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Gomez (band)
Gomez (band)
Gomez Origin Genre(s) Years active Label(s) Website Members Ian Ball Ben Ottewell Tom Gray Paul Blackburn Olly Peacock Southport, England Indie rock, Folk 1996–present ATO, Eat Sleep, Independiente, Hut http://www.gomeztheband.com/
Career success
Gomez entered the rest area in 1997 to turn their demos into a full-length album. The band spent the next three months in the studio and touring the United Kingdom with Embrace."Get Myself Arrested" and "Whippin’ Piccadilly" were later released as singles, while Gomez toured the United States with Eagle Eye Cherry. Despite the critical acclaim, however, Bring It On is thus far the only Gomez album not to find a place on U.S. album charts. In 1998, Philips Electronics chose Gomez to cover The Beatles song Getting Better for a $100 million ad campaign for Philips new lines of flat panel and high-definition television sets.[1] The cover song was not released on an album until 2000 with Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline. The band’s second album, Liquid Skin, was released in 1999, lending Gomez further success on the British and Australian album charts, as well as making the Billboard Heatseeker chart for the first time. A collection of B-sides and rarities, Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline, was released in 2000. The group’s third album, In Our Gun, was released in 2002. It made the top 10 on the United Kingdom charts as well as the top 50 on the Australian charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40, the top 20 in Portugal, and the Billboard Heatseeker chart. While Gomez’s first three albums had been self-produced, the band entered their new recording studio in Portslade in East Sussex with Tchad Blake as producer. Blake had previously produced albums by Tom Waits, Crowded House and Pearl Jam and a pick of the dozens of tracks produced during the 18 months in the studio became their fourth album Split the Difference released in May 2004. This album reached the top 40 in the UK and Australia. The first single "Catch Me Up" entered the UK top 40 in March 2004 and "Silence" was released as the second single. Split the Difference received a good critical response, with Allmusic rating it as four
Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport. Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998.
Early career
Guitarist and vocalist Ian Ball and drummer Peter Griffin had been friends since a young age. They had been in various bands before forming Gomez. They met bassist Paul Backburn at college where they studied. They joined with guitarist / vocalist / keyboardist Tom Gray who lived down the road from Peter. Then Ian met vocalist / guitarist Ben Ottewell from Matlock Bath in Derbyshire at Sheffield University, where they were both studying Law. The band played their first gig together in late 1996 in Leeds without a formal name. The band left a sign out which read ’Gomez the gig’s in here" for a friend of theirs whose surname was Gomez to indicate that it was the site of their first gig. People saw the sign and assumed that the band’s name was Gomez - the name stuck. The band started recording four-track demos in Peacock’s father’s bathroom in Southport soon after. An epic bidding war erupted when they sent the demos to recording labels, with the band finally signing with Virgin Records’ subsidiary, Hut, in 1997.
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and a half stars out of five and BBC Internet Music Reviews describing it as "one of the finest releases of the year so far. If you were one of those people who wrote them off two years ago, it’s time to get listening again."[2] However, despite all the positive attention, Gomez were dropped by their longtime label, Virgin Records. Hut Recordings was discontinued by the major label and while the majority of musicians were moved to other labels within the EMI Records group, 20% of signed artists with Hut were released. In 2005, Gomez signed a new deal with Dave Matthews’ (of the Dave Matthews Band) ATO Records. Under a new label, the band released their first live album, Out West in June 2005. The double disc CD was compiled from shows recorded at San Francisco’s famous Fillmore Theater in January 2005. In an effort to build their popularity in the US, Gomez have been touring extensively in the past few years. They played at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2003. With Ian Ball relocating to Los Angeles, California with his wife, the band played at venues across the US in 2004 including Bonnaroo and were originally slated to be a part of the cancelled 2004 Lollapalooza tour. Spring 2005 saw the band join Cake as part of the Virgin Records Megatour of American colleges. In January 2006 the band performed on Jam Cruise before returning to the studio to put the final touches on How We Operate. After playing the SxSW music festival in Austin, Tom, Ian and Ben debuted material from the upcoming release in several U.S. cities. The band’s 2006 spring tour included stops in Asheville NC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, OR. They also performed at several large outdoor festivals, including stops at the Beale Street and Bonnaroo Festivals in Tennessee, the Jazzfest in New Orleans and Sasquatch Festival in George, WA. The Gomez studio album How We Operate was released on 2 May 2006. The album’s title track was featured in the Grey’s Anatomy episode "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response". On 14 February 2006 their song "Get Miles" was featured in the House episode "Distractions", and on 6 March 2007 their song "See the World" was featured in the House episode "Half-Wit". They were also one of the many bands featured on a John Lennon Tribute aired on BBC Radio2 to mark
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the 25th anniversary of the singer’s death. Gomez performed "Hey Bulldog" by The Beatles, and "Instant Karma!" by Lennon. "How We Operate" is also the ending song to the remake of the cult classic The Hitcher, and as the title music for the pilot episode of The Riches. A collection of A-side and B-sides and rarities titled Five Men in a Hut was released on 17 October 2006. The two-disc album consists of released and unreleased tracks recorded under the Hut/Virgin label from 1998-2004. A DVD with music videos and interviews from their time with Hut was also released. In 2007, Gomez recorded a cover of The Band’s hit Up On Cripple Creek for the tribute album Endless Highway: The Music of The Band. Gomez continue to tour, including a coheadlining 2007 U.S. tour with label-mate Ben Kweller. The band toured Australia and New Zealand before heading back to the States for a second headlining leg of their U.S. tour. On 2 March 2007, Gomez recorded a concert at the Vic Theater in Chicago, IL that was streamed via MSN Music.[3] Vocalist and songwriter Ian Ball released a solo project, with an album entitled Who Goes There.[4][5] In 2008, Gomez opened up several shows for Dave Matthews Band. On 21 December the band revealed to their mailing list that a new album entitled A New Tide will be released on 31 March in the U.S., in the UK and Europe on 30 March, and in Australia on 28 March 2009.[6] In April 2009 the band’s song "Little Pieces" was used in the 19th episode of Grey’s Anatomy season 5. It played at the start of the episode and involved a montage of Alex watching Izzie sleep in hospital, as well as Callie dancing with Arizona in one of their apartments.
Members
• Ian Ball (vocals, guitar) • Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitar) • Paul Blackburn (bass) • Tom Gray (vocals, guitar, keyboards) • Olly Peacock (drums) The lineup has not changed since the band’s beginning in 1996. Instrumentalist Dajon
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Year Title Peak Chart Position
U.K. AUS CAN N.Z. NOR U.S. U.S. U.S. [8][9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Heat Indie
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Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1998 Bring It On 11 • Released: April 13, 1998 • Label: Hut / Virgin 1999 Liquid Skin 2 • Released: September 13, 1999 • Label: Hut / Virgin 2002 In Our Gun • Released: March 18, 2002 • Label: Hut / Virgin 2004 Split the Difference • Released: May 17, 2004 • Label: Hut / Virgin 2006 How We Operate • Released: May 2, 2006 • Label: ATO / Independiente 2009 A New Tide • Released: March 30, 2009 • Label: ATO, Eat Sleep Year Title 8
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-
-
-
-
-
-
• BPI: Platinum
[15]
9
49
40
19
-
30
-
• BPI: Platinum
[16]
5
-
13
-
-
37
-
• BPI: Silver
[17]
35
24
-
39
-
191 11
-
69
37
-
-
-
106 1
7
63
-
-
-
-
60
-
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Chart Position
U.K. AUS CAN N.Z. NOR U.S. U.S. [8][9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Heat
2005
Out West • Released: June 7, 2005 • Label: Independiente / ATO / Sony BMG
145
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-
-
-
-
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Everett is listed as a de facto member of the band on their official website. Most Gomez songs feature more than one vocalist. The breakdown of lead vocalist on each track from How We Operate is:[7] • Ball: "Notice", "Hamoa Beach", "Charley Patton Songs", "Cry On Demand" • Ottewell: "See The World", "How We Operate", "Chasing Ghosts With Alcohol", "Tear Your Love Apart", "All Too Much" • Gray: "girlshapedlovedrug", "Woman! Man!", "Don’t Make Me Laugh"
Live Albums Compilations EPs Singles
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Charted on the UK Indie Chart at #42. [8]
Videos Other contributions
• The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O’Leary Show (2007) - "Wichita Lineman" • " Endless Highway: The Music of The Band" - "Up On Cripple Creek"
Discography
Studio Albums
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Year Title Chart Position
U.K. AUS CAN N.Z. NOR U.S. U.S. [8][9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Heat
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Certifications
(sales thresholds)
2000
Abandoned Shopping Trolley 10 Hotline • Released: September 25, 2000 • Label: Hut / Virgin Five Men in a Hut • Released: September 25, 2006 • Label: Hut / Virgin Title -
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-
-
-
44
• BPI: Silver [18]
2006
-
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-
-
-
-
Year 2000
Machismo E.P. • Released: May, 2000 • Label: Hut / Virgin • Chart: #1 (UK Indie), #48 (AUS)[8][10] Detroit Swing ’66/Ping One Down • Released: July 1, 2002 • Label: Hut / Virgin See the World E.P. • Released: October, 2006 Girlshapedlovedrug E.P. • Released: November 13, 2006 Title Apr 6 Jun 8 Sep 7 "78 Stone Wobble" "Get Myself Arrested" "Whippin’ Piccadilly" "Bring It On" "Rhythm & Blues Alibi" "We Haven’t Turned Around" "Shot Shot" "Sound of Sounds / Ping One Down" "Catch Me Up" "Silence" "Sweet Virginia" "How We Operate" "Girlshapedlovedrug" "See the World" "Airstream Driver"
UK [8]
2002
2006 2006
Year 1998
Album Bring It On
44 45 35 21 18 38 28 48 36 41 -1 66 107 -
1999
Jul 5 Sep 6 Nov 22
Liquid Skin
2002 2004 2005 2006
Mar 11 Jun 10 Mar 15 May 17 Sep 6 Apr 17 May 29 Sep 4
In Our Gun Split the Difference
How We Operate
2009
Apr 13
A New Tide
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Year 2006 Title Five Men in a Hut • Released: Sep 25, 2006 • Label: Hut / Virgin
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References
amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcfexqqgldfe~T5. Retrieved on 12 January 2009. [1] "Gomez Get Fabulous for Philips [15] "Bring It On British sales certification". Advertisement". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/ gomez/articles/story/5926916/ platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=28756. gomez_get_fabulous_for_philips_advertisement. Retrieved on 18 January 2009. [2] Jones, Chris (20 November 2002). [16] "Liquid Skin British sales certification". "Gomez, Split The Difference - Review". British Phonographic Industry. BBC Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/ http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/ release/df3n/. Retrieved on 2008-12-22. platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=31074. [3] Gomez - Artist Retrieved on 18 January 2009. [4] Gomez Gigs [17] "In Our Gun British sales certification". [5] http://www.shop.musictoday.com/ British Phonographic Industry. Product.aspx?cp=9118_1119_12605&pc=1ICD01 http://bpi.co.uk/platinum/ [6] "GomezJournal: New Album!". platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30131. http://gomeztheband.blogspot.com/2008/ Retrieved on 18 January 2009. 10/new-album-what-fk.html. [18] "Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline [7] "Gomez - Step Inside". Stepinside.co.uk. British sales certification". British http://www.stepinside.co.uk/wiki/Gomez. Phonographic Industry. http://bpi.co.uk/ Retrieved on 2008-12-22. platinum/ [8] ^ "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29113. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/ Retrieved on 18 January 2009. CLUK_G.HTM. Retrieved on 12 January 2009. [9] ^ "UK Chartstats". chartstats.com. • Official Gomez website http://www.chartstats.com/ • Gomez at MySpace artistinfo.php?id=37. Retrieved on 12 • [1] January 2009. • BBC Gomez biography [10] ^ "Australian album positions". • Gomez video interview with the BBC at australian-charts.com. http://australianHydro Connect August 2008 charts.com/ • NME Gomez page search.asp?cat=a&search=Gomez. • Gomez collection at the Internet Archive’s Retrieved on 14 January 2009. live music archive [11] ^ "Canadian album positions". RPM. • Ian Ball Interview by Emily Campbell of http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/ Bmore Live (Nov 2007) 028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Gomez&x=0&y=0. • The Citizen (South Africa) interview with Retrieved on 14 January 2009. Ian Ball: August 2006 [12] ^ "New Zealand album positions". • Lazy-i Interview: May 2006 charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/ • Gomez Interview on Music Towers search.asp?search=Gomez&cat=a. • Subculture Magazine Interview: July 2006 Retrieved on 14 January 2009. • Allmusic Gomez article [13] ^ "Norwegian album positions". • Gomez Peer norwegiancharts.com. • Polska Strona o Gomez Peer http://norwegiancharts.com/ • Kolejna Polska Strona o Gómez Peer search.asp?search=Gomez&cat=a. • Interview with Blackie on Badvibes.net Retrieved on 14 January 2009. • Interview with Ben Ottewell on [14] ^ "US Positions". www.allmusic.com. ilikemusic.com http://www.allmusic.com/cg/
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• Interview with Tom Gray on SomethingGlorious.com • Gomez live on WOXY.com
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• CLIF GreenNotes • Gomez Concerts and Interviews at NPR Music
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