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"Gramercy"

Remember the Longpigs? Fantastic 90's Indie band.

Well Crispin Hunt, their rather fabulous singer is now fronting Gramercy, a band also featuring some bloke from Gay Dad.

They've just been picked up by a major label, and you can listen to some of their stuff at their official website, here:

[URL]http://www.gramercyonline.com/[/URL]

Oops, so I did. :o) I'll fix that.

Ok, it's just that you wrote 'Gay Day', which threw me slightly.

There really was a band in the late 90's called Gay Dad.

"To Earth with Love" was one of theirs I think, it might have recently been on a car advert. (EDIT" - It was 'Joy' on the car advert)

[URL]http://www.gaydad.tk/[/URL]

I quite like Greenday, for the record.

If you go to the Gramercy website it plays a sample of some of their songs. They've only released one single to date.

I only discovered their existence today, but I loved the Longpigs, especially the vocals.

EDIT:
I think it's five songs it plays samples of, 1 of which is the single, Hold On, though first impressions, I really like 'Possibilities' - the other three songs are only demos at the moment.

Yes, but, there isn't a band known as 'Gay Day'.

And, to RoJ, for me it isn't the political side of things that I'm particularly interested in. I just like the guitar and bass riffs and the lyrics of some of the less politically-aimed songs.

'American Idiot' is an example of their attempts at world issues of the time in song, but just taking the song at the musical face-value makes it ok.

The trouble with Greenday is some of their songs sound a little too similar and they release hits that are played over and over again on the music channels.

*Shrug* forget their awful attempts at depth and they're a decent-enough band.

I don't think Meka is the kind of person to call a band he doesn't like 'Gay'.

Perhaps. ^^

It isn't their music, it's their fakeness and tendency to exploit on the issues of the moment to further themselves. They don't actually have much a clue about politics imo.

Green Day, which I assumed that referred to, aren't as bad as some people make them out to be.

Granted their music is a little light and 'mainstream' for some but it isn't all entirely bad. The lead singer has a few issues in the make-up department, but that doesn't make the band gay and there's some good stuff in there.

Anyway, enough about them. I think I'll check out some of Gramercy's stuff, any songs you'd recommend?

Remember the Longpigs? Fantastic 90's Indie band.

Well Crispin Hunt, their rather fabulous singer is now fronting Gramercy, a band also featuring some bloke from Gay Dad.

They've just been picked up by a major label, and you can listen to some of their stuff at their official website, here:

[URL]http://www.gramercyonline.com/[/URL]