Gomez

On Tour

See all 25 pictures

Play Radio

Listen to Gomez Radio, featuring artists like Ian Ball, Ben Ottewell, Turin Brakes, The Bees and more…

• Search on Spotify

7,515,895 plays (444,041 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Gomez Ringtones to Cell

Buy

• Download
• Amazon
• Juno
• Send Ringtones to Cell
• Tonefuse Search

Add to my Library

There are two bands under the same name:
1) A British indie rock band
2) An American emo band active in the early 90’s

1) Gomez are an English indie rock band. Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. The genesis of Gomez was the meeting of four friends from Southport. Guitarist and vocalist Ian Ball and drummer Olly Peacock had previously played together in a local heavy metal band called Severed. They joined with guitarist / vocalist / keyboardist Tom Gray and bassist Paul Blackburn. Ian Ball met vocalist / guitarist Ben Ottewell (from Matlock Bath in Derbyshire) at Sheffield University, where they were both studying.

The band played their first gig together in late 1996 in Leeds without a formal name. The band left a sign out for a friend of theirs whose surname was Gomez to indicate that it was the site of their first gig. People saw the sign and assumed that the band’s name was Gomez - the name stuck.

The band started recording four-track demos in a garage in Southport soon after. A bidding war erupted when they sent the demos to recording labels, with the band finally signing with Virgin Records’ subsidiary, Hut, in 1997.

Gomez’s career trajectory has led to the band’s name taking on a new meaning. Also known as “Mercury Poisoning”, To “do a Gomez” now means to release a debut album so successful and to such unanimous praise that expectations are raised to the point where it is impossible to follow it.

Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: indie, alternative, rock, indie rock, british  See more

Share this artist:

• Tweet
• Send

Top Albums

• Bring It On
  Gomez

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $9.49
  • 7digital $8.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $4.08
  • eBay Search
• How We Operate
  Gomez

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital $9.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• Liquid Skin
  Gomez

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $9.49
  • 7digital $8.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon $3.58
  • eBay Search
• Whatever's On Your Mind
  Gomez

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $9.90
  • 7digital $9.99
  • Juno $10.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search

Top Tracks

• Last Week
• Last 6 months

1		See The World			651
2		How We Operate			442
3		Whippin' Piccadilly			432
4		Get Miles			312
5		Get Myself Arrested			295
6		Options			270
7		Tijuana Lady			241
8		Make No Sound			222
9		We Haven't Turned Around			212
10		78 Stone Wobble			207
11		Notice			200
12		Here Comes The Breeze			180
12		Little Pieces			180
14		Airstream Driver			179
15		Girlshapedlovedrug			147

Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3

See more