT

A gig and a half - Brighton 14th April

We would like to thank the legendary Buz for including us in what was a fantastic night of noise at the Engine Rooms a couple of weeks back. First up were local revelations Crypsis, who are admittedly...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:05:00 GMT

Review and gigs...

Great review from something called Deaf Sparrow in Floridahttp://www.deafsparrow.com/Gorse-Review.htm This album sounds like a classic. To most, Gorse will just sound like a sto...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Kerrang review of Slumber of Artemis

GorseSlumber of Artemis(Calculon)KKKKDoom-flavoured noise debut from new British three-piece.Belligerent and bellicose, this is music that fell out of the ugly tree, hit every branch on the way down t...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:31:00 GMT

epic review on Hellridemusic.com!

Gorse  Slumber of Artemis (Calculon Records) By Jay Snyder January 19, 2009Ive been feeling like a one note joke recently. Seems like I cantstop relating bands to the Am-Rep heyday; shit, almo...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:56:00 GMT

Review for our e.p.

NINEHERTZ webzine:Aaaaahhhh! 1993. A simpler time. A happier time. Fabulous.Imagine, if you will, a scuzzy Chicago/San Francisco dive with bits of wee on the walls and piles of sick on the floor. Stev...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Second raft of gigs passes without too much kerfuffle

Gorse managed to play another couple of gigs in ancticipation of our ep...which should be out in a few weeks. By which point James will be trying to get his head round being an actual father, and not ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:59:00 GMT

First two gigs, under belt.

So Gorse manfully stepped up with all of seven songs in their arsenal, and played a gig. It was a pretty storming affair, given that both the two other bands, and the venue itself, were storming. The ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:11:00 GMT

Feverish anticipation for our e.p.

We are very excited. This is because some songs that have been knocking around for a while, plus some new ones, have been fashioned into an e.p./minialbum that's coming out on Calculon Records, out of...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:31:00 GMT

riddim boys

We just had our first jam with Olly (bass) and Charlie (drum) cooking with calor gas. It was good.
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:38:00 GMT