GSPIDER
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GSPIDER is Garey Snider. He is a multi-talented music artist who performs electronic music, composes songs, produces music tracks, as well as play the drums.
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[edit] About
GSPIDER is a former secret agent. He is also known as Garey Snider and has been infiltrating groups of sonic hackers and experts that lead him into hiding. But recently, he resurfaced in the music scene and comes out trained in many eclectic fields fusing together different sounds of music. His experience proved to be his means of decrypting knowledge from his early training with several groups of sound manufacturers. Presently, he is residing in the quaint run of the mill Los Angeles CA, USA town.
His musical style swaggers a lot and carefully manipulates it into tunes that proceeds to challenge the ears of the unsuspecting music listeners. He is currently involved with several projects including GSPIDER&FARAH, Welcome to Twin River, GSPIDER and Miss Makaiwi; and his venture as co-founder of Black Rainbow, a two-piece project with Maya Ford from The Donnas.
He has been featured in several worldwide magazines including Alternative Press, Filter, Flaunt, Spin,Bust,Circus,Rockrgirl,etc. He had also been touring extensively for over 15 years with popular acts such as Front 242, Dead or Alive, Christian Death, Sisters of Mercy, The Creatures, The Melvins, Brainiac, Fishbone, Fugazi, Thrill Kill Cult, GG Allin, Dick Dale, At the Drive-in and Tracy Lords, to name a few.
[edit] Awards & Certifications
| Year | Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shortlist Music Prize From Robert Smith of The Cure | "Sweet Heart Dealer" Nominated for Shortlist Music Prize |
[edit] News
[edit] Tours & Concerts
- France Tour 2009
[edit] Announcements
- GSpider and Farah are working on a new EP. It was planned for release on 2010 and is going to be the sexiest, dreamy EP ever!
- GSpider (Garey Snider)and Maya Ford's 2nd mega-single is going to be done in French!
- GSPIDER's new single entitled, "Death and Jewerly" is already out with his new project Black Rainbow via their own record label, Pot of Gold Records. The music includes performances of Maya Ford from The Donnas.
- New EP from GSPIDER and Farah (Italians do it better label)was released through Black Wing Records United Kingdom and includes 3 songs plus a bonus remix of "Bruise Color Blue" by Soil in the Synth.
[edit] Discography
Comprehensive list of the recordings made.
[edit] Some Albums
 2009 Pot of Gold |
 2008 Blackwing Records UK |
 2007 Sony Pictures |
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 2004 Sympathy for the Record Industry |
 2001 Euphoria Records |
 1999 Satans Pimp Records |
 1998 Bovine Records |
 1997 Bovine Records |
 1996 Bovine Records |
 1995 LGD |
 1994 GS Music |
 1993 Flag |
[edit] Singles and EPs
- "Death&Jewerly" ( Pot of Gold Records,ASCAP/BMI,2009)
- "Bruise Color blue (EP Blackwing Records UK,2009)
- "Hobby Horse" (Single,GSMUSIC ASCAP,2008)
- "Dirty is Fancy" (Single, GSMUSIC ASCAP,2007
- Gravition subsides (Ep GMS,2006)
- "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" (7", Sympathy for the Record Industry, 2003):
- "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" — "H/C"
- "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" (CD, Sympathy for the Record Industry, 2003):
- "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" — "H/C" — "Creep"
- "Crispin Glover" (7", Sympathy for the Record Industry, 2004):
- "Crispin Glover" — "Love Becomes a Ghost"
- "Crispin Glover" (7", Sympathy for the Record Industry, 2004):
- "Crispin Glover" — "Art of Pretension"Singles&EPs ===
- "Liberate me (Ep, Euphoria,2001)
- Abandon Ship (Single, Flag Records,1992)
- Suzie and me (Single, BRHS 1991)
[edit] Compilations & Live Releases
- "Extracts from the Ether" (Kool tones Records uk,2009)
- Blicent 2 (blicent records,2004)
- "Son of Blleeeaarruugghhhhh"(CD Version,Slap a ham records,2003)
- "The Unquiet Grave"( Cleopatra records,2001)
- "Bottleneck" (bottleneck records,2000)
- "Accidental Decapition through mutilation"(Satans Pimp Records NV,1997
- "Workers comp"(worker records,1996)
- "The Good The Bad and the ugly"(Insolito UK,1995)
- "Retrogrssion magazine comp"(US,1994)
- "Accidental Decapitation through Masturbation"(Satans pimp records,1993)
- "Songs of the dead"(Private records,1993)
- "***and Various Black market Comps,Singles,Eps,etc****
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[edit] Similar artists
[edit] Trivia
- GSPIDER has been often referred to as the modern day Serge Gainsbourg.
- GSPIDER wrote music for Pumpkinhead 3 Ashes to Ashes.
- The Donnas' song "What Do I Have to Do" from the Bitchin album is about GSPIDER(Garey Snider).
- It was Snider's idea to create the song "Bandaid Covers the Bullet Hole"" while in Scarling, which was later used as the name of an episode in Grey's Anatomy television show.
- After Snider left Scarling, he was replaced by Samantha Maloney, ex-drummer for Hole, Motley Crue, Peaches, and Eagles of Death Metal.
- GSPIDER had a fling with Courtney Love.
- GSPIDER played percussion with Bjork at a surprise show in Malibu California for legendary artists.
- Robert Smith from The Cure nominated a record GSPIDER played drums on and helped write for an award in 2004. He said the music was "dark, desperate, chaotic, gorgeous pop music, the sound of the end of the world!"
- Garey Snider(GSPIDER) was stalked by Jeffree Star of Myspace fame. Star falsely claimed to have slept with GSpider even though Gspider is not gay or interest in men. Jeffree Star also once snuck into GSpiders house and ate his birthday cake while he was gone. Gareys' girlfriend at the time caught Jeffree Star.
