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Gabrielle Twenty Five - Betws y Coed band formed Mar01, feat; Daniel Amor (voc,gtr), Noel Jones (gtr) (now Pilots), Mark Halford (bass), John Lawrence (drms) (ex Gorky's Zygotic Mynci). Played some low key gigs in the area then reco EP Town Spectacles at Sylem Studio, from which Every Little Thing I Say Gets You Down has been played on John Peel show & Session in Wales. Radio Cymru session followed by Radio Wales session, live radio cymru broadcast, appearances on Popty, Popcorn and Shotgun Slideshow. 2nd rel Y Dyn Heb Ddyfodol (Jan03). b sides are Be sy"n Digwydd and Cantores Yr Haf available on Lawrence Music. UK tour in late Feb03 with the support of Pynci, Lawrence Music And FF Vinyl. Aberystwyth gig rec for Radio 1 and Wrexham gig rec for Radio Wales. Rec new Radio Cymru session during March. Ben Marshall was orig on bass left after 1 gig, replaced by Jason Jones before Mark joined. (website)

Gallery, The - venue in Rhyl in the early 80s part of the Hotel Marina, probably last used when it was smashed up during a Discharge gig 19.6.81. Quote from Eddie MacDonald; "We were trying to set something up for young people in Rhyl. We ran a disco for a time & then put Discharge on, who were great but the kids ruined it, which was typical." Venue was resurrected (2000) as The Stand then the Breeding Ground.before being demolished 2004.

Gape – (pic) Llanfairfechan thrash band (formed 2003), feat; Edwin Stevens (voc) (also Conquistadors), Jake (bass,voc), Iwan (gtr) (all also of Hippakuss), Chris (drms). Andy (gtr) joined Jan04. Signed to Dead Popstar Recs, rel EP ‘Beggar Su’ (11.9.04) prod by Graham Wright. Ed and Jake also in offshoot Klaus Kinski (website)

Gardner, Simon - Man behind Rockcliffe Studios, Llandudno plus countless failed attempts at making it to the big time. Nearly did so as Simon Andrew in the early 80s with a couple of singles, then tried a number of guises over the years Trinity, TKRK, before becoming a keyboard player with ex-Thin Lizzy bassist's band Dare.

Garej - Welsh language music show on S4C

Gathering, The – (pic) North Wales event held once a year (usually in Jan) since 1992, where Mike Peters (The Alarm) invites fans from all over the world for a special one off performance. Has become a cult event over the years orig held at Rhyl Town Hall & is now held at the Conference Centre, Llandudno.

Gengis - Wrexham based band (mid-80s?). Gigged the North West. Rec demo EP at Cottage Studios, Macclesfield with Roger Boden (producer). Finished off the Paul Diarno (Iron Maiden) British tour. Band incl Paul Sterman (voc) (later Total Chaos), David Stewart Jones (gtr), Paul Sterman/Phil Rutter (voc), Ian Mayer (drms), Chris Ellis (bass) & Spook (keys)

Germanic Sans - band (mid80s) played only a handful of gigs. Most notably supporting Ghostriders at Conwy Civic Hall (1987?). Rec only one demo tape with Nigel Bellis feat the tracks First Love, Catscratch, Sahara and Eyeswater. Feat; Chris Carus (voc,gtr) (V8's, Baby Milk Plant), Pete Latham (Picture House, Dub Federation) (bass), Mark Moran (drms).

GFFS - feat Geraint Lewis (gtr,voc) Mark Watson-Jones (bass,voc), Nand (drms). One-off support to Blacklisted at Deganwy Church Hall, 1990, doing Pixies, Blondie & Extreme Noise Terror covers.

Giant - St Asaph band (formed May02) feat, Paul Chamberlain (gtr,voc), Martyn Wilks (voc), Dave Griffiths (gtr,drms), Dave Harding-Smith (bass). (website)

GigBite - web-site www.gigbite.co.uk (2001), based in Cardiff, dedicated to helping unsigned/underground bands, & have feat likes of Murry the Hump, Fillmore, El Goodo, Jylt, Talisman plus many more, also feats gig / demo reviews, gig swapping, links, legal/touring advice plus band interviews.

Gimpo - Alan 'Gimpo' Goodrick from Prestatyn who became the semi-deified Gimpo, Archbishop of Bashington and
erstwhile coprophile road manager of 80s gothrockers Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction

Gintis – (pic) Rhyl band (formed 2001) feat; Carl Roberts (voc,gtr,keys), Dave Cartledge (gtr,keys), Kyle Lee (gtr) (also Jives Room), Rob Gintis (bass), Joe Booker (drms) (ex Elapse, also of Modern Tradition, Legends For A Day). Rec session for Adam Walton show (Jan04) & for Sessions in Wales (Jun04), much attention drawn to band thru their own hype, most of it warranted. MP3 . Stephen Kitching (gtr) (now Legends For A Day) quit Apr04. Rel EP ‘Supersoakers & Megadrives Broke These Li’l Hearts’ (Slacyr Sep04). Initially involved with MASE and went back to the organisation to record their debut LP ‘Happy Drunken Accidents’ (early06). Orig bassist Dan Prescott left Mar06 (website)

Ginxed – cross-over metal band (formed Mar06) feat; Gavin Lawton (voc,gtr) (ex Carbonari, Lucid, Dred), Darren (gtr) (ex Blush, Fudged), Alex Hodgson (drms). (website)

Giro Gypsies - 10 year project by Denbigh based guitarist David Stewart Jones. Appearing at Pigstock 2000. Recorded demo tapes in Sefton Herman's studio in Rhuddlan. hard working, hard gigging band, TV pilot appearance for Cwni Castell (production Co) programme "O'r Seller" (S4C). Original members - David Stewart Jones (Gtr), John Sellers (vox). Joined by - Nigel Peters (gtr), Chris Grover (Drms), Sefton Herman (Bass), Linda Thompson (Bck Vox), Steve Cobbat (keys), Geraint Jones (keys), Annie Donavan (Bck Vox), Julie Lamb (bck Vox), Jason Jones (bass) ex Alchemy, Andy Whitfield (bass) Ex Maddison Blues Band, "Mad Dog" Chris Jones (harmonica), Llir Jones (Drms), Tom from Wrexham (drums), Sarah Davies (back Vox), John Evans (Gtr) Ex RedHill, Chris White (bass) Ex Hungry Touch / Think Lizzy, Dino from Porthmadog (Bass), Simon Hide (bass) Ex Hozz/Redhill

Girohead - Mold based band formed 1991. Orig line up ; Andy Jones (voc), Jake Hemmings (gtr) (both ex Roundabout), Robin Parker (drms), Dave Clarke (bass). They signed to Real McCoy Records & released a self-titled mini-album in mainland Europe. Tony Carter replaced Clarke on bass, & cut the name to Head. Split in 1996.(see also Cooara, Speedball 17)

Gizmo - Colwyn Bay band (1996-97) feat; Emlyn Franks (gtr), Terry Watkinson (drms) (later of Fatty Hatners), Martin Brady (voc), Dan Walton (bass). They were, in Mark Moonan’s words: ‘A pretty piss poor covers outfit.’ going for 2 months (Nov'96-Jan'97) with this line up. With a gig booked at The Cayley in Rhos-onSea on a Friday in Jan, Brady decided to leave on the Tues. Emlyn, who Mark knew from the pub, asked him to step in at short notice. Mark says: ‘I was glad to do it, & had to make up most of the words but it went well. Anyway, I joined full time on vocals & guitar. & wrote as much stuff as I could cos they needed it.’
A month later (Feb'97) they played their 'whimsical' pop songs to a fantastic reception twice at The Marquis, on Caernarfon road in Bangor. Then playing the main stage on Rag Week at Bangor Uni, with Supermania. In April that year they recorded a 3 track EP Chicken Fried Rice at Andy McCluskey's Pink Museum studios in L’pool. The production was all 'lightweight' & 'clean'. The band liked it, Mark didn't so he left, & they split. Dan, now lives in Sheffield. Emlyn now plays in bands in L’pool.. Mark played in Babakin & is now in PSST.

Glammered - Name used by Nidd & Friends line-up when performing their ‘Glam’ set around pubs and clubs of North Wales.

Gland Spanner – Wrexham band (2000) - More info req'd.

Glass Display - (approx 1983-89). Buckley 3-pc feat; Keith Astbury (voc,gtr); Peter Boswell (keys) and Stephen
Moore (drms). Playing synth-washed, post-punk (influences: Joy Division; Crispy Ambulance; The Cure; Teardrop Explodes; Associates) but with strong, pop songwriting from Astbury leading to danceable gloom-pop magic (all members were also massive fans of Chic and late-70's Disco). Re demo single Walking Away / A Flower on Glass1 with Wah! Heat / The Shamen prod Pete Coleman, which turned up on several late 80's indie-comps (notably: POPISM) and numerous plays on L'pool / Stoke radio stations. Debut performance at the Pwllheli Rugby Club Jun84, (with Pwllheli musician and ex-journalist, Paul Shaw, guesting on bass guitar; Recording rel as 'Pwllheli K.O' on Glass2, followed up by sporadic performances in Buckley (although never at the Tivoli, as the then manager, Howard, thought they were "too poncey"), Mold, Flint and Chester. Favourable reviews / mentions in 80's mags: Underground ("quite good looking, but too angsty") and Scottish mag, Cut ("from the cultural desert of North Wales"). Final concert was at "Battle of the Bands" debacle at MANWEB, Chester, in Sep89 - going down like the proverbial lead balloon, in front of an audience of retarded Deep Purple fans (rel as 'It Takes A Nation Of Morons To Hold Us Back' on Glass3). Eventually fell apart in early 1990, due to perpetual bouts of overbearing narcissism, and intrinsic pathological laziness. Astbury still writing songs, alongside his play/scriptwriting (including several episodes of The Bill). Boswell and Moore "retired" to Chester and London, respectively.

Glen UK - Holyhead punk band now called Sick Dastardlys

Global Parasite – (pic) Colwyn Bay ‘full-on’ punk band (formed late06), feat; Eeza Brute (voc,gtr) (aka Ste Cox), Dave Cox (drms,voc) (both ex Cox), Matt Misfit (bass) (ex Alien Matter). Dave is ex Chinese Chicken Balls and also plays in Der Bomber and with Eeza runs Pigtown Recs. (website)

Glovebox – Felinheli collective feat; Ali Roberts (also Logic of Impossibility), Twig, Bluprintz, George Kempson (of Judmusic) & Johnny-R. Rel EP on R-Bennig recs Jan02 that incl; a sample of Tammy Jones. See also Stwdio Eglwys. (R-Bennig)

GMX Stuns - Rhyl band formed by Paul Hammond (vocals), Dave 'The Rave' Jones (guitar), Carl Mortimer (gtr), Steve Buckley (bass) & Steve Hughes (drms) (see Pineapple), Stuart Mortimer (voc) (ex-Partisan Grey). After the demise of PSST in 1994. Rel 2 demos; Smashing Apathy & Exocet. Plus CD Louder Than Bombs & a video of Anarchy in the UK. In 1999 Mr Big Time recs rel 16 track CD - Live, 4 Tracks Giros & Trotters, featuring mainly live material from 94/95.

God’s Holy Trousers - feat. Mark Watson-Jones (bass,voc), Fin (bass,voc) (also Fubar), rest by machines, one off support slot to Blacklisted / Toys in the Attic at Mountain View, Penmaenmawr, 1997, to play cover of Lard's 15 min "Power of Lard" to much bemusement.

Godzilla Breadvan – Wrexham band, feat; Miles Edwards. Made a name for themselves on Nwales coast in early-90s. rel demo ‘Cloud Nine & Climbing’ (1989)

Gogz - Llanberis band (formed Nov98), feat; Chris Carr (gtr,voc), Geraint Owen (drms), Robin Owen (gtr), Owain Ginsberg (bass), Pearse MacIntyre (gtr) (joined '03). Began rehearsing as a 3-pc in Bethel Village Hall, before making their debut at Snowdon Inn, Cwm-y-Glo. 5 track Ep Troi am Adra rel by Crai Feb01 & a year later rel Muhammad Ali EP. Managed by Rhys Mwyn up to 2003. Rel LP 'Long Way Home' (Mar04). Changed name to The Heights (website)

Gogzine - bi-lingual fanzine (mid 90s) from Penmaenmawr, feat local bands, incl, Toys In The Attic, The Fluff, Blacklisted, SFA, Catatonia, Gorkys & interviews with bands who came to Wales such as Ash & Space. Ran by Rebecca Dien-Johns (then under the nick-name Biscuit, who now sings for London based band Science) Elz & The Jenster, they felt there were no other fanzines around at the time & they should give it a go. They got a very positive response, but it fizzled out when Rebecca moved to Bath.

Gola Ola – Porthmadoc band, formed Nov02, feat; Alex Moller (drms) (now Xms3), Jason (bass) and ?. Nothing much happened until Nov03 when TV’s Sesiwn Hwyr approached them to make a video and then TV’s Popty did likewise (both TV appearances were before they had played a gig!). Jason was replaced by Dylan (ex Erazed) in Jan06

Goldingay, James - Former member of Slouch, Jude the Obscure & Stale Elvis. Currently member of 50.Grind who have released a national Xmas single 'Gotta Catch Them All' (2001) which has got 30-1 odds from William Hill of being the Christmas No.1

Golwg - Welsh language magazine published every Thursday, by Cwmni Golwg Ltd of Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Director-Editor is Dylan Iorwerth. Editor (1997) Huw Prys Jones. The magazine was relaunched on May 25 1997, with new design & larger format. Available from Welsh language shops & some newsagents like W.H.Smith.

Goodfellas - (1996- ) Commitments styled 11 piece show band, formed during meetings at the Ponderosa, Buckley during Jam Nights (1994-97) hosted by Foghorn Leghorn (now The Sofa Kings). Constantly changing line-up mainly feat: Charlie (voc, harp) and Sandy Sanderson (gtr). Other members at one time or another have incl Rob Davies (keys) (now Sofa Kings), Si Thomas (drms) (now Institute of Air Guitar, Nidd & Friends), backing vocalists Philippa K and Amy (now Vixen), Vaughn (bass), Chris Hooker (drms), (ex-Insanity Beach). Lead singer Charlie is also partly responsible for the Graig-Aid festival.

Goodnight Said Florence - indie/Madchester band (c1989); feat; Nick, Michael Davies (drms) based in Wrexham. First demo 'Acid' (rel 1990). They almost made it, they had it all, the music, the marketing ploys, the following. Even had their CD featured on TVs Tomorrow's World. The marketing ploy was simple, the Submarine symbol was used more than their GNSF name, to the extent that people thought that Submarine was their name rather than a song title. They signed to Different Class records changed name to Said Florence and disappeared.

Gotti – Llandudno band (formed 2003), feat; Chris Yates (voc,gtr) (ex Pocket Venus, Supermania, Lemon Sole, Slide), Dyfed Roberts (gtr) (ex Gwacamoli, Pocket Venus), Mauve Brown (bass) (ex Static, also Gotti, Hogchild), Steve Flavell (drms) (ex Static, also Gotti, Hogchild). Played debut (and only?) gig 31.03.04 at Blu, Rhyl

Grams – band feat; Mark Thatcher (ex (ex Llwybr Cyhoeddus, Route 66, now of Deadline)

Grass - Welsh language Denbigh based band (approx 79-81) formed by Paul Evans (Bass) - sadly died 5 years ago (1995). Anne Hughes Jones (voc), Stewart Jones (gtr) (Gyro Gypsy), Barry Williams (drms). They got a slot an S4C or BBC Wales pop show & a summer mini tour of Switzerland.

Grasshopper - Prestatyn based band (2000) described as 'indie-rock with a little bit of added heavy sound'. Formed by ex-members of Ocean Rane. Also feat; Rob Snapshot on perc. Changed name to Hooper in Oct 2001.

Great Escape, The – project (2001) by Jon Yale (ex-Elephants Home) rel 4 track EP One (with Simon Gardner) on his own Juniper Music label (website)

Greaves Records – record shop in Rhyl (pre-1980) was somewhere near Lightfoots Toy Shop is today. Great shop often got singles early (Electrip seemed to concentrate more on albums)

Green Dolphin Street - mid 1980's pop band from Rhyl feat Stuart Bickley (drms), John Morris (bass,voc)(not the same person as Carpet) & Steve Davies (gtr). Played between 1990 & 1992 in venues such as The Flying Picket, L’pool, Hummingbird, B’ham, several times at the Boardwalk in Manchester, Manc Uni, Sound Garden, Manc, Rock Garden in Covent garden, The Canarvon Castle in Camden town, Lady Owen Arms in Islington, The Tivoli, The Bistro, several other local gigs & The Sir George Robey in London where they won a battle of the bands competition. They supported Daisy Chainsaw (Love your money got to no 26 in 1992) in the Sir George Robey & were once supported by a band called Rain in the Boardwalk although no-one can remember what they looked like so speculation that they changed into Oasis is still rife!! They were once arrested outside Virgin records offices in London in May 1991 whilst in meetings concerning a record deal because the police thought they were car thieves (this was an actual press release but was in fact a marketing ploy thought up by Roger Subway & their manager!!!!!). Roger worked as their sound & lighting engineer throughout these exhausting mini tours & it is true that Steve Sync drove them to London to some gigs but roadie?? no, he used his age old excuse of being too tired to work after the long drive down!!

Green Dragon - Green Dragon (Media) (1998) headed by Martin Devaughan, with offices in Holywell and Holyhead. Services include: Management, Promotion, Music Videos, Web Design, Multi Media Presentations and Promtional Merchandise. Over 30 years in the music business, with experience in many field Green Dragon Media aims to help up and coming artists as well as establised names. They have contacts in all aspects of the business (worldwide) which are used to ensure their clients get the best services possible. Martin (Green Dragon) now presents The Green Dragon Radio Show which is syndicated to various internet radio stations world wide as well as being streamed from www.greendragononline.co.uk and www.myspace.com/gdr with listening figures of 20,000+ per week (Apr05)
Currently managing Xms3, Glen UK and Mishap as well as promoting Pippa Rogers and Souldriver along with numerous bands from England. (website)

Green Marine Sun – Holyhead based alternative rock band (2001), feat; Pip O’Neil (voc), Darrell (gtr), Murphy (gtr), Bojan (bass), Bret (drms), Said to do a great live performance & a broad spectrum of influences. (website)

Green Minge - Rhyl band who played Bar Blu (Feb07) a couple of days after losing 2 members, but recruited new people and performed unrehearsed.

Grids - Holywell punk band from the late 70s & early 1980's feat Andrew ‘Tunkie’ Tunnicliffe (gtr) (later of Vicious Circle, Mercenary Skank), Gaz 'Top' Jones (bass) (then known as Gary Gutter) (ex Units), Paul ‘Doggy’ Evans (voc), Dave ‘Moggy’ Williams (voc), Ian ‘Sten’ Stenhouse (r.gtr), Timmy ‘Bean’ Davies (drms). Rel New Anthems EP end of 1980. Had close links with Seventeen. The band can also claim a fan in the Dead Kennedys’ vocalist Jello Biafra who can be seen on the cover of a DK video sporting a Grids badge given to him by the band in 1982. Supported Glen Matlcock’s Sceptres at Rhyl Town Hall and Cockney Rejects at Colwyn Bay Pier where Doggy nearly had a fight with Stinky Turner. On splitting they became 2 bands Grids 2 & Interceptors.

Grids 2 – Holywell punk band formed from the ashes of The Grids, feat; Paul ‘Doggy’ Evans (voc), Dave ‘Moggy’ Williams (bass) of the original band were joined by Trefor Evans (gtr) & Steve Dutton (drms). They played a half dozen chaotic gigs & split after a truly awful gig in Connahs Quay & after a couple of abortive attempts at rehearsals without a drummer they found out Steve had been arrested & jailed & couldn't find a replacement

Grimorium - Wrexham doom metal band, 1996. More info req'd.

John Grindell - "Master of the synths" - John Grindell has been releasing records for 10 years & has composed many memorable songs. All his recordings have been produced in his own studio at his Wrexham home, & published by Sain. 2001 – has own record label &, as well as continuing to release own material, has signed Welsh Steps tribute band "Cama'" - debut single out 3rd December, 2001 on CD & Cassette. Mae STIWDIOJG yn cynrychioli JG, Cama' ac yn darparu cerddoriaeth i S4C a chlybiau cerdd a jamboris i Sir Ddinbych, Conwy, Wrecsam a Phowys (website)

Grip, The - Prestatyn punk band, late 70s. Became The Vaj. (See also Capt Black & The Mysterons, The Plague, Rich Dick & The Phallic Emblems). More info req'd.

Groceries - solo project (c2002) of Alan Holmes (of Ectogram, ex Parking Non-Stop, Lungs, Reinheitsgebot, Third Spain, Fflaps), under which name he has contributed tracks to many compilation projects of leftfield music. A full discography can be found at (website)

Grot - Death metal band from Anglesey, early 90's. Feat; Anthony Hervie (voc), Christian Maggs (drms), Robin Abbas (gtr), later joined by Danno (ex Fubar) (gtr), and Duncan Black (bass in 1994). Split in 1995, by then a 3-piece. Rel Skinflick produced demo "Pus" 1991, feat crowd pleaser Boingy Bastards. Played at the Normandie a couple of times.

Guests, The - Rock'n'roll covers band from Rhyl, circa 1988, feat Stuart Bickley on drums.

Gumpsh - 4Q, Frank's Dad & Wild Mornings' guitarist. See Liquid, Gumption.

Gumshaw - Anglesey band played Melfest in Holyhead (Aug02). More info req'd

Gwacamoli - band from Bangor area (c2001), feat; founder member, Gethin Thomas (voc,gtr), Dyfed Roberts (gtr), Dylan Thomas (bass), Sion Llwyd (keys), Deian Elfrym (drms). Gareth Huws (ex Tynal Tywyll) also drummed for them at some point. Managed for a while by Rhys Mwyn. 1st CD Topsy Turvy. Rel EP Clockwork on Topsy Recs (May 2001) after leaving Crai. (gig review) More info req'd.

Gwespyr Sounds - Helping with production work for Gwespyr based bands. Name has been used since 1998 with Utopia. Now used to market Scramble Joe merchandise (website)

Gwildor – Wrexham folk band; feat; Andrew (gtr,voc), Gareth (voc,gtr), Nick (perc), Andy (keys), Rob (bass). Rel EP ‘Shattered Fragments.’ (website)

Gwyn, Dewi - Born 1963 in Rhyl. Guitarist with Anhrefn, from 1982 until left in 1987 due to a family illness, briefly rejoined a few months later but decided not do so permanently. Originally played bass with school band Bismyth (1978-80) before guitaring for Y Sefydliad until 1984. Released a single on bass with Peth'ma (1985/6), then teaming up with Huw G a DJ Williams. Musical projects since 1989 have gone under the moniker Neu. Now well known for winding people up in cyberspace. The official Dewi Gwyn Website

Huw G a D J Williams - (1988) act feat; Dewi Gwyn (ex Anhrefn), Huw Gwyn, Ceri Gwyn, Griff Rhys & Dafydd Ieuan. (Webpage with MP3)

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Contributers: Curiad, Andrew Tunnicliffe, Steve Robins, Huw Evans, Steve Allen Jones, Gaz Top, Dewi Gwyn, Rebecca Dien-Johns, Roger Subway, Doggy, Jay, Mark Moonan, Mark Watson-Jones, Chris Bainbridge, Chris Carus, Stephen Moore, Alan Holmes, James Stevens, Muss Jones, Martin Devaughan, Paul Bagillt

This page last updated 22.02.08
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