Gordon Gano's Army are one of the best bands to have come from the south coast of the UK. They played gritty, sloppy pop punk about girls and books and all the other things all the other gritty sloppy pop punk bands play songs about. But they were different. I can't remember the first time I saw them, but it was probably about 2004, and it was probably at The Homestead in Southampton. The Homestead was an 8-bedroom house filled with punks. They would often open up their small conservatory and have acoustic shows in there. I saw Gordon Gano's there a number of times; Rich's drums were made out of cooler boxes, tupperware pots and the occasional cymbal, Phil played through a 10 watt bass amp + Russ almost always broke two or three strings on his acoustic.
A couple of years went passed and Gordon Gano's Army had broken up for at least the second time. I bumped into Russ whilst he was driving North Lincoln when I put them on in Brighton. He said that they were getting ready to play again with a new bassist and that they were all playing electric; he asked if I fancied putting out their new 7". I didn't have enough money at the time and politely declined. To this day it is my biggest regret related to my label.
Gordon Gano's Army went on to put out a 7" as part of the Art Of The Underground single series and then released an LP on the same label. Both records are fantastic, but for me, Fifty Hours sums up everything I ever loved about this band. I love this record.
Yeah, Gordon Gano's Army split up and Russ moved to China. Download this 7" and buy the LP from AOTU. It's one of my favourite LP's; the first and last songs will completely destroy you. AOTU is a great label too.
I really hope you enjoy this 7".
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