Gary Pig Gold's Profile |
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The STY'S The LIMIT   |
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| Location: | In The Heights of Jersey City, New Jersey |
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| Last Login: | Sep 19, 2007 (346 days back) |
About Me |
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(Some Of) THE STORY SO FAR: August 1963 - Gary discovers CHUM-AM Radio . February 1964 - Gary sees a very certain Ed Sullivan Show . March 1965 - Gary gets his very first guitar. May 1966 - Gary now knows some chords ! December 1968 - Gary joins his very first band. August 1969 - Gary plays his very first gig. May 1970 - Gary directs his first film. May 1972 - Gary's fourth film gets shown on PBS Television! March 1974 - Gary has Some Time in New York City. August 1975 - Gary invades London . December 1975 - Gary publishes the very first Pig Paper . October 1977 - Gary and his Loved Ones make their very first public appearance . June 1978 - Gary produces and releases the very first Simply Saucer record. February 1979 - Gary's first Pigshit column runs in Flipside Magazine. November 1979 - Gary's merry band of Loved Ones relocate to Surf City . July 1983 - Gary joins the Fun With Numbers band in Vancouver, B.C. March 1985 - Gary joins the Endless Summer band. July 1986 - Gary's Endless Summer festival appearance with Del Shannon ! January 1989 - Gary records with Pat Boone in Nashville (...no, really!!) April 1989 - Gary begins the Valentino's Pirates sessions at Daniel Lanois' Grant Avenue Studio. September 1989 - Gary and Dave Rave escape to New York . February 1992 - Valentino's Pirates released ...in Russia on Melodiya Records! July 1992 - Gary joins The Ghost Rockets . May 1993 - Gary, Andrew Loog Oldham, et al help Alex Chilton re-record Bach's Bottom . October 1993 - Gary, Jim Carroll et al pay tribute to Don Covay . October 1996 - Gary first published in book form within the Music Hound Rock: Essential Album Guide . April 1998 - Gary and Shane Faubert launch To M'Lou Music . January 2000 - Gary and the Grip Weeds pay tribute to the Bay City Rollers !! August 2002 - To M'Lou Music pays tribute to the late, very great Gene Pitney . September 2003 - Gary appears in the film Jandek on Corwood . September 2004 - Gary and that Next Big Thing make their very first public appearance. December 2006 - Gary and his Little Sisters say "Yes It Is" ! July 2007 - The Next Big Thing, Ghost Rockets, and Dave Rave Group help bring Sweet Relief . |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 3/31/2007Band Website: GaryPigGold.com Influences: A Date With the Everly Brothers Beach Boys' Party! Candypants Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers Electric Ladyland Ferry Cross The Mersey Green River Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful It Crawled into My Hand, Honest Jan and Dean Meet Batman Kink Kronikles Long Gone Dead Meet the Beatles! Never Mind the Bollocks Out Of Our Heads Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. Question Mark and the Mysterians Ramones Leave Home Sun Sessions The Who Sell Out Unearthed Merseybeat Vincebus Eruptum We're Only In It for the Money XTC Live Young Rascals Zombie Heaven Sounds Like: "Rock music’s all-time hardest-working man, all apologies to James Brown." (All Music Guide) "A nice little change-up from psychobilly. Awesome." (Blastitude) "Cooler than Elvis!" (Tragedienne) "A one-of-a-kind guy." (Tower Pulse) "A talented, sweet voiced singer." (Epinions.com) "Mixing elements of Monkees, Buck Owens, early Who, and the Everly Brothers. And it works just fine." (Miles Of Music) "A highly-regarded singer, songwriter and guitarist." (Rock Beat International) "Insists on upsetting the status quo and confounding stereotypes." (Blank Pages) "A fine musician and vocalist, with pipes that would do the Hollies and the Beach Boys proud." (Morty's Cabin) "He should be carried around in a sedan chair for the rest of his life." (Nerve) Record Label: To M'Lou Music Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Indie / Pop / Other) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Ten Reasons Why Elvis is STILL The King |
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| 1. HE HAS AN UNPRECEDENTED 161 ALBUMS STILL IN PRINT...ALL COMPRISED OF THE SAME 47 SONGS. 2. AN AVERAGE OF 822 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED GRACELAND DAILY S... Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:30:00 PST |
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What I Did On My Holidays |
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| Dear Friends ",Had a lovely timein my Home and Native Land.Visited family,friends,and record collection,made some nice new friends,and Even got to attenda VERY special concert/recording sessionby the ... Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:41:00 PST |
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Car Tunes |
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| Summertime,and the Bloggin'is easyin.....Morty's Cabin Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:36:00 PST |
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It Was a Very Good Year..... |
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| ....ahhhhh,Yes !!MySpace was still OUR Space,Gas was actually under forty bucks (U.S.) a pop,and Sgt. Pepper had yet to meet any American Idles whatsoever.It was,indeed,A VERY GOOD YEAR... Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:21:00 PST |
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It Was 41 Years Ago Today |
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| So !!What do you getwhen you take Johnny Rivers' drummist,Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins' (former) Hawks,and the biggest sound system (then) known to man,hooked to a three-track ( !!! ) tape recorder and a bu... Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:49:00 PST |
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Frank Words indeed |
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| What Ever Happenedto thoseMothers of Invention,you may still ask ?well,the biggest Mother of them all(attempts to) explain it all,...sort of...right there atLost In The Grooves... Posted by Gary Pig Gold on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:35:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Rockitcat, Don and Phil, Brian, Candypants, FIRESIGN THEATRE EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIENCE, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Lovin' Spoonful, the Fugs, Jan Berry / Jan & Dean Project, Dave Davies, Chip Kinman and PCH, Paul is Dead, Never Mind The Bollocks, The Dandelion Majesties, ~HEAD~, Question Mark and The Mysterians - Official Page, RAMONAS L.A. - All Girl Ramones Tribute Band, Elvis Presley & The Blue Moon Boys, The Who Sell Out, British Beat, Rhythm and Blues, Blue Cheer, The Mothers Of Invention Fan Tribute, XTC, NEW RASCALS, The Zombies, Liz, Legs, The Scenics, BigTakeover.Com, The Official Simply Saucer Site, David Quinton-Steinberg, Punk History Canada, Toronto Zine Library, The ModPopPunk Archives, Trouser Press, DOA, Punk Magazine, ffranzos, Rock’s Backpages, 渡来宏明 hiroaki watarai , martin, Drunk John Lennon, Zro4, John Barry Appreciation Society, SQUEEZE (Official), The Chuck Hestons, Nerk Twins, Abe Heller, Laurie Biagini, LOLA DUTRONIC, Colin, david, Monte A. Melnick, The Condors, Sandy, Elvis From Outta Space, The Dave and Adamac OtterPoP Jug Band ©, The Fabulous Ottomans, Debris, Raquel's Boys, Granny and her Chicken Pen Pickers, G.G. ELVIS and the T.C.P Band, Mark & the Spies, frank lee sprague, Jumpy, Herb Eimerman, Deep Wilson, Marty, The Random Chocolates, Riot on Sunset Strip, Mick Hargreaves, Jean-Emmanuel, The Fore, The Amazing Sea Monkees, Hurricane Smith, The Lightning Rods, Porter Wagoner, Heather Morgan & The Company Of Men, Sprague Brothers, Cosmo Topper, The Dorktones
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