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| Thanks to everyone who made it out to our Athfest show last week. It was a tearful affair for some, and all in all it was a great way to say goodbye for now. Gnarly G became Clarence Clemons for a brief moment. We all sweated our liquor out much too quickly. Thanks to Jazzchronic, Mass Solo Revolt, and Fester Hagood for being there for the experience.
Who knows what comes next? We’ll finish the EP and chances are good that it will a) be out late Summer/early Fall…. b) contain a little more material than we originally intended… that’s the goal at the moment. Chances are very good that we’ll end up playing a few shows around the area to welcome its release. Meanwhile, 2/5 of the Bros are rocking it away in Choptop…. Dennis Wilson is somewhere in the woods… Chris is still one of the greatest guitarists I’ve had the pleasure of playing with…. and I’m going to start playing out and about, and continue writing once I’m in New York… but the Brothers Gore are far from gone. More to come. Cheers! |
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I never like to say that the band has broken up. In fact, in my prior two bands, we never officially did. I like leaving it open to the possibility that something else may happen, and in the case of The Brothers Gore, I think something might.
I’m moving to New York City. I will continue to write and even play shows in the city, and even continue to write Brothers Gore material. I hope the Bros will play more shows soon, but for now, our Rye Bar ATHFEST show this Saturday night is our last….. or “last” if you will. DPW never had a last show. Neither did The Most. The EP will be released down the road, and you never know, shows could come from that.
We’re playing ATHFEST on Saturday night at 12am (technically Sunday). Please come out and say “goodbye”.
Your pals in rock,
The Brothers Gore
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The first show we played in Athens was in 2003, at Georgia Theatre with Stereo (Anna’s band that later changed their name to The Vinci) and Television Buzz. Over the years we’ve played quite a few shows with these guys and become friends with them. When a band that you enjoy sharing the stage with, decides to hang it up, it’s sad. Depressing. They will definitely be missed. At least we get to have one more show with them, this Friday night at Rye. It’s a free show and the entire shebang is being recorded, and no one likes live recordings with just a few people hooting in the background…. so come out and hoot in numbers. This will be the last Brothers Gore show in Athens for some time, at least until mid-June and whatever pans out for Athfest. We’re going to hang back a bit from playing live, to finish the EP and work on some new material. So with that in mind, we hope to see you on Friday night at Rye (on Clayton Street…..used to be called DT’s).
Cheers!
Jason
An Evening With The Brothers Gore
with extra special guest Kris Langley
9PM – until whenever!
Allen’s
810 Hawthorne Ave, Athens
FREE!!
We’ll rock it full band….power trio…..f’n awesome duo….lonely man solo…and tons of random ass pulls….determined by YOU! And if we kick a few back with you, we may even try to play “anything” you want.
That’s the beauty of the Gore Family Singers/Gorchestra Asspull!
Free show. Tell your friends. Great food. Free rock. Saturday night.
With your pals,
The Brothers Gore
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Greetings and salutations all! We had a busy weekend with TWO shows in Atlanta. We kicked the weekend off with a show at Red Light Cafe with Leadcar Holiday and Standard 8. Thanks to Rick and all of the good, good people at Walk To Run for setting this up. Leadcar Holiday and Standard 8 were fantastic, and we had a great time playing with them. Hopefully we can get back to Red Light soon.
Sunday night found us back at Smith’s Olde Bar with Holy Liars (some of the sweetest guitar action I have experienced in a VERY long time) and Ben Deignan….nice guy, great musicians, very jazzy and tight….and the oddest pairing with The Brothers Gore. We love playing at Smith’s and we’ll be back there on May 7th for 500 Songs For Kids.
Last night, Steve, Chris and I had the pleasure of seeing the legendary Carbon/Silicon live in Atlanta. I can’t remember the last time I actually stood up front for an entire show, but we did last night. Didn’t move. We wouldn’t budge. No matter how many punk kids wanted us to move, we were firmly rooted in front of one of our idols….one of our major influences….. Mick Jones from The Clash….. and don’t forget the legendary Tony James from Generation X (and the London SS with Jones).
It was an absolutely brilliant show. I even got to shake Mick’s hand at the end of the set, and he passed on a used guitar pick to me. Guitar pick! When was the last time that I was honestly excited about getting a pick from an idol……. probably in ’97 when Rick Nielsen lobbed one right at my head (and I still carry it in my wallet like the big fucking rock dork that I am). If you haven’t picked up the debut album from Carbon/Silicon called “The Last Post”, you’re missing out on some truly classic James/Jones material.
So the week could end there…….BUT…. we are playing this weekend at Allen’s, and we seriously getting geared up for that. It’s a different atmosphere for us at Allen’s, different from our usual rock show. We drink beers, eat burgers, chat with the crowd, whip out some classic rock covers, and just relax and have fun. It’s a complete “Evening With The Brothers Gore”, and if we have enough alcohol in our systems, chances are….. we’ll play anything you like….. if we know it, or not. We’re bringing our good pal Kris Langley (soon to be “formerly of Television Buzz” with us, and hopefully he’ll join us for some of our set as well.
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Yes, we’re in Atlanta this weekend. Extremely excited about it.
Friday, April 11th – Red Light Cafe
w/Leadcar Holiday, Sick Figures, and Standard 8. 8pm. $7
Sunday, April 13th – Smith’s Olde Bar
3bands. 5dollars. w/Holy Liars and Ben Deignan. 7pm. $5
The beauty of it all? If you can’t make the Smith’s show (which we know you’ll try your damn, damn hardest to make), you can watch it streaming LIVE using the following link:
Come watch my SyncLive.com show at 8:00 PM on 4/13/2008
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For the past few years we’ve been blogging on our Myspace, but lately we figured that we needed a more direct place to blog our news, actual opinions, and random assed thoughts. SO here we are. The Official Brothers Gore blog.. linked to our website, brosgore.com, and these posts will also still be available on our Myspace.
Thanks to everyone who came out to our most recent run of shows, and to everyone friending us on Myspace and digging the new songs. Also, a big thanks to Captain’s Dead for posting some of our tracks from “FRAG” (an album that you can still download….for FREE). It’s a damn fine music blog and we were really honored to be mentioned. Also, big thanks are also in order for The Day Jobs, a fantastic Athens based rock/pop culture blog (that I also now read on a daily basis), for posting about our Flicker show last week.
I had an amazing time playing solo last Thursday night with Andrew Rose Gregory at Mercury Lounge. I don’t do that very often, so it was a treat pulling out early DPW/Most/Brothers Gore nuggets. If you’re in Decatur, Andrew is at Eddie’s TONIGHT!! He’s a brilliant songwriter. Don’t miss out.
We’re going to be a part of the 500 Songs For Kids benefit at Smith’s Olde Bar this May. The theme is “500 Greatest Sing Along Songs”, and we will be performing a classic. Won’t tell you what it is just yet, because I’m an ass… but you’ll see. CLASSIC! We’re performing on May 7th.
“Paper Yachts & The Reasons For The Whiskey” is 95% complete. We mix and master next and then it’s in your hands in May. You can get a teaser at our Myspace. Tell us what you think.
We’ll be blogging here quite a bit and you can also read my other blog, sonicdork, if you’re so inclined. Back to rocking live on April 2nd at Tasty World with Mass Solo Revolt and The Cut*Off…..and it’s our first show with bassist (and sister) Anna Gore. The Gore Family Singers in action!
Cheers!
Jason
