[kj] Quicksand ... Baby Gopal

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

I bought the Baby Gopal LP, the baby blue and pink one, in '96 or '97, 
whenever it came out, and didn't expect it to sound like it did. This 
was really before Napster, much less Soulseek, so you still had to buy 
an album, often, before discovering what it was like. Or a listening 
station at a music store. I was a big fan of Victory and NYHC-related 
bands (still am), and bought LPs based on what label they were on, as 
labels still tended to have styles particular to them 9Amphetamine 
Reptile sound vs. Dischord sound, etc.). So, I bought Baby Gopal, 
thought it'd be like early Shelter or 108 or Strife but w/ female vox... 
but, well...

In retrospect, their album art was sort of ahead of its time. Very 
bizarre back then, esp. for a release on an east coast hc release, but 
looks like the way a lot of album covers do now on mainstream labels.

I could never get into the band, still have the Gopal CD, though.

-Oliver


 

Devacor at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/10/2007 10:45:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 

> bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net writes:

>

>     Adam,

>

>     You mentioned the Shelter/YOT/Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand

>     connection ....

>     so..

>

>     What can you tell us about Baby Gopal?

>

>     Hah....

>

>     -Oliver

>

> Geeze, what do you want to know?

> I helped them also- Sri (the singer) was married to Ray Cappo for some 

> time.

> she was/is a very talented person. I felt this band was a bit of a 

> stretch for her though. they got lumped into the new york hardcore 

> scene (because of Ray's influence) but obviously weren't hardcore- Sri 

> wasn't from the hardcore scene, nor the united states (from 

> australia), a female and older then most in the scene- it was always a 

> little awkward for her.

>  Some of the songs had their moments. I thought the song "Shiva" was 

> decent. Its on Sri's myspace page now www.myspace.com/SriKeshava 

> <http://www.myspace.com/SriKeshava>

> there was one song (cant remember the name) that I thought was really 

> incredible and showed her true talents- other then that nothing really 

> stood out so much.

>  She's doing traditional Indian dance now and some music in that 

> realm- Baby Gopal never quite got their feet. Revolving band members 

> and never really got much wind in their sails.

> Sri is still a close friend of mind. Ray Cappo also- Ray and Sri had a 

> pretty nasty split up- I tried to remain neutral but am closer to Sri.

> ~Adam

>