Gaylord | |
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| Origin | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1995–2010 |
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| Past members | Core Atoms Jeff Steverson Brann Dailor Drew Verstraete |
Gaylord was an American rock band active from late 1995 until 2010.
Gaylord was founded in 1995 inRochester, New York, by guitarist/ singer/songwriterCore Atoms (Arcadea, Zruda) and bassist/singer/songwriter Jeff Steverson. In 1996, Gaylord released their first recordingSparkling Cool, following the addition of drummerBrann Dailor.[1] After Dailor, Gaylord would play with two other drummers before the addition of percussionist/singer Drew Verstraete (Big Hair, Zruda) in late 1998[2]After the addition of Verstraete, Gaylord went on to release several recordings including the full length self-released,Drop a Bomb on a Town of Fried Bologna (2001),Tsunami (2004) andResplendent Locution (2007).[3]
In 2007, Gaylord recordedResplendent Locution with Doug White atWatchmen Recording Studios before relocating to Atlanta, Georgia.[4] In March 2008, a month before Gaylord left for Atlanta, they recorded a one-hour live performance for theWXXI television seriesOn Stage.[5] In December 2009, Gaylord disbanded, and Atoms and Verstraete founded theprogressive metal band Zruda with Guitarist Bryan Aiken and bassist Sean Peiffer of the Athens, Georgia-based prog-metal bandLazer Wulf.[6] In 2016, Atoms and Dailor reunited to create the Progressive Synth Metal bandArcadea, releasing their self-entitled debut in June 2017 onRelapse Records.[7]
Gaylord embraced an eclectic mix of styles which one reviewer described as, "a raucous blend ofprog,metal, andfunk with heavy traces ofclassical."[8] In an interview for the newspaperFlagpole, Core Atoms accredited Gaylord's sound to a shared, "love of everything from metal to classical tofunk andbluegrass."[1] Their distinct sound was further aided by Atoms' unconventional style of playing a right-handed guitar, left-handed—essentially backwards and upside-down,[4][9] and Steverson's complex style of bass playing, which combined slapping, strumming, plucking, and tapping.[10] In a 2017 interview forRevolver Magazine, Dailor said:
"Gaylord's bass player, Jeff [Steverson] was crazy too. I thought they were super talented, and it was different from what I was doing at the time...Gaylord were playing weird funk, also influenced byMr. Bungle. We had all this different music wrapped up in this one really bizarre package. Core's guitar playing was just different, and that's what I always look for: something artistic and weird."[11]
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