Gorilla Biscuits (album) explained
| Gorilla Biscuits |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Gorilla Biscuits |
| Cover: | Gorillabiscuits.JPG |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Recorded: | Demo Demo Studios in New York City, January 1988 |
| Genre: | Hardcore punk |
| Length: | Original 11:33
CD 19:28 |
| Label: | Revelation[1] |
| Producer: | Walter & Don Fury[2] |
| Next Title: | Start Today |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Gorilla Biscuits is the first album, released as a 7-inch EP, by the hardcore band Gorilla Biscuits.[3] [4] It was later released on CD.
Critical reception
AllMusic gave the album a mixed review, writing that "the first release from hardcore legends Gorilla Biscuits is a vital part of the band's history but still far from the classic Start Today LP issued only a year later."
Track listing (7-inch)
All songs written by Walter Schreifels.
Side A
- "High Hopes" – 2:25
- "Big Mouth" – 2:00
- "No Reason Why" – 1:53
- "GM2" – 0:21
Side B
- "Hold Your Ground" – 2:02
- "Breaking Free" – 1:13
- "Finish What You Started" – 1:41
Track listing (CD)
- "High Hopes" – 2:25
- "Big Mouth" – 2:00
- "No Reason Why" – 1:53
- "GM2" – 0:21
- "Hold Your Ground" – 2:02
- "Breaking Free" – 1:13
- "Finish What You Started" – 1:41
- "Sitting Round at Home" (Buzzcocks cover) – 1:43
- "Biscuit Power" – 1:24 (song also known elsewhere as "Gorilla Biscuits")
- "Short End of the Stick" – 1:32
- "Hold Your Ground" (Different lyrics) – 2:04
- "GM2" – 1:13 (song also known elsewhere as "Slut")
- Tracks 8 to 12 are unlisted.
Members
- CIV - vocals
- Walter Schreifels - guitar[5]
- Arthur Smilios - bass guitar
- Luke Abbey - drums
Notes and References
- Web site: Revelation Records : Gorilla Biscuits - S/T. www.revelationrecords.com.
- Web site: Gorilla Biscuits - Gorilla Biscuits | Credits. AllMusic.
- Book: Blush, Steven. New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. October 4, 2016. Macmillan. 9781250083616. Google Books.
- Web site: Gorilla Biscuits at House of Blues | Concert preview. Time Out Chicago.
- Web site: Walter Schreifels Talks About Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, and all of his Other Bands. February 26, 2018. Riot Fest.
