GORILLA BISCUITS 12" Europe press+original 1991 poster

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This is an auction for the official GORILLA BISCUITS 12" vinyl record plus an original black and white poster of their 1991 show in
Vitoria, Spain. Poster size is 42 centimeters high x 64 centimers wide = 16 inches high x 25 inches wide. Poster will be sent folded.
Poster is good condition with just a few bends and marks of tape on the back. This poster is a unique and very rare item.

Esta es una subasta para el 12" oficial de vinilo de GORILLA BISCUITS y un poster original en blanco y negro de su concierto en Vitoria
del año 1991. El tamaño del poster es 42 cms. de alto x 64 de ancho. Se enviará doblado. El estado del poster es bueno, con algunos
dobleces y marca de cinta adhesiva en la parte de atrás. Este cartel es toda una joya.


Artist / Grupo: GORILLA BISCUITS
Format / Formato: 12"
Number of songs / Número de canciones: 12
Track list / listado de canciones:
High hopes
Big mouth
No reason why
GM2
Hold your ground
Breaking free
Finish what you started
Sitting around at home
Biscuit power
Short end of the stick
Hold your ground
Slut
Label/Country/Year-Sello/País: We Bite Records / Germany / 1991 - Alemania
Condition / Estado : Like new. Cover and insert has some wear / Como nuevo. La portada y bolsa interior tiene algo de uso
File under: Hardcore, NYHC, Punk, Straight Edge
Comes with paper bag printed on both sides with photos, lyrics etc. / Trae bolsa interior de papel impresa por las dos caras
con fotos, letras etc.


From Wikipedia:

Gorilla Biscuits were formed when Smilios, and Nick Drysdale met Civarelli while they were both attending the same high school
in Long Island, New York. All three were fans of the band Agnostic Front, and started going to hardcore shows at CBGB's on weekends.
There they met people like Ray Cappo and John Porcelly of the band Youth Of Today.
Arthur sought to form a hardcore band and asked Civ to act as vocalist. However Civ was not interested in singing, and due to nerves had
to face the floor or wall during early gigs. Members of the band Token Entry arranged a gig for the still unnamed band (Gorilla Biscuits used
Token Entry's drummer, Ernie Parada for that first show), but needed a name to give it to the promoter. A popular drug in the area at that time
was quaaludes, which people called "ape shit," or "gorilla biscuits" due to the pill's large size. Eventually the name evolved into Gorilla Biscuits,
and though it was initially only meant to be temporary, they have continued to use it.
The band made a number of low-fi demo tapes which were sold at a dollar store. Their first official t-shirts were blue with an image of gorilla riding
a skateboard and were made using black magic markers and an ink blotter.
Revelation Records featured the early Gorilla Biscuits song "Better Than You" on one of their compilations, and later released the eponymously
titled Gorilla Biscuits 7" EP in 1988, which later became a Hardcore hit. The band toured the United States and Europe twice. In 1989 the band
released their first full length album Start Today, which became the biggest selling ever for Revelation Records, and was also the first album that
was issued on C.D., alongside it's vinyl and cassette versions, as part of the routine production. The band started writing material for a second L.P.
(an unreleased song, "Distance" can be seen played by the band during a performance in the 1991 documentary "Live In New York") which they never
recorded, and eventually disbanded around the year 1992. Some of the members went on to play in a follow up band, CIV. Besides singing for CIV,
Civ now owns a tattoo studio in Long Island, NY. Walter went on to form the post-hardcore band Quicksand. He then wrote the songs for and helped
produce CIV's first album.

Anthony Civarelli – vocals. Civ went on to form punk rock band CIV. Starting out with Lava Records and Revelation Records, they signed a major
label deal with Atlantic Records in 1995. They achieved commercial success with the single "Can't Wait One Minute More" , which was also later
used in a popular car commercial. Civ is also the owner of a Long Island tattoo studio called Lotus Tattoo.
Walter Schreifels, who played guitar and wrote most of the songs for Gorilla Biscuits, went on to be the frontman in Quicksand, one of the most
influential Post-hardcore bands. Later, Walter was in Rival Schools and Walking Concert. While in Gorilla Biscuits, Walter went on to sing for the band
Moondog. His reasoning being he "wanted to sing for a band. Playing guitar and writing songs for Gorilla Biscuits had always been fun but after a while
I wanted to be doing something more." Moondog never actually got off the ground and Quicksand became the band he would front. He has also done
extensive producing for other bands and lately he does a lot of solo acoustic shows. He has also been a member of Warzone, Youth of Today and
Project X.
Arthur Smilios – bass. Arthur had also played with Token Entry and Underdog for a little while, and after the demise of Gorilla Biscuits joined CIV with Civ.
Alex Brown – Second guitar. He had previously been a member of the straight edge hardcore bands Side By Side and Project X, before joining Gorilla
Biscuits. He was also behind the New-York based fanzine and record label Schism, together with John Porcelly of Youth Of Today (who also ended up
playing bass in a later incarnation of Gorilla Biscuits).
Luke Abbey – drums. While in Gorilla Biscuits, Luke was also a member of Warzone, and had been a part of the first real line up of Judge. He was later
replaced by Sammy Siegler in Gorilla Biscuits who had been in the band in the early days, and would go on to be the drummer in CIV.
Eric Fink – bass. Eric (guitar and founding member of Side By Side) played bass in the period between the demo tape and the 7". He is pictured
on the NYHC LP with the band, but does not actually play on that recording. He went on to play guitar in Uppercut, and briefly played in Bloodline
from Minneapolis.

For fans of / Para seguidores de: Youth of Today, Judge, Sick of it All, Insted, No for an Answer, Shelter, Equal Vision, Victory, Underdog,
Supertouch, Murphy's Law, Cro Mags, SOD, Anthrax, Youth Crew, In Effect, Prong, Buzzcocks, Minor Threat, SSD, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys,
Sheer Terror, Blackout, Reagan Youth, Cause for Alarm, The Mob, Urban Waste, Up Front, Breakdown, Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces, Bold,
Raw Deal, Killing Time, Leeway, Merauder, Absolution, Yuppicide, Burn, Shutdown, Side by Side, H2O, Madball, Uniform Choice, Wishingwell,
Dischord, Conversion, Chain of Strength, Chorus of Disapproval, Half Off, Drug Free Youth, Stalag 13, Justice League, SOA, Slapshot, Wrecking Crew,
Teen Idles, 7 Seconds, DYS, Mouthpiece etc.

This record has been securely stored for all these years and as I'm planning to move sometime soon I want to depart
with some of the items I have doubles. Check my listings for other similar items.
Este disco ha estado guardado durante todos estos años y como espero mudarme pronto quiero deshacerme de el porque
lo tengo repetido. Tengo a la venta otros productos similares a estos.


I ship to every country / Envíos a todos los países
Valid shipping costs by registered mail (the ebay rates are wrong) / Coste del envío:

Spain / España = 6 euros / 7,5 U.S. dollars
Europe = 13 euros / 17 U.S. dollars
Air mail to America = 19 euros / 23 U.S. dollars
Air mail to Asia, Australia etc. = 20,5 euros / 25 U.S. dollars If you find this rates high or expensive please don't bid. This is what I'll get charged at the post office. I don't add anything for packaging or handling

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