Gay Dad

Gay Dad
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Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Britpop
Group Members: Nicholas Crowe, Charley Stone, Nigel Hoyle, James Riseboro, Cliff Jones
Biography: Brit-pop phenoms Gay Dad were led by singer Cliff Jones, a onetime music journalist who first began conceiving the band during the early 1990s. Initial details are sketchy and the nascent group's line-up was fluid, although drummer Nicholas "Baz" Crowe was a mainstay from the outset; a 1994 demo recorded ...Read full biography
Leisure Noise
Released: 1999
Label: Sire/London
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Not since Toad the Wet Sprocket has a band had so much pop potential with such a horrid name. But, if you can get past Gay Dad's ridiculous moniker, an album of intelligent, guilt-free pop pleasure awaits ...Read full review
Transmission
Released: 2001
Label: B Unique
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Not the convoy of survivalist glam necessary to lure back the public the band annoyed after the disgruntled and over-hyped Leisure Noise, Gay Dad's sophomore LP goes for a lo-fi yet more sonically complex ...Read full review
More Gay Dad albums: Main Albums (2), Singles & EPs (9)
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