[kj] Quicksand/Baby Gopal/108

[Devacor at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/2007 11:47:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net writes:

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



yes baby gopal had members of those bands you mentions (shelter, strife,  
108) so they could have marketed it as like "power pop" with members of those  
bands.
108 got back together and has some new stuff which is strong- 
_www.myspace.com/108music_ (http://www.myspace.com/108music) 
the song three hundred liars has a very "Quicksand'ish" riff I think.   Angel 
Strike Man is a good song also- Its good solid hardcore. Vic the guitar  
player for 108 was in Beyond with Tom Capone (guitar) and Alan cage (drums) from  
Quicksand (pre quicksand) - Vic also founded Inside Out with Zac Del La Rocha. 
~Adam
 
 
 
 



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