Contradictions
and balance; two road-warriors from the ghetto-wasteland
of fusion (Bon & Hansford) join two powerful young
bucks on a quest to capture the essence of pop. Not the
pandering on purpose pop we are all familiar with but
the rigorous, risk taking music of bands like Steely Dan
and Meshell Ndegeocello. Gongzilla first released a series
of mostly instrumental albums
featuring guest guitarists on each one, including jazz
fusion legends such as Allan
Holdsworth and David Torn.
More recently, Gongzilla has included some U.S. jamband
heroes, like guitarist Chuck Garvey
of moe., and has emphasized vocals, crafting
songs which fuse with improvisational rock.
The
GZ boys sing cool songs that will singe your soul while
balancing both the hyper precision and the rockin’
mayhem this band is capable of live. The new studio record
"Five Even" includes the aforementioned
Garvey as well as Jake Cinninger
of Umphrey's McGee plus guitarist
David "Fuze" Fiuczynski of Screaming
Headless Torsos with bassist Kai
Eckhardt of Garaj Mahal sitting-in
too!