GEM Hexed 1995
Artist Biography
by Erik Hage
Gem is a guitar-driven pop-rock band with explicit
connections to Cobra Verde and Guided By Voices. After launching Cobra
Verde (out of the ashes of the Cleveland group Death of Samantha) with
singer/guitarist John Petkovic and Dave Swanson in the early '90s,
guitarist Doug Gillard formed the side project Gem with Prisonshake
drummer Scott Pickering and Four Coyotes guitarist Tim Tobias. The group
debuted with the album Hexed in 1995. In 1997, Gillard and the rest of
Cobra Verde backed up Robert Pollard as a de facto Guided By Voices
lineup for the Mag Earwig album. Gillard would remain with Guided By
Voices in subsequent years, with Gem member Tim Tobias joining up with
Pollard as well (on bass). The two Gem members were important components
of the relatively stable GBV lineup that existed from the late '90s and
on into the new millenium (and that played on the landmark Isolation
Drills album). In 2001, Tobias and Gillard once again turned their
attentions to Gem with the album Sunglare Serenades.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Sheep |
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| 2 |
Your Heroes Hate You |
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| 3 |
Only A Loan |
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| 4 |
Failed To See |
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| 5 |
Suburban Girl |
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| 6 |
Little Star |
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| 7 |
I Hate It |
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| 8 |
Any Trepidation |
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| 9 |
Like This |
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| 10 |
Many Moons Break |
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| 11 |
Yeahya |
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| 12 |
2 Me Now |
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