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Gongzilla

Journalist Bill Milkowski called Gongzilla "simply mind-boggling." Gongzilla first released a series of mostly instrumental jazz/rock albums featuring second guitarists on each one, including jazz fusion legends Allan Holdsworth, David Torn, and David Fiuczynski. More recently, Gongzilla has included some U.S. jamband heroes in its live performances, like guitarist Chuck Garvey and percussionist Jim Loughlin of moe., and has emphasized vocals, crafting songs which fuse with improvisational rock. The new studio record includes the aforementioned Garvey as well as Jake Cinninger of Umphrey's McGee plus guitarist David "Fuze" Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos) and bassist Kai Eckhardt of Garaj Mahal! Contradictions and balance; Rowe and Lozaga sing cool songs that will singe your soul while balancing both the hyper precision and the rockin' mayhem this band is capable of live.

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Kyle Poehling

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I am a drummer, percussionist, producer, mix engineer, UI/UX and graphic designer. I currently live in New Orleans, LA and work as UI/UX Lead at Presonus Audio Electronics. I've been performing and recording music for over 20 years. I graduated from Roanoke College in Salem VA in 1998 with a BA in Music. From there I went on to tour nationally with my group Rebus based out of Northern Virginia. Rebus developed in the burgeoning "Jamband" scene and shared the stage with groups like Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Benevento/Russo Duo, The Slip, Fat Mama, Ulu, The Miracle Orchestra, and played festivals like High Sierra Music Festival as well as famed venues like The Wetlands Preserve in NYC

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Five Even

Label: Lolo Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Say Hey; French Grass; Willy; American Dream; Five Even; When the Water's Gone; Jersey Pines; So High; Jersey Pines (bis).

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Article: Album Review

Gongzilla: Five Even

Read "Five Even" reviewed by John Kelman


Sometimes you've got to change to survive. Gongzilla--the offshoot of the late Pierre Moerlen's Gong that was an offshoot of the original Franglo group Gong--last released Live (Lolo) in 2001. Even more fusion-centric than Moerlen's Gong, that disc featured GZ co-founders Bon Lozaga (guitar), Hansford Rowe (bass) and Benoit Moerlen (vibes, xylophone) in the ...

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Gongzilla's NAMM Jam

Gongzilla's NAMM Jam

GZ at the Troubadour! Friday January 18, 2008 Gongzilla's 1st NAMM Jam will be held at the legendary Troubadour club in West Hollywood! GZ will be taking advantage of the NAMM music convention to have a little get together in LA with some of their friends. Delta Nove will kick things off with a slammin' drum ...

Album

East Village Sessions

Label: Lolo Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Haniface; Aquila; Lilly; Ging Gong; Thrive; My Doctor Told Me So; The News; No Pennies Please

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Article: Album Review

Gongzilla: East Village Sessions

Read "East Village Sessions" reviewed by Walter Kolosky


I remember very clearly checking out the band Gongzilla’s progenitor, Gong, many years ago during the heyday of the fusion movement. The artsy European album covers and sophisticated surnames listed on the jackets offered much promise. However, that band never quite cleared the hurdles, and so through its various and sundry incarnations over the years, I ...

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Live

Label: Lolo Records
Released: 2002

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Article: Album Review

Gongzilla: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by Scott Andrews


Americans Bon Lozaga (guitar) and Hansford Rowe (bass) and Frenchman Benoit Moerlen (vibes, xylophone) formed the nucleus of the fusion band Gongzilla in the mid 1990s, and recorded the studio CDs Suffer and Thrive with guest guitarists Allan Holdsworth and David Torn. The 2001 Gongzilla release Live was recorded direct to 2-track at a festival in ...

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Suffer

Label: Lolo Records
Released: 2000


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