10th Dec. 2009 : POPKILLER REVIEW FROM LAZYROCKER.COM
Webzine
LazyRocker.com has just
posted a glwoing review
of the 'Popkiller' mini
album. AN excerpt
follows:
"Now with Toby Jepson on
board GUN released the
5-track EP "Popkiller".
You don't have to be
afraid that the band is
now starting to sound
like the Little Angels.
Jepson managed to sing
like he has always been
GUN's vocalist. The
first track "Let Your
Hair Down" is a typical
GUN song with a powerful
chorus, catchy hooks and
80’s synth pop sound.
But this sound is still
very refreshing. Now
that I'm writing this
review I think The
Killers might have been
very well influenced by
GUN. "Seraphina" is
another great track. The
chorus won't leave your
head. The title track
starts with a simple
synthesizer tune which
grows to another great
song with that typical
GUN sound. "Ripping Up
The Letters" is a mellow
passionate song. The EP
ends with the energetic
track "The Only". A
straight rocker."
27th Nov. 2009 : POPKILLER REVIEW FROM ROCKUNITED.COM
The big worry for some (me
included) was that, with Toby Jepson aboard and contributing,
the new Gun material would sound like Little Angels. This may
seem like an odd thing to fret about, as Little Angels were a
bloody awesome band, but if this happened it would sort of make
calling the band Gun pretty pointless.
Personally, my own fears were assuaged when I heard the free to
download song "Let Your Hair Down", which leads off this 5 track
offering. It's everything that Gun used to be: quirky, catchy
and blessed with a chorus that goes round your head for days.
Whilst Jepson sings very well (as always), he doesn't utilize
the same register as he did in his Angels days, so there's no
"Do You Wanna Riot " type screaming, just studied vocals doing
their best to fit the song. "Popkiller" is a tight EP, giving
the listener five tracks that compliment each other perfectly.
Four are upbeat, whilst the melancholy "Ripping Up The Letters"
is quite a grower, perhaps the closest to Jepson's Little Angels
days stylistically. Each of the other four tracks carries a hook
big enough to catch Moby Dick, boding extremely well for the
future. As a way to get some well missed British rock talent
back in the game, the marriage of Guiliano Gizzi, Dante Gizzi,
Gordon McNeil and Toby Jepson is a welcome one, so watch this
space because Gun are firing on all six.
GUN drummer Gordon McNeil has
asked us to host an auction for his Meinl Mb20 Series cymbal
that he used throughout last week's tour of Spain.
The cymbal was brand new at the start of the tour, but
Gordon cracked it at the final show in Barcelona. He
promptly got the whole band to sign the cymbal (see pics
below) and passed it on to me, asking if I could make sure
that ALL PROCEEDS for this auction could go to The
Beatson Oncology Centre Fund (The lead centre for the
delivery of non-surgical cancer care in the west of
Scotland).
The cymbal itself if worth over £300 and all the money is
going to a great cause, so please bid generously. To place
your bid now please
CLICK HERE!!
The auction will be open for one week and will close at 8pm
next Sunday evening (8th).
Good Luck - let's hope we make
loads of money for them! It's nice to give something back
sometimes...
The Thin Getting His Bid
In One...
Click on the below images for larger versions!
1st Nov. 2009 : TOTAL ROCK INTERVIEW
Check out this recent
interview with Toby and Jools courtesy of Total Rock Radio.
To download now for free click
here!
In other GUN news...
Watch out for Jools and Dante in the media as they will both
be attending the Classic Rock Awards on Monday.
The band will also be heading in to Abbey Road studios on
Tuesday to mix the new Mini-Album 'Popkiller'. Pre-order
here!!
Then on Thursday we are all off to Portugal for the show
with D.A.D., before heading to Belfast on the 8th November
and then kicking it on the U.K. tour!
It's all very busy and very exciting in the GUN camp at the
moment
The Thin Totally Rocking One...
29th Oct. 2009 : GUN LIVE IN SPAIN VIDEO CLIPS
Inside Out / So Lonely (Live in Bilbao)
Taking On
The World (Live in Barcelona)
27th Oct. 2009 : DOWNLOAD THE NEW GUN SINGLE FOR FREE!!!
GUN's brand new single 'Let Your Hair Down' is
released today exclusively as a free download
Gijon was a great show once again, the crowd may not have been
the biggest on the tour but they certainly made up for the lack
of numbers with sheer enthusiasm. The band reciprocated by
playing another blinder. Slight change to the set list tonight
as Pop Killer moved up to an earlier slot.
GIJON SET LIST: Welcome To The Real
World / Don't Say It's Over / Money To Burn / Pop Killer / Can't
Get Any Lower / Better Days / Taking On The World / Money
(Everybody Loves Her) / Let Your Hair Down / Inside Out - So
Lonely / Word Up / Steal Your Fire / Shame On You
To view a selection of photographs from the show and the
following chaotic meet and greet, please click on the
picture on the left. Once again, if you spot yourself,
please let us know!
We are now sat backstage in
Bilbao, after a nice drive along the coast, awaiting the opening
of doors. Hopefully we will see some of you tonight....
The Thin Killing Pop One...
22nd Oct. 2009 : HELLO FROM SPAIN
Just a quick hello from sunny (ish) Spain. I've lost track of
dates, days, time and pretty much everything else, but I believe
that we've been here for 4 days now.
The first show in Valencia went very well, despite Dante feeling
a little under the weather. Some new merchandise was available
tonight for the first time including a new 'Pop Killer' T-shirt,
a GUN bag and a GUN beanie hat! All will be available online
soon!
VALENCIA SET LIST:
Welcome To The Real World / Don't Say It's Over / Money To Burn
/ Can't Get Any Lower / Better Days / Taking On The World /
Money (Everybody Loves Her) / Let Your Hair Down / Inside Out -
So Lonely / Word Up / Steal Your Fire / Shame On You
After a rest on the following day off, Dante was back firing
from all cylinders for last nights awesome show in Madrid and in
fact that whole band was on fire. Last night also saw the live
debut of new track 'Pop Killer'. The words 'Best Show Ever' were
heard being said by both fans and band members! It was THAT
good!!
MADRID SET LIST:
Welcome To The Real World / Don't Say It's Over / Money To Burn
/ Can't Get Any Lower / Better Days / Taking On The World /
Money (Everybody Loves Her) / Let Your Hair Down / Pop Killer /
Inside Out - So Lonely / Word Up / Steal Your Fire / Shame On
You
Check out the photos of just some of the fans that helped to
make the Madrid show so special by clicking on the picture
below...
Can you spot yourself? Let us
know if you can...
We are now in Gijon (after a very tiring 5 hour ride in the GUN
van). The band are currently sound checking and we are all
looking forward to another fantastic show tonight!
We've also heard some rough mixes of the forthcoming mini album
'Pop Killer' (pre-order details soon - we are working hard to
make sure the CD is available for the beginning of the U.K.
Tour). All I can say is that this is definitely one to look
forward to...it's sounding amazing!! GUN are well and truly back
folks!!!
See you later, if you're coming...more soon and hopefully a
video update from the band to follow....
Stay tuned!!
The Thin Letting His Hair Down One...
11th Oct. 2009 : GUN AT THE EMBASSY THIS MONDAY
Gun will be appearing at The Krusher Klub at The Embassy
tomorrow (Monday 12th October) for their new EP and tour launch
party.
Toby and Jools will be meeting and greeting the fans, playing an
acoustic set and will be available for a signing and photo
session.
The Embassy is close to Bond Street and Piccadilly Circus tubes.
Click here for a map.
It's only £5.00 entrance which has to make it the cheapest Rock
Night in London, possibly the UK. You can get a huge Jack and
Coke for just £4.00 so what's stopping you coming down on Monday
12th for what will be one hell of a memorable night...
Need more details? Call Steve on 0207 237 3148 or
mail here...
The Thin Krushed He Can't Make It One...
24th Aug. 2009 : U.K. SUPPORT BANDS CONFIRMED
We have had numerous offers, interest, requests, and even people
offering us silly amounts of money in order to get the support
slot on the U.K. leg of the current GUN tour.
However, after reviewing all the choices it came down to 2
bands, but no one could choose between them - so I am happy to
announce that we have decided to offer both bands the main
support slot.
New
Device will take the first dates on the tour, as follows:
12 Nov – Newcastle Academy2
13 Nov – Manchester Academy3
14 Nov – Nottingham Rock City
15 Nov – Sheffield Corporation
17 Nov – Bradford Gasworks
18 Nov – Leamington Spa Assembly
19 Nov – Cambridge Junction
21 Nov – Gloucester Guildhall
Riot:Noise will take the second half of the tour, dates as
listed below:
22 Nov – Wrexham Central Station
23 Nov – Bristol Academy2
24 Nov – Southampton Brook
26 Nov – London Islington Academy
27 Nov – Milton Keynes Pitz Club
28 Nov – Brighton Concorde2
29 Nov – Swansea Sin City
1 Dec – Carlisle Brickyard
2 Dec – Glasgow ABC1
New Device will also rejoin the tour for London and Glasgow.
Both bands have new records out around the time of the tour and
are generating huge interest around them....get there early to
check them out...you might just catch something very special. We
can't wait to see them rock the socks off all the GUN fans out
there!!
They will also be joining in the celebrations at Hard Rock Hell
this year as well (of which there are very few tickets
left......if you haven't got yours yet head over to the
Gigs page
NOW!!!!)
The Thin Getting Ready To Have His Socks Rocked Off One...
20th Aug. 2009 : GUN ARE OFF TO PORTUGAL!!
GUN are to make a welcome return to Portugal, another of their
spiritual homes in Europe, for a special one-off show.
The band will the perform at Campo Pequeno in Lisbon on Friday 6
November, with the fantastically awesome band D.A.D.
It Seems as though our very own Toby is a massive fan, so he's
really looking forward to it...as are we all...
This is a line up you don't want to miss...so don't hang
about...book your ticket's now!!
Download and print the flyer
here...tell all you friends that they NEED to be here...
The Thin E.X.C.I.T.E.D. One...
12th Aug. 2009 : TOBY TO BE SPECIAL GUEST ON SKIN SHOWS
Gun management have just confirmed that vocalist Toby Jepson
will be the
special guest on SKIN’s UK tour in December. These solo
acoustic performances will consist of mainly material from
Toby's solo releases, and will complete Toby’s solo EP release
commitments.
For dates please visit the official SKIN website
here.
The Thin Refreshing Himself One...
11th August 2009 : GUN RETURN TO SPAIN!!
Following the band's triumphant appearance at the 2009 Festival
Derrame Rock, GUN return in to Spain in October with a selection
of live dates...seems like the Spanish can’t get enough....
TUE 20 OCTOBER
2009 Durango Club, VALENCIA, SPAIN
durangoclub
THUR 22 OCTOBER 2009 La Sala Live, MADRID,
SPAINwww.lasala.biz
Get your tickets now before it's too late via
www.ticketmaster.es - If you miss this one you will regret
it forever. You know it makes sense. See you there...
The Thin Brushing Up On His Spanish One...
27th July 2009 : HARD ROCK HELL UPDATE!!
A quick update from those devilish folks over at Hard Rock
Hell...
There are now less than 90 rooms left, so if you want to go for
the weekend don't waste any time booking your place...you might
be disappointed otherwise!
They have also just released a very limited amount of day
tickets...to grab yours now click on the flyer below to visit
the fab Hard Rock Hell website, or ring the provided numbers
ASAP...
GUN will perform at Hard Rock Hell on Friday 4th December.
The Thin Wondering If There's A Hard Rock Heaven One...
24th July 2009 : SPANISH SHOW REVIEW
Spain is still going crazy over our GUN boys, following their
show in Asturias. The performance has been receiving rave
reviews in publications and web sites all over the country.
Below is a short review by María Gómez from
www.insonoro.com, a rock-zine based in Santander. Thanks
once again to Isabel for the translation:
"...Then the Scots GUN arrived. Having reformed after splitting
more than 12 years ago, the rock band visited Asturias for their
first show in Spain and the only one they are expected to give
this year. They introduced themselves with "Hola Asturias!" and
constantly encouraged the crowd, asking them to clap along. They
had also learnt the local customs and shouted "Puxa Asturies".
To be honest, I think it was a good show, I didn't know them
before and I enjoyed it. They finished their set with their rock
classic 'Word up!'. Above all I remember their statement in the
interview they gave to La voz de Asturias in which they were
asked if rock was a fashion, to which they answered: “Rock is
not a fashion, is a state, a way of life”."
As promised, here is a translation of the Spanish interview that
we posted yesterday.
With thanks to Isabel
Interview: La Voz de Asturias - 12/07/2009.
Gun ROCK BAND: “Rock is not a fashion, it's a state, a
way of life”.
Origin: Scotland.
Background: Supported
the Rolling Stones in their Urban Jungle Tour and also Bon
Jovi. Reformed after splitting in 1997.
Formed by brothers Jools and Dante Gizzi and vocalist Mark
Rankin. Gun was one of the most successful Scottish bands in the
90s. The band split in 1997 and apart from some occasional
concerts in 1998 and 1999, they disappeared from the music
scene. Last year they reformed with Toby Jepson as vocalist,
replacing Rankin. Gun came back to Asturias yesterday to perform
in Derrame Rock , 13 years after their last visit to the region
supporting Bon Jovi in El Molinón, in what will be their only
concert in Spain, at least for now and the first time they will
be together again in our country.
You have been separated for some time and this concert is
included in your new tour together, what do you expect of this
comeback? We
want to enjoy it. We´ve got loads of new plans and we´re very
excited about being together again. It´s great to be back in
Spain and offer our Spanish fans concerts like the ones we did
ten years ago.
What do you think about festivals like Derrame Rock?
We like festivals very much, because it´s a special kind of
show. There´s a good atmosphere among all the people coming to
enjoy rock and roll. Playing with other bands is a lot of fun.
The economical situation is not very good at the moment, does
this affect the number of concerts?
When people are in a bad economic situation, rock is good
because people go back to music as a way of expression. When
people have a lot of money, they don´t care about distractions
and even less about cultural events. Traditionally, when people
are in a difficult social situation, they look into music. With
rock and roll people get distracted and forget about their
problems. So we are in the best moment we could be.
Do
you think rock is an undervalued music style? No,
we don´t agree. There are many bands, like AC/DC, that have been
on the top for more than 20 years. In the 70 s rock was
considered as the lower or marginal classes´ music. But that´s
not true. Something in our favour is that rock fans are loyal,
they are always there.
So, rock is not a fashion?
No. It´s a state, an emotion, a way of life.
What do you think about the present situation of music?
Things are quite bad, specially because of piracy. We buy all
the music we want to listen to. Although probably, if we were
not in this, we would do the same. The way of consuming music
has changed a lot. If people don´t buy our music, we don´t get
anything and that way we wouldn´t be able to continue in this
world.
And how do you manage to stay in it for so long?
Being constantly good. Keeping the standard of the songs high
and making good music. whatever the genre is, from rock to pop
or jazz, and it´s very difficult, because music is in constant
evolution.
The Thin In An Unfashionable State One...
16th July 2009 : GUN IN SPANISH PRESS
Spain went GUN crazy this weekend, as the guys were over there
to play at Derrame Rocks. He's just a sample of the band on TV
and in Spanish press:
GUN, latest addition to Derrame Rock (previous to the festival):
http://www.lne.es
We will hopefully have English translations of the above
articles soon...
While you are at it, check out some photos from the trip
here!
The Thin Brushing Up On His Spanish One...
17th June 2009 : UPDATE ON NEW T-SHIRT ORDERS
The response to the new GUN logo T-shirts as been so
phenomenal that we have sold out of the first run already!
But fear not, a new batch will be with us by Thursday, in time
for the next few dates. For those of you that have placed your
orders but are still waiting for your shirts, we can only
apologise, but they will be sent out early next week.
If you haven't yet ordered your new GUN logo shirt please
visit the link below:
You can, of course, also pick one up at this weekends York
and Wolverhampton shows!
See you there!
The Thin Looking Cool In His New GUN Shirt One...
12th June 2009 : MORE HARD ROCK HELL DETAILS!!
Hard Rock Hell have confirmed
that GUN will be playing the Main Stage on Friday,
December 4th!
It’s all the more exciting because the fantastic Monster
Magnet have just been confirmed as the headliner. Also
sharing the stage on the Friday will be Logan,
Terrorvision and Voodoo Johnson, amongst others. The
Saturday sees GUN buddy Lauren Harris playing
alongside Queensryche and WASP...now that sounds
like one Hard Rocking weekend in Hell to us!!
For more info check out
www.hardrockhell.com - where you'll find that they are so
happy to have GUN on the bill that they have added
Money (Live In Glasgow) as the site audio! Nice!
They also have a forum over there - I think you'll agree that
it's time for all you GUN fans to head over there, bombard the
forum and talk GUN up in a big way. You know it makes
sense....
The Thin Rocking Hard As Hell One...
11th June 2009 : GUN TO RETURN TO SPAIN!!
It gives me great the pleasure to confirm
that GUN have been asked to return to Spain this summer. The
band will play the Main stage of the Open air Derrame Rock
Festival in Asturias, Northern Spain on Saturday 11 July 2009. For more info please visit
www.festivalderramerock.com.
The festival promoter was so keen to secure GUN for a return to
Spain that he added the band to an already full bill, just so he
could get them first! Now that's the kinda promoter we like!!
This is one of Spain’s biggest promoters, by the way – currently
working with AC/DC, among other huge artists.
GUN will not only be performing on the 11th, but they have been
invited to attend the whole weekend, so they will be on hand to
meet up, say hi, sign autographs and hang out with as many
people as possible. Please make sure you say "Hi Guys" if you
see the GUN lads hanging around! The Thin Thinking Things Are About To Get
Interesting One...
11th June 2009 : YORK AND WOLVERHAMPTON SUPPORTS
Wolverhampton rockers, Voodoo Johnson
have been added to the bill for Wolverhampton gig. The boys were
really excited about playing with GUN, one of their main
influences, on the Castle Park Rock Festival, and were gutted
when it was cancelled. So, GUN are keen to ensure the boys get
their day in the sun and asked for them to be added to the
Wolverhampton gig personally. Check out
www.myspace.com/voodoojohnson
And, in our continued quest to encourage new bands in much the
same way as GUN received encouragement in the early days, we
have added Slash Vegas to the York gig
www.myspace.com/slashvegas
Both bands are being heavily supported by Classic Rock Magazine
as the rock superstars of the future..... The Thin Wondering Who's Supporting Him As
The Web Superstar Of The Future One...
