Founder, frontman and sole consistent member
James Johnston
has also played in
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
, psychedelic rock band
Faust
and
Big Sexy Noise
with
Lydia Lunch
. Now he comes with his own and best band the
Gallon Drunk
to present their new album
The Soul Of The Hour
. Before them, the solo project
The Silver Shine
's singer/guitarist,
Ati Edge & The Shadowbirds
will play - wild rockabilly, garage rock 'n' roll, old tyme psychobilly.
Having formed in 1990,
Gallon Drunk
released their debut full-length album,
You, the Night...and the Music
in 1992. The following year, they enjoyed popularity in the wake of their second album,
From The Heart of Town
, which saw the band play venues in the U.S., such as the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden in New York, as a guest of
Morrissey
. During UK dates for "From The Heart Of Town"
saxophonist Terry Edwards
joined the band, having played previously as a session player on the album. Following the subsequent European and U.S. tours, both as headline, and also supporting
PJ Harvey
, drummer Max Decharne left the band, to be replaced by
Ian White
, who remains a member of the band to the present.
The new line-up of the band followed with "
The Traitor's Gate E.P.
" and in 1996 the acclaimed "
In The Long Still Night
", and the subsequent soundtrack "
Black Milk
" and album "
Fire Music
" with
Jeremy Cottingham
replacing Mike Delanian on bass. Following a hiatus during which Johnston toured and recorded with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Gallon Drunk returned in 2007 with the wild and impassioned "
The Rotten Mile
", with
Simon Wring
taking over of bass, and the remaining core members of Johnston, white and Edwards. After Simon Wring's tragic death in 2011, the band released 2012's "
The Road Gets Darker From Here
", recorded in Hamburg's leading analogue studio Clouds Hill. The subsequent tours for the album saw
Leo Kurunis
join the band on bass guitar, with this line-up then returning to Clouds Hill to record "
The Soul Of The Hour
", released in 2014 on Clouds Hill recordings.
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