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Guse

About Me

Guse officially formed in November of 2005 following months of experimental, free-form jamming in a Lawrence, KS basement. After becoming familiar with each others' wide variety of playing styles they began the songwriting process. Their lyrical topics range from sociopolitical commentary to exploration of the mind, sometimes dark, serious and weird, while other times beautiful, humorous and light-hearted.In January of 2007, shortly after recording a three-song demo with local producer/engineer Chubby Smith, Guse won the Lawrence division of the Waka Winter Classic, a battle of the bands for a performance slot at the Wakarusa Music Festival the following summer. Later that spring the band went on to win an online competition between the winners from each host city and was awarded with a main stage slot at the festival. As a result, Guse began to expand their fanbase beyond their devoted local following. In June of 2008 Guse released their debut album "Pepperoni Big" immediately before going on a nine-date tour of the midwest.

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In early fall of 2008 came the departure of keyboard player Steven "Lewis" Phipps who then turned his focus to band management and lighting. Guse then began working on new material. The remaining four members went on to play a few more shows before deciding to abruptly call it quits in April of 2009.
Pepperoni Big features musical guests Chubby Smith and Cherice Ware artwork by Bobbie Powell, Kelsey Yankey, and Carrie Kruger album design by Ace Frazier

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/08/2006
Band Members:

Steven Swinney - guitar/vocals

Mason Powell - drums

Randy Miller - bass

Ace Frazier - lead guitar

Influences: Ween, Primus, Presidents of the USA, Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, Rush, Jimi Hendrix, Silverchair, Umphrey’s McGee, Queens of the Stone Age, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Yes, The Pixies, Deftones, Jeff Beck, Tool, Santana, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Cream, King Crimson, Clutch, Gwar, Queen, Talking Heads, Mr. Bungle, Trey Parker and many more.
Sounds Like: a progedelic, sludge rock circus

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The end

This is one of those posts that you never really like to put up but I feel like I need to. I would like to say thanks to all of those people who helped us get Guse off the ground. John and Ginger, you...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:55:00 GMT