GONN
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GONN is a 1960s American garage rock
band from Keokuk, Iowa
whose signature song is "Blackout of Gretely". Although releasing only two singles in 1966-67, the band also recorded numerous other tracks that have been collected on three retrospective albums. Following a 1989 solo album released by bandleader Craig Moore, GONN reunited in 1990 and released a 30th-year reunion album in 1996. In 2004, GONN was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Music Association Hall of Fame.
) grew up in Keokuk, along the Mississippi River
. Before he learned to play an instrument he haung around other high school rock bands; particularly The Gallows and The Outcasts. Together with Gerry Gabel (the younger brother of a classmate), Moore organized a band called The Pagans in 1965 with Larry LaMaster and a schoolmate on drums. Moore was taught how to play bass guitar by Roger Dougherty, bassist of The Outcasts, who gave him three basic lessons and sent him back to The Pagans with "ast Night (Mar-Keys composition)|Last Night by The Mar-Keys
and "Steppin' Out" by Paul Revere and The Raiders his only repertoire on the instrument. Moore says he played the three-note bass riff on "Gloria" backwards for six months and nobody knew the difference. By the summer of 1966, The Pagans consisted of founding members Craig Moore (bass guitar) and Gerry Gabel (organ), plus Gary Stepp (rhythm guitar), also from Keokuk. Rex Garrett (lead guitar) and Brent Colvin (drums) from Fort Madison
were in a band together called The Rogues and were added to the band after an impromptu meeting at a Rogues practice during which Rex and Brent simply walked out with Craig, Gerry and Gary and never went back. Garrett's mother did not like the band name, so after some discussion, the bandmembers finally settled on "gone" but with a "psychedelicized" spelling, in tribute to a band from Ottumwa
that the band admired called MADD, which had a similar all-caps, double-letter spelling (and predates the anti-drunk driving organization MADD
). Craig Moore put it: We were throwing words and names around; we were almost the Trees, after The Leaves
.
It was this line-up that recorded the band's classic first single, "Blackout of Gretely" (written by Moore and Garrett), which was initially released on the Burlington, Iowa
label, Emir Records in a pressing of just 600 copies. In early 1967, this same line-up recorded (twice) what would have been their second single, "Doin' Me In", but it was not released until many years later.
Later in 1967, Larry LaMaster – who had been a guitarist in an earlier incarnation of The Pagans – was added, and the band also brought in a different drummer, Dave Johnson (who was only 14 when he joined GONN). A second, lesser known single was recorded in Freddie Tieken’s IT Studio of Quincy, Illinois
. (After GONN broke up, the last two original members, Moore and Gabel became members of Tieken's band, Freddie Tieken and the Rockers, which became Ilmo Smokehouse in 1969-70).
The band appeared at the Iowa State Fair
from 1966 to 1968 and finished second in the 1967 competition (behind Echos V). GONN opened for several national acts at the Burlington
Memorial Auditorium, including The Trolls, The Mob, The American Breed and others. GONN put in many appearances in teen centers and Knights of Columbus
halls throughout the region, traveling everywhere in a 1951 (or 1952) hearse
. They gained renown as the "loudest band in town" and notoriety for performing in front of a large Nazi flag. Following three additional line-up changes in the latter years, the band finally broke up in 1969.
compilation album
s,
and a live version of the song was included on the first EP by the Fuzztones
, Leave Your Mind At Home (1984). At length, the release of a 1985 retrospective album of GONN's mid-1960s recordings on Voxx Records brought numerous gems into the open.
However, "Blackout of Gretely" and their other recordings were slow to appear on legitimate garage rock
compilation albums, especially those released in America. For instance, other than the British release Best of Pebbles, Volume 1, no songs by GONN were ever released on any of the LPs in the Pebbles series, although "Blackout of Gretely" would eventually appear on the CD reissure of Pebbles, Volume 1
. Since Iowa was not one of the regions featured, the band also missed out on inclusion in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series
. One reason may have been the unusually long timing of the song (4:29); typical garage rock records are less than 3 minutes in length. In 2000, Lenny Kaye
told Craig Moore in person at a Patti Smith Group
concert that "Blackout of Gretely" would have been included on the original Nuggets#1: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 double LP in 1972 except that it was too long. The song was, however, featured on the Nuggets box set released by Rhino Records in 1998.
After an abortive attempt in the fall of 1969, a few mini-reunions of GONN occurred in the early 1980s, along with various friends of the band. The first featured Rex Garrett, Gary Stepp and Brent Colvin; another a week later reunited Craig Moore, Larry LaMaster, and Dave Johnson.
On the heels of the successful reception of a 1989 album by Craig Moore and Friends called Agonnagain, GONN held a reunion concert in 1990 on the riverfront in Keokuk. In 1996, six of the seven core members in 1966-67 (excepting Brent Colvin, the band's original drummer) returned to the recording studio for a 30th-year reunion album, Gonn with the Wind
. The album features a mix of well-crafted familiar and obscure covers with several original songs, plus a new song, "In the Wind", written by Moore and Garrett especially for the album as a tribute to garage rock fans everywhere. This was their first songwriting collaboration since "Come with Me" in 1967. The release of this album was followed by a two-week tour of Italy, France and Holland in 1997, along with an appearance that year at the Fuzz Fest in Atlanta, where GONN was able to meet a new generation of garage rockers.
Another European tour followed in 2001; this time, only Moore, Gabel and Johnson were able to tour, so they were joined by Jeff Jacks of the Chocolate Watch Band (whom Moore had met in New York in 1999) and Massimo del Pozzo of an Italian band called the Others. The band played eight dates in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France.
On July 4, 2004, GONN played a concert in their hometown for the first time in years at Rand Park, and then embarked on an American tour through Alabama
and Louisiana
, ending at a New Orleans club called the Circle Bar.
In 2005, GONN received an invitation to appear at a special event sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
at Cleveland Browns Stadium
. (The photo above of Craig Moore is taken from that performance).
On January 5, 2008, GONN reunited for a show in St. Louis, Missouri, and all five original 1967 members were featured in the lineup. Reception was such that the band returned to St. Louis for another show in June 2008. A second reunion album is in the works as of mid-2009.
, followed by his "blood curdling scream". Rex Garrett's infectious, fuzz-drenched guitar riffs take over at that point, which might be described as an amped-up interpretation of the opening guitar chords on "Satisfaction
", or The Standells
' "Dirty Water
", which it closely resembles. The influences of the Standells
and Count Five
are also apparent. Moore screams while the howling vocals by Gerry Gabel are a tale in several verses where the singer cannot understand why everything looks so dark, only to discover when he arrives home that he has been wearing sunglasses the whole time. Greg Shaw
states that "'Blackout of Gretely' is without doubt one of the Top 10 great punk records of all time" and noted that it had sold for as much as $1000.00 by the mid-1990s. In 2008, the UK publication MOJO
Magazine also listed it in the Top 10 garage psych singles of all time.
The unusual title is taken from a 1942 mystery thriller written by J. B. Priestley
called The Blackout At Gretley. Gerry Gabel had been reading it and had the book with him at a rehearsal, so with a few minor changes, it inspired the name of the song. Craig Moore took the opening lyric from a throwaway line used humorously by Peter Tork
in an interview segment in an early episode of the Monkees
television show, except that Tork had said "turpentine". Moore altered the line somewhat, since he thought "kerosene" sounded more sinister. The remaining lyrics were Moore's attempt to tell a short story with a twist at the end, in the manner of O. Henry
, since he had been a long-time admirer of the famous author.
Their intended second single, "Doin' Me In" features more screaming: "Girl . . . what are you doin'???" is the opening line of a long litany of love-life complaints. About this song, Greg Shaw
continues: "[T]he planned follow-up single, 'Doin' Me In' . . . was just as homicidal as the previous monster and much [too] good to languish for 20 years before being heard." This song is more accessible and has been covered by numerous garage rock
, punk rock
and post punk bands, such as The Cynics
, The Untamed Youth
, Hellbilly Storm, The Fingers, the Mourning After, the Dutch band The Beavers, the Swedish band the Blacks
, and many more. One particularly memorable cover occurred when a copy of "Doin' Me In" was spirited out of the Bomp! Records
studios by Greg Shaw and presented to the late Paula Pierce. A few nights later at a club in Chinatown, she introduced Craig Moore as the "godfather of punk" just before her band the Pandoras
tore into a screaming rendition of "Doin' Me In."
In his on-line article "Sifting through the Pebbles", Brent Bozman says of this song: Of all the gems unearthed in the Pebbles series, this one is the most stunning – a tense back-and-forth over two chords on the verse, building into an explosive call-and-response chorus. “Doin’ Me In” stands up next to “I Can See For Miles
” by the Who
or “You Really Got Me
” by the Kinks
or any other '60s rock anthem you’d care to name, and it’s a perfect example of why the garage rock genre still fascinates listeners today. . . .
and psychedelic rock
bands having more than just a couple of singles to their credit. Additionally, a remastered LP was released by Sundazed Records
in 1998 as part of their Beat Rocket series.
Coincident with the release of their 1996 reunion album, a comprehensive CD of the band's 1960s recordings was released called Frenzology; although it is out of print. The album features a 28-page booklet containing considerably more GONN lore. Currently available is the compilation CD "GONN For Good - The Best Of GONN 1966-2009" which features tracks from the 1960s as well as the reunion album, live material, and an exclusive bonus track.
The band has also issued numerous 7" singles, including reissues of "Blackout of Gretely" in 1988 and 1994 that both sold out.
The Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Music Association (IRRMA) was formed in 1997 and is a non-profit educational and entertainment organization honoring Iowa
rock and roll music. The organization's headquarters in Arnolds Park, Iowa
is about 100 miles West of the cornfield where an airplane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly
, Ritchie Valens
, the Big Bopper
and their young pilot on February 3, 1959, "the Day the Music Died
".
Spurred by "Project GONN" of The PSPOT (an internet-based resource dedicated to the '60s music underground), a grassroots campaign led to the nomination of GONN in The Iowa Music Association Hall Of Fame And Museum. The band was inducted in a ceremony in 2004 and, as with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
, was celebrated with a live concert by the inductees.
The IRRMA post on the induction of GONN describes the band this way: "GONN quickly evolved into a heavily English and West Coast-influenced no-holds-barred garage band; taking their sound and attitude from the likes of the Yardbirds
, the Rolling Stones
, the Chocolate Watch Band, the Doors
, and the Raiders
."
. His most recent solo album is Still Tomorrow Yesterday, which came out in 2004 and features guest performances by friends Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja from the Yardbirds
, and Eddie Phillips of The Creation
. Through October into mid-November 2008 he toured on bass and vocals as special guest on THE FUZZTONES GONN PRIMITIVE TOUR of Europe with Fuzztones Rudi Protrudi, Mike Czekaj and Lana Loveland, and UK guitarist Bob Hughes from the Yorkshire group light 13]'. A live album of their set, which they performed all over Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Norway, awaits an undetermined release date. Youtube videos of the recent tour abound.
Gerry Gabel is the head of the music department at Texas Christian University
and has authored and produced several orchestral compositions. He was also in Ilmo Smokehouse with Craig Moore in the early 1970s, and scored and conducted a string quartet
for a track on Moore's 2004 album. Most recently he has been involved in producing concert performances in a musical exchange program with similar music departments at universities in Ukraine. Several of Gabel's orchestral compositions will be performed in 2009/2010 in Ukraine, and he has been commissioned to write a special piece for one of these 2010 performances.
Rex Garrett and Dave Johnson performed with several bands throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Each has children that now play in rock bands, among them Dana Johnson whose first band Urban Discipline is featured on a bonus cut on Gonn with the Wind
performing a Craig Moore song. Rex & wife Dee Dee's son Ryan has recorded and toured on bass with various rock groups, and Garrett's oldest son Brent produced the GONN Iowa Hall of Fame Induction promotional DVD and the live-in-Cleveland videos you can see on their myspace page.
Larry LaMaster retired from an insurance company in the '90s and now lives with wife Gayle near Kansas City, Missouri. Dave Johnson is with JCPenney; Rex Garrett works on the Santa Fe Railroad like his father before him and still lives in Fort Madison, Iowa; Gary Stepp is a foreman at a factory, and has been elected to the city council in Keokuk, where he still lives with wife June. Brent Colvin is married and working in construction in northeastern Iowa.
While other members came and went before the end of GONN in 1969, it is only the first two line-ups that the band actually recognizes as the 'real' GONN:
Side A of the album includes: "Come With Me"," You can't Judge A Book", "Death of an Angel", "You're Lookin' Fine", "Don't Need Your Lovin'", "Bad Little Woman" and "Blackout Of Gretely".
Craig Moore recorded two more tracks with THE OTHERS at Delta Studio in Rome, Italy the same year and performed live with the band at MISTY LANE "EXPO 2000 Fest". A recording of "Don't Need Your Lovin'" with Craig Moore, Rudi Protrudi, The Others and The Chocolate Watchband during a studio session in Rome exists, although it's not been published yet.
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
band from Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa and one of the county seats of Lee County. The other county seat is Fort Madison. The population was 11,427 at the 2000 census. The city is named after the Sauk Chief Keokuk, who is thought to be buried in Rand Park...
whose signature song is "Blackout of Gretely". Although releasing only two singles in 1966-67, the band also recorded numerous other tracks that have been collected on three retrospective albums. Following a 1989 solo album released by bandleader Craig Moore, GONN reunited in 1990 and released a 30th-year reunion album in 1996. In 2004, GONN was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Music Association Hall of Fame.
Early history
Bandleader Craig Moore (born April 15, 1947 in Fort Madison, IowaFort Madison, Iowa
Fort Madison, situated on the Mississippi River, is a city in and one of the county seats of Lee County, Iowa, United States. The other county seat is Keokuk. The population was 10,715 at the 2000 census...
) grew up in Keokuk, along the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
. Before he learned to play an instrument he haung around other high school rock bands; particularly The Gallows and The Outcasts. Together with Gerry Gabel (the younger brother of a classmate), Moore organized a band called The Pagans in 1965 with Larry LaMaster and a schoolmate on drums. Moore was taught how to play bass guitar by Roger Dougherty, bassist of The Outcasts, who gave him three basic lessons and sent him back to The Pagans with "ast Night (Mar-Keys composition)|Last Night by The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for the Stax label from Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound.-Career:...
and "Steppin' Out" by Paul Revere and The Raiders his only repertoire on the instrument. Moore says he played the three-note bass riff on "Gloria" backwards for six months and nobody knew the difference. By the summer of 1966, The Pagans consisted of founding members Craig Moore (bass guitar) and Gerry Gabel (organ), plus Gary Stepp (rhythm guitar), also from Keokuk. Rex Garrett (lead guitar) and Brent Colvin (drums) from Fort Madison
Fort Madison, Iowa
Fort Madison, situated on the Mississippi River, is a city in and one of the county seats of Lee County, Iowa, United States. The other county seat is Keokuk. The population was 10,715 at the 2000 census...
were in a band together called The Rogues and were added to the band after an impromptu meeting at a Rogues practice during which Rex and Brent simply walked out with Craig, Gerry and Gary and never went back. Garrett's mother did not like the band name, so after some discussion, the bandmembers finally settled on "gone" but with a "psychedelicized" spelling, in tribute to a band from Ottumwa
Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census. It is located in the southeastern part of Iowa, and the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River....
that the band admired called MADD, which had a similar all-caps, double-letter spelling (and predates the anti-drunk driving organization MADD
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a non-profit organization in the United States that seeks to stop drunk driving, support those affected by drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and overall push for stricter alcohol policy...
). Craig Moore put it: We were throwing words and names around; we were almost the Trees, after The Leaves
The Leaves
The Leaves were an American garage band formed in California in 1963. They are best known for their version of the song "Hey Joe", which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song, which became a rock standard.-History:...
.
It was this line-up that recorded the band's classic first single, "Blackout of Gretely" (written by Moore and Garrett), which was initially released on the Burlington, Iowa
Burlington, Iowa
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,663 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area including West Burlington, Iowa and Middletown, Iowa and...
label, Emir Records in a pressing of just 600 copies. In early 1967, this same line-up recorded (twice) what would have been their second single, "Doin' Me In", but it was not released until many years later.
Later in 1967, Larry LaMaster – who had been a guitarist in an earlier incarnation of The Pagans – was added, and the band also brought in a different drummer, Dave Johnson (who was only 14 when he joined GONN). A second, lesser known single was recorded in Freddie Tieken’s IT Studio of Quincy, Illinois
Quincy, Illinois
Quincy, known as Illinois' "Gem City," is a river city along the Mississippi River and the county seat of Adams County. As of the 2010 census the city held a population of 40,633. The city anchors its own micropolitan area and is the economic and regional hub of West-central Illinois, catering a...
. (After GONN broke up, the last two original members, Moore and Gabel became members of Tieken's band, Freddie Tieken and the Rockers, which became Ilmo Smokehouse in 1969-70).
The band appeared at the Iowa State Fair
Iowa State Fair
The Iowa State Fair is an annual state fair held in Des Moines, Iowa.The 2011 Iowa State Fair was held August 11–21 and marked 100 years of the butter cow sculpture.-History:...
from 1966 to 1968 and finished second in the 1967 competition (behind Echos V). GONN opened for several national acts at the Burlington
Burlington, Iowa
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,663 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area including West Burlington, Iowa and Middletown, Iowa and...
Memorial Auditorium, including The Trolls, The Mob, The American Breed and others. GONN put in many appearances in teen centers and Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
halls throughout the region, traveling everywhere in a 1951 (or 1952) hearse
Hearse
A hearse is a funerary vehicle used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. In the funeral trade, hearses are often called funeral coaches.-History:...
. They gained renown as the "loudest band in town" and notoriety for performing in front of a large Nazi flag. Following three additional line-up changes in the latter years, the band finally broke up in 1969.
Reunion and Later Fame
The bandmembers kept in close contact even after their breakup, and most of the members remained in music. The band's fame grew over time as "Blackout of Gretely" became better known, and the band began receiving letters and telephone calls from fans around the world. The song was included on a number of bootlegBootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s,
and a live version of the song was included on the first EP by the Fuzztones
The Fuzztones
The Fuzztones are a garage rock revival band formed in 1980. Founded by singer-guitarist Rudi Protrudi The Fuzztones are a garage rock revival band formed in 1980. Founded by singer-guitarist Rudi Protrudi The Fuzztones are a garage rock revival band formed in 1980. Founded by singer-guitarist Rudi...
, Leave Your Mind At Home (1984). At length, the release of a 1985 retrospective album of GONN's mid-1960s recordings on Voxx Records brought numerous gems into the open.
However, "Blackout of Gretely" and their other recordings were slow to appear on legitimate garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
compilation albums, especially those released in America. For instance, other than the British release Best of Pebbles, Volume 1, no songs by GONN were ever released on any of the LPs in the Pebbles series, although "Blackout of Gretely" would eventually appear on the CD reissure of Pebbles, Volume 1
Pebbles, Volume 1
Pebbles is a compilation of US underground and garage single record releases from the mid- to late-1960s. It had a limited original release in 1978 and a more general release in 1979 ; this album was followed by several subsequent Pebbles compilations and albums...
. Since Iowa was not one of the regions featured, the band also missed out on inclusion in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series
Highs in the Mid-Sixties series
rightThe Highs in the Mid-Sixties series is a group of 23 compilation albums of garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings that were issued by AIP Records in the mid-1980s. This series is a companion to the Pebbles series of similar music; the title is technically preceded by "Pebbles Presents:"...
. One reason may have been the unusually long timing of the song (4:29); typical garage rock records are less than 3 minutes in length. In 2000, Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.- Early life :...
told Craig Moore in person at a Patti Smith Group
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
concert that "Blackout of Gretely" would have been included on the original Nuggets#1: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 double LP in 1972 except that it was too long. The song was, however, featured on the Nuggets box set released by Rhino Records in 1998.
After an abortive attempt in the fall of 1969, a few mini-reunions of GONN occurred in the early 1980s, along with various friends of the band. The first featured Rex Garrett, Gary Stepp and Brent Colvin; another a week later reunited Craig Moore, Larry LaMaster, and Dave Johnson.
On the heels of the successful reception of a 1989 album by Craig Moore and Friends called Agonnagain, GONN held a reunion concert in 1990 on the riverfront in Keokuk. In 1996, six of the seven core members in 1966-67 (excepting Brent Colvin, the band's original drummer) returned to the recording studio for a 30th-year reunion album, Gonn with the Wind
GONN with the Wind
GONN with the Wind – also known as With the Wind – is the 30th-year reunion album by GONN. The CD includes three bonus tracks, including a live recording of their 1990 concert on the riverfront in Keokuk, Iowa...
. The album features a mix of well-crafted familiar and obscure covers with several original songs, plus a new song, "In the Wind", written by Moore and Garrett especially for the album as a tribute to garage rock fans everywhere. This was their first songwriting collaboration since "Come with Me" in 1967. The release of this album was followed by a two-week tour of Italy, France and Holland in 1997, along with an appearance that year at the Fuzz Fest in Atlanta, where GONN was able to meet a new generation of garage rockers.
Another European tour followed in 2001; this time, only Moore, Gabel and Johnson were able to tour, so they were joined by Jeff Jacks of the Chocolate Watch Band (whom Moore had met in New York in 1999) and Massimo del Pozzo of an Italian band called the Others. The band played eight dates in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and France.
On July 4, 2004, GONN played a concert in their hometown for the first time in years at Rand Park, and then embarked on an American tour through Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
and Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, ending at a New Orleans club called the Circle Bar.
In 2005, GONN received an invitation to appear at a special event sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
at Cleveland Browns Stadium
Cleveland Browns Stadium
-See also:* List of current National Football League stadiums* Chronology of home stadiums for current National Football League teams* List of American football stadiums by capacity* List of U.S. stadiums by capacity* List of North American stadiums by capacity...
. (The photo above of Craig Moore is taken from that performance).
On January 5, 2008, GONN reunited for a show in St. Louis, Missouri, and all five original 1967 members were featured in the lineup. Reception was such that the band returned to St. Louis for another show in June 2008. A second reunion album is in the works as of mid-2009.
Musical Highlights
Over the years, "Blackout of Gretely" has acquired a life of its own. Singer Craig Moore begins by intoning: "The universe is permeated with the odor of kerosene" over Gerry Gabel's muscular Vox organVox (musical equipment)
Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer which is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, the Vox Continental electric organ, and a series of innovative but commercially unsuccessful electric guitars and bass guitars...
, followed by his "blood curdling scream". Rex Garrett's infectious, fuzz-drenched guitar riffs take over at that point, which might be described as an amped-up interpretation of the opening guitar chords on "Satisfaction
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...
", or The Standells
The Standells
The Standells are a garage rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in the 1960s, who have been referred to as the "Godfathers of Punk Rock", and are best known for their 1966 hit "Dirty Water," now the anthem of several Boston sports teams.-The 1960s:...
' "Dirty Water
Dirty Water
"Dirty Water" is a song first recorded by the California rock and roll band The Standells in 1966 and composed by their producer, Ed Cobb. It is considered a classic of garage rock.-Description:...
", which it closely resembles. The influences of the Standells
The Standells
The Standells are a garage rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in the 1960s, who have been referred to as the "Godfathers of Punk Rock", and are best known for their 1966 hit "Dirty Water," now the anthem of several Boston sports teams.-The 1960s:...
and Count Five
Count Five
The Count Five was a 1960s garage rock band from San Jose, California, best known for their Top 10 single "Psychotic Reaction".The band was founded in 1964 by John "Mouse" Michalski and Roy Chaney took over bass duties, two high school friends who had previously played in several short-lived...
are also apparent. Moore screams while the howling vocals by Gerry Gabel are a tale in several verses where the singer cannot understand why everything looks so dark, only to discover when he arrives home that he has been wearing sunglasses the whole time. Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw was a Los Angeles-based fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner. He grew up near San Francisco, California.It was as a young teenager that he started writing about rock and roll music...
states that "'Blackout of Gretely' is without doubt one of the Top 10 great punk records of all time" and noted that it had sold for as much as $1000.00 by the mid-1990s. In 2008, the UK publication MOJO
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
Magazine also listed it in the Top 10 garage psych singles of all time.
The unusual title is taken from a 1942 mystery thriller written by J. B. Priestley
J. B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley, OM , known as J. B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 26 novels, notably The Good Companions , as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls...
called The Blackout At Gretley. Gerry Gabel had been reading it and had the book with him at a rehearsal, so with a few minor changes, it inspired the name of the song. Craig Moore took the opening lyric from a throwaway line used humorously by Peter Tork
Peter Tork
Peter Tork is an American musician and actor, best known as a member of The Monkees.-Early life:Tork was born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C.. Although he was born in 1942, many news articles report him as born in 1944 in New York City as this was the date and place given on early...
in an interview segment in an early episode of the Monkees
The Monkees
The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...
television show, except that Tork had said "turpentine". Moore altered the line somewhat, since he thought "kerosene" sounded more sinister. The remaining lyrics were Moore's attempt to tell a short story with a twist at the end, in the manner of O. Henry
O. Henry
O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter . O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.-Early life:...
, since he had been a long-time admirer of the famous author.
Their intended second single, "Doin' Me In" features more screaming: "Girl . . . what are you doin'???" is the opening line of a long litany of love-life complaints. About this song, Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw was a Los Angeles-based fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner. He grew up near San Francisco, California.It was as a young teenager that he started writing about rock and roll music...
continues: "[T]he planned follow-up single, 'Doin' Me In' . . . was just as homicidal as the previous monster and much [too] good to languish for 20 years before being heard." This song is more accessible and has been covered by numerous garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
, punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and post punk bands, such as The Cynics
The Cynics
The Cynics are an influential Garage rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band, consisting of guitarist Gregg Kostelich, drummer Bill Von Hagen, vocalist Michael Kastelic, bass player Steve Magee, and keyboardist and later founder of New York City's Bellwether gallery Becky Smith, debuted...
, The Untamed Youth
The Untamed Youth
The Untamed Youth were a garage rock band from the 1990s formed in Columbia, Missouri.-Band Members By Album:1988-Some Kinda Fun*Derek Dickerson-guitar/lead vocals*Steve Mace-bass guitar/vocals*Chris Fletcher-organ/vocals...
, Hellbilly Storm, The Fingers, the Mourning After, the Dutch band The Beavers, the Swedish band the Blacks
The Blacks (band)
The Blacks were and insurgent country band from Chicago, IL. They released two albums through Bloodshot Records.-Career:...
, and many more. One particularly memorable cover occurred when a copy of "Doin' Me In" was spirited out of the Bomp! Records
Bomp! Records
Bomp! Records is an Los Angeles-based indie label formed in 1974 by fanzine publisher and music historian Greg Shaw.-History:The label has featured punk, pop, powerpop, garage rock, new wave, old school rock, neo-psychedelia among other genres, and its roster has included artists such as The Modern...
studios by Greg Shaw and presented to the late Paula Pierce. A few nights later at a club in Chinatown, she introduced Craig Moore as the "godfather of punk" just before her band the Pandoras
The Pandoras
The Pandoras were an all-female rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California from 1983–1991, who found a following in the Hollywood "Paisley Underground" scene and later adapted a more contemporary Sunset Boulevard, hard rock look and sound. The band ended when, on August 10, 1991 band leader...
tore into a screaming rendition of "Doin' Me In."
In his on-line article "Sifting through the Pebbles", Brent Bozman says of this song: Of all the gems unearthed in the Pebbles series, this one is the most stunning – a tense back-and-forth over two chords on the verse, building into an explosive call-and-response chorus. “Doin’ Me In” stands up next to “I Can See For Miles
I Can See For Miles
"I Can See for Miles" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, recorded for the band's 1967 album, The Who Sell Out. It was the only song from the album to be released as a single, on 14 October 1967...
” by the Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
or “You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released on 4th August 1964 as the group's third single, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the next month, remaining for two weeks...
” by the Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
or any other '60s rock anthem you’d care to name, and it’s a perfect example of why the garage rock genre still fascinates listeners today. . . .
Retrospective Albums and Reissues
The songs by GONN were slow to reach the collector community. Greg Shaw contacted Craig Moore in 1984 and offered the band an LP deal once he learned about a reel of unreleased songs that were recorded in the mid-1960s. The result was Gonn: Blackout of Gretely on his Voxx Records label, the ninth volume in the Rough Diamonds series that spotlights garage rockGarage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
and psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
bands having more than just a couple of singles to their credit. Additionally, a remastered LP was released by Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records is a record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s.Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989...
in 1998 as part of their Beat Rocket series.
Coincident with the release of their 1996 reunion album, a comprehensive CD of the band's 1960s recordings was released called Frenzology; although it is out of print. The album features a 28-page booklet containing considerably more GONN lore. Currently available is the compilation CD "GONN For Good - The Best Of GONN 1966-2009" which features tracks from the 1960s as well as the reunion album, live material, and an exclusive bonus track.
The band has also issued numerous 7" singles, including reissues of "Blackout of Gretely" in 1988 and 1994 that both sold out.
Induction in the IRRMA Hall of Fame
The Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Music Association (IRRMA) was formed in 1997 and is a non-profit educational and entertainment organization honoring Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
rock and roll music. The organization's headquarters in Arnolds Park, Iowa
Arnolds Park, Iowa
Arnolds Park is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,126 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 1,162 population in the 2000 census.-Geography:Arnolds Park is located at ....
is about 100 miles West of the cornfield where an airplane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
, Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist....
, the Big Bopper
The Big Bopper
Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. also commonly known as The Big Bopper, was an American disc jockey, singer, and songwriter whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star...
and their young pilot on February 3, 1959, "the Day the Music Died
The Day the Music Died
On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll pioneers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean, in his song...
".
Spurred by "Project GONN" of The PSPOT (an internet-based resource dedicated to the '60s music underground), a grassroots campaign led to the nomination of GONN in The Iowa Music Association Hall Of Fame And Museum. The band was inducted in a ceremony in 2004 and, as with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
, was celebrated with a live concert by the inductees.
The IRRMA post on the induction of GONN describes the band this way: "GONN quickly evolved into a heavily English and West Coast-influenced no-holds-barred garage band; taking their sound and attitude from the likes of the Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...
, the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, the Chocolate Watch Band, the Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
, and the Raiders
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s with hits such as "Kicks" , "Hungry" , "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?" and the 1971 No...
."
Life away from the Band
Craig Moore has remained active in music throughout his life and has been involved in numerous bands over the years and up to the present, although he has not been a full-time member of a rock band since 1987. He also produced LP's for blues legend Luther Allison Gonna Be A Live One In Here Tonight (1979), and southern rockers The Dave Chastain Band Rockin' Roulette (1980), among others. Former Ilmo Smokehouse bandmates Slink Rand & Dennis Tieken, and GONN songwriting partner Rex Garrett all made guest appearances on his 1989 solo LP AGONNAGAIN. He met his wife Marina while touring Volgograd, Russia (formerly Stalingrad) after the 2001 GONN European tour. He is the owner of a collectible records/pop culture shop called Younger than Yesterday and lives in Peoria, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
. His most recent solo album is Still Tomorrow Yesterday, which came out in 2004 and features guest performances by friends Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja from the Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...
, and Eddie Phillips of The Creation
The Creation (band)
The Creation were an English rock band, formed in 1966. The most popular Creation song was "Painter Man", which made the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1966, and reached #8 in the German chart in April 1967. It was later covered by Boney M in 1979, and reached the #10 position in the UK...
. Through October into mid-November 2008 he toured on bass and vocals as special guest on THE FUZZTONES GONN PRIMITIVE TOUR of Europe with Fuzztones Rudi Protrudi, Mike Czekaj and Lana Loveland, and UK guitarist Bob Hughes from the Yorkshire group light 13]'. A live album of their set, which they performed all over Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Norway, awaits an undetermined release date. Youtube videos of the recent tour abound.
Gerry Gabel is the head of the music department at Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
and has authored and produced several orchestral compositions. He was also in Ilmo Smokehouse with Craig Moore in the early 1970s, and scored and conducted a string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
for a track on Moore's 2004 album. Most recently he has been involved in producing concert performances in a musical exchange program with similar music departments at universities in Ukraine. Several of Gabel's orchestral compositions will be performed in 2009/2010 in Ukraine, and he has been commissioned to write a special piece for one of these 2010 performances.
Rex Garrett and Dave Johnson performed with several bands throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Each has children that now play in rock bands, among them Dana Johnson whose first band Urban Discipline is featured on a bonus cut on Gonn with the Wind
GONN with the Wind
GONN with the Wind – also known as With the Wind – is the 30th-year reunion album by GONN. The CD includes three bonus tracks, including a live recording of their 1990 concert on the riverfront in Keokuk, Iowa...
performing a Craig Moore song. Rex & wife Dee Dee's son Ryan has recorded and toured on bass with various rock groups, and Garrett's oldest son Brent produced the GONN Iowa Hall of Fame Induction promotional DVD and the live-in-Cleveland videos you can see on their myspace page.
Larry LaMaster retired from an insurance company in the '90s and now lives with wife Gayle near Kansas City, Missouri. Dave Johnson is with JCPenney; Rex Garrett works on the Santa Fe Railroad like his father before him and still lives in Fort Madison, Iowa; Gary Stepp is a foreman at a factory, and has been elected to the city council in Keokuk, where he still lives with wife June. Brent Colvin is married and working in construction in northeastern Iowa.
While other members came and went before the end of GONN in 1969, it is only the first two line-ups that the band actually recognizes as the 'real' GONN:
1966 lineup (first single)
- Craig Moore, lead vocals, bass guitar
- Gerry Gabel, keyboards, vocals
- Gary Stepp, rhythm guitar
- Rex Garrett, lead guitar
- Brent Colvin, drums
1967 lineup (second single)
- Craig Moore, lead vocals, bass guitar
- Gerry Gabel, keyboards, vocals
- Rex Garrett, lead guitar
- Larry LaMaster, rhythm guitar
- Dave Johnson, drums
1996 Reunion Band
- Craig Moore, lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion
- Rex Garrett, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, fuzztone
- Dave Johnson, drums and percussion
- Gerry Gabel, Vox organ, keyboards, lead and backing vocals
- Gary Stepp, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, 12-string guitar, lead and backing vocals
- Larry LaMaster, rhythm guitar, stun guitar
2001 Reunion Band
- Craig Moore, lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion
- Dave Johnson, drums and percussion
- Gerry Gabel, Vox organ, keyboards, lead and backing vocals
- Jeff Jacks, lead guitar, rhythm guitar!
- Massimo del Pozzo, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals, fuzztone"
2009 "Global Garage Tour" Tour lineup (all 1967 members)
- Craig Moore, lead vocals, bass guitar
- Gerry Gabel, keyboards, vocals
- Rex Garrett, lead guitar
- Larry LaMaster, rhythm guitar
- Dave Johnson, drums
The other missing non-recording members
With the group briefly while still known as GONN, from mid-1968 through 1969- Jerry Ison, lead guitar (version 3)
- Alfred Boyer, 12-string rhythm guitar (version 3 & 4)
- Dana Georges, lead guitar (version 4)
- Slink Rand, lead guitar (later also in ILMO SMOKEHOUSE with Gerry & Craig) (version 5)
- Jerry Heath, rhythm guitar (version 5 & 6)
- Jules Pattenaude, lead guitar (version 6 & 7)
- Rod Williams, lead guitar (later in power trio TRINITY with Craig & Dave Johnson) (version 7)
Temporary members
With the group for as little as one or two shows during change-over periods 1967-1969- Jack Ruark, drums
- Steve Burch, lead guitar
- Kent Sovern, drums
- Tom Gerdes, drums
- Gerald Conn, drums
Other related groups
- MOTHER HOOKER'S BLUES BAND Formed by Gerry Gabel, with Dave Johnson, Craig Moore, & others
- THE BIG HUGE Craig Moore & Dave Johnson, with Dennis Albee (from Brillo & The Firebirds) & Lee Noe
- ILMO SMOKEHOUSE Freddie Tieken, Dennis Tieken, Craig Moore, Gerry Gabel, Slink Rand
- TRINITY Craig Moore, Dave Johnson, Rod Williams
Retrospective albums
- Rough Diamonds, Volume 9 / Gonn: Blackout of Gretely; Voxx Records (#200.029) – March 1985 release on LP
- Frenzology 1966-1967 – Punks along the Mississippi; MCCM Records (#MCCM 9601) – 1996 release on CD
- The Loudest Band in Town; Sundazed Records (#BR-108) – 1998 release on 180-gram LP
- GONN FOR GOOD - The Best Of GONN 1966-2008; YTY RECORDS (#YTY 0801) - 2008 CD only, limited to 500 copies with 2008 CD-only bonus track "Shame On You" a totally reworked cover of The Fuzztones 1991 LP track, with Rex Garrett lead vocal
Albums
- GONN with the WindGONN with the WindGONN with the Wind – also known as With the Wind – is the 30th-year reunion album by GONN. The CD includes three bonus tracks, including a live recording of their 1990 concert on the riverfront in Keokuk, Iowa...
; MCCM Records (#MCCM 9602) – 1996 release on CD with 3 bonus tracks - GONN with the WindGONN with the WindGONN with the Wind – also known as With the Wind – is the 30th-year reunion album by GONN. The CD includes three bonus tracks, including a live recording of their 1990 concert on the riverfront in Keokuk, Iowa...
; CME Records (#KE/LP 12001) – 2004 vinyl LP issue of the 1996 album, without the bonus tracks
Singles
- "Blackout of Gretely" b/w "Pain in My Heart"; Emir Records (#SS-9217); original release (1966)
- "Doin' Me In" b/w "I Need You"; unreleased / acetate only (1967)
- "Come with Me (to the Stars)" b/w "You're Looking Fine"; Merry Jaine Records (#IT-2316); 1967 release
- "Blackout of Gretely" b/w "Doin' Me In"; Emir Records (#SS-9217); 1988 reissue
- "Blackout of Gretely" b/w "Pain in My Heart"; MCCM/Emir Records (#MCCM-9401); 1994 reissue
- "The Prophecy" b/w "Cry to Me"; MCCM Records (#6696-1); 1996 release
- "Head in the Clouds" b/w "Pretty Girl"; MCCM Records (#6696-2); 1996 release
- "The Wind" b/w "Fellow Slave"; MCCM Records (#9701EP); 1997 release (studio and live in Italy)
- "Doin' Me In" b/w "I Need You"; CME Records (#CME 9802); 1998 release (remastered acetate versions)
- "Blackout Of Gretely" b/w "Come With Me"/"You're Looking Fine"; YTY Records (#GG2009); 2009 Limited Edition 7" EP
- "Don't Need Your Lovin'" b/w "Death Of An Angel"; Dirty Water Records (2009 UK release, 1967 recordings)
Related Album Releases
- ILMO Smokehouse - Recorded late 1969, released independently in 1970 and re-released by Roulette Records worldwide in 1971.
- AGONNAGAIN - Craig Moore solo album, MCCM Records - 1989 release, 2-LP set. Guest appearances by Rex Garrett (GONN), Slink Rand and Dennis Tieken (ILMO Smokehouse)
- Still Tomorrow Yesterday - Craig Moore solo album, YTY Records - 2004 release on CD. Guest appearances by Jim McCarty & Chris Dreja (Yardbirds), Eddie Phillips (Creation), THE OTHERS (Rome, Italy)
- Yellow, Purple and Green - THE OTHERS featuring Craig Moore on lead vocals. Recorded October/December 1999, released in March by Teen Sound Records (Italy), produced by Massimo del Pozzo.
Side A of the album includes: "Come With Me"," You can't Judge A Book", "Death of an Angel", "You're Lookin' Fine", "Don't Need Your Lovin'", "Bad Little Woman" and "Blackout Of Gretely".
Craig Moore recorded two more tracks with THE OTHERS at Delta Studio in Rome, Italy the same year and performed live with the band at MISTY LANE "EXPO 2000 Fest". A recording of "Don't Need Your Lovin'" with Craig Moore, Rudi Protrudi, The Others and The Chocolate Watchband during a studio session in Rome exists, although it's not been published yet.
Compilation Albums
- "Blackout of Gretely"
- Nuggets#1: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (CD box set)
- Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles is a compilation of US underground and garage single record releases from the mid- to late-1960s. It had a limited original release in 1978 and a more general release in 1979 ; this album was followed by several subsequent Pebbles compilations and albums...
(CD) - Pebbles, Volume 3Pebbles, Volume 3 (ESD Records)Pebbles, Volume 3 is a compilation album among the CDs in the Pebbles series and is a different album from the Pebbles, Volume 3 CD that was released by AIP Records in 1992.-Notes on the tracks:...
(CD – ESD Records) - Best of Pebbles, Volume 1 (LP)
- Best of Pebbles, Volume 1 (CD)
- The Chosen Few, Volume 1 (LP)
- The Chosen Few (CD)
- "Doin' Me In"
- Pebbles, Volume 10Pebbles, Volume 10 (CD)-Release data:This album was released on AIP Records in 1996 as #AIP-CD-5027. Despite the similar catalogue number, there is no relation between the tracks on this CD and the tracks on the corresponding LP...
(CD) - Pebbles BoxPebbles BoxThe Pebbles Box is a 5-LP box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. Several years later, a similar 5-CD box set was released that was called the Trash Box...
(LP box set) - Trash BoxTrash BoxThe Trash Box is a 5-CD box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. This box set is similar to the earlier Pebbles Box and includes almost all of the same recordings in that box set , along with numerous bonus tracks at the end of each disc...
(CD box set) - Essential Pebbles, Volume 1Essential Pebbles, Volume 1Essential Pebbles, Volume 1 is the first compilation album in the Essential Pebbles series. Although subtitled Ultimate '66 garage classics!, not all of the recordings on the album were originally released in 1966.-Release Data:...
(CD)
- "Signed D.C."
- Sixties Rebellion, Volume 8 (LP)
- Sixties Rebellion, Volume 8 (CD)