LATEST PRAISE FOR SEATTLE LEGEND “UPCHUCK” CD. JAYNE COUNTY SET TO RECORD WITH THE FAGS
UPCHUCK: GONE BUT NOT FORGIVEN A career-spanning collection of the music of Charles "Upchuck" Gerra is available at: www.dadastic.com
MORE PRAISE FOR SEATTLE LEGEND CHARLES “UPCHUCK” GERRA ALBUM.
The latest praise for Seattle legend Charles “UPCHUCK” Gerra is found in the Feb 27th 2008 issue of GOLDMINE MAGAZINE. The magazine gives it’s approval to a career-spanning collection entitled UPCHUCK:GONE BUT NOT FORGIVEN. The CD and digital album was recently released, and it’s getting high marks from critics . Bloggers from Seattle to Austin to Argentina have been taking note. THE ADVOCATE magazine went as far as dubbing UPCHUCK “The Gay Cobain”. Although the comparison is not musically accurate, Upchuck, who died from complications of AIDS in 1990 has long been cited as one of the leading inspirations of Seattle’s alternative music scene.
GOLDMINE calls the recently released album UPCHUCK: GONE BUT NOT FORGIVEN “a welcome release that gives people greater insight into the lesser-known aspects of Seattle’s music history“. This echoes Seattle author Charles R. Cross’s own evaluation. Cross, who’s Kurt Cobain bio ‘Heavier Than Heaven’ is being filmed as a major release says
“This long-awaited CD from the legendary Charles “Upchuck” Gerra finally sets right one of the lost chapters in Seattle’s pre-grunge music era. Essential for anyone who loves punk rock, glam rock, or just groundbreaking music of any genre.” The CD and digital download are available at amazon, i-tunes and all the other usual places, or go directly to www.dadastic.com .
SEATTLE’S NOTORIOUS BAND ‘THE FAGS’ TO RECORD WITH JAYNE COUNTY
With all the renewed interest, Upchuck’s former band, THE FAGS have reformed and are currently writing and recording. The Fags include Ben Ireland (now of SKY CRIES MARY) noted American poet/painter Dahny Raphael and Barbara Ireland who is currently touring and recording with PEARL JAM’s STONE GOSSARD. They’ve added a new member, Dave LaDouche to the band and plan on live regional and national dates in 2009.
THE FAGS are also preparing to record with JAYNE COUNTY. Jayne is an icon of the American underground who started her career as Wayne County. She leapt to notoriety as a leading light of the NYC punk rock scene that grew up around downtown nightspots like CBGB’s and THE MUD CLUB. The match-up seems tailor-made. The Fags were early practitioners of onstage theatrics and outrage. Jayne County is no stranger to outrage as a performer, and she’s an outspoken proponent of gay and transgendered rights.
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