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(1994 – 2002)

Gay Dad were one of the last UK Brit rock bands to be launched in the late 1990s. They generated massive media interest and had moderate chart success but they failed to sustain their popularity and broke up in 2002. The original line-up consisted of rock critic Cliff Jones (guitar/vocals), James Riseboro (keyboards), Nigel Hoyle (bass), Charley Stone (guitar) and Nicholas Crowe (drummer).

Gay Dad was first formed in 1994 by former Mojo and The Face journalist Cliff Jones, his schoolfriend Baz Crowe, and Nigel Hoyle. Their first demo was recorded with legendary Rolling Stones record producer, Andrew Loog Oldham but proved unsuccessful, and they did not make their live debut until 1995. Early gigs were often a shambles, and by 1996 Jones, who had developed a fascination with psychedelia and glam-rock, began to rethink the band’s approach.

Joined by new keyboardist James Riseboro, they recorded several new tracks at Raezor Studio, Wandsworth, including a song called “To Earth With Love”. Although it was only intended to win them some live dates, the demo attracted keen record company interest and the band signed to London Records in December 1997. With (female) guitarist Charley Stone they toured the UK in early 1998 before starting recording sessions at The Dairy studio in Brixton with producers/sound engineers Gary Langan (ex-Art of Noise) and Chris Hughes (ex-Adam and The Ants).
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  • kyuseok

    Brit-pop band armed with very modern sounds. Gay Dad fur immer!

    15 Oct 2012 Reply

  • davidoa

    Greatest band name ever.

    24 Jul 2012 Reply

  • trainsniffer

    dimstar will forever be one of my favourite songs.

    24 Jun 2012 Reply

  • RafaelFlamer

    FIFA 2000!

    24 Apr 2012 Reply

  • hamlet666olsdal

    "oh little joy!"

    16 Feb 2012 Reply

  • right33

    lazy eye by the silversun pickups is essentially Drown by the Pumpkins sped up 2 measures. horrible rip off music

    1 Feb 2012 Reply

  • vladimir_sanich

    омг, ну и названьице

    1 Feb 2012 Reply

  • bluela

    @unfazed - I have a few-songs-heard snooty personal prejudice going against Silversun Pickups, so I don't know. But part of the anti feeling has to do with what I hear as their abuse of elements of Smashing Pumpkins, so I know at least that part is in the mix! I'll give each of their albums a run through to see if I hear the song that was Gay Dadesque. Friends have been wanting me to give Silversun Pickups more of a chance for a long time, so I can kill two birds there. Thanks very much for suggesting a place for me to look, listening-wise.

    11 Sep 2011 Reply

  • SniperWolf92

    @Groovyfella Haha Indeed.

    2 Jul 2011 Reply

  • Groovyfella

    A Championship level Britpop band - never had the craft or the timing to be Premier league

    7 May 2011 Reply

  • unfazed

    @bluela wasn't the silversun pickups was it?

    28 Mar 2011 Reply

  • sickstick

    fifa2000 <3

    16 Feb 2011 Reply

  • bluela

    Yesterday I heard a song that reminded me of Gay Dad, perhaps with splashes of Coldplay and Smashing Pumpkins. The "Similar Artists" here are mostly just other britpop bands, not really a match in sound . . does anyone know a currently-producing band with a reminiscent sound? I also saw Gay Dad live, and agree they were amazing. But I was less impressed with Transmission, and definitely think the name was limiting. Not bad, but not the most sensible for success. I still wish they'd stuck around longer, to see how they might have evolved/what else they would have produced. A lot of Leisure Noise was great, and showed proper respect of fantastic influences.

    13 Aug 2010 Reply

  • zaynzaynzayn

    high concept? name for the art crowd, music for mainstream.

    31 Jul 2010 Reply

  • gerxrdo

    not listening to a band named "gay dad" xD

    17 Jun 2010 Reply

  • deadgrave

    perfect name :D

    12 Jun 2010 Reply

  • Jamie_W

    Definitely a contender for worst band name ever, simply because it was most certainly why many people didn't take them seriously. Both albums, particularly the debut, are solid pieces of work.

    26 May 2010 Reply

  • the-arcade-fire

    I have 3 Gay Dad cd singles, oh jim, joy and to earth with love. I rool.

    10 Apr 2010 Reply

  • placebo_molko

    me too. Also, the artist description in spanish says something like "they recorded a demo but it was so bad that no one gave a fuck" (?)

    2 Mar 2010 Reply

  • gerxrdo

    lol @ the band name xD

    15 Feb 2010 Reply
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