Various Artists "Rebuilding 7" Hardcore Sampler" 7" Temperance (US)

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Track Listing:

A1 – Broken Bass – * Drums – * Guitar – * Vocals –
A2 – Drown Bass – * Drums – * Guitar – * Vocals – *
B1 – Biscuit Power
B2 – Silenced Bass – * Drums – * Guitar – * Vocals – *

Gorilla Biscuits is a -based band consisting of Anthony "Civ" Civarelli, , Arthur Smilios, Alex Brown and Luke Abbey. They are currently signed to .

Early career

Gorilla Biscuits were formed when Smilios and Nick Drysdale met Civarelli while they were both attending the same high school on . All three were fans of the band , and started going to hardcore shows at on weekends. There they met people like and of the band .

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 , 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 which were sold at a dollar store. Their first official t-shirts were blue with an image of a gorilla riding a skateboard and were made using black magic markers and an ink blotter.

Popularity

Revelation Records featured the early Gorilla Biscuits song "Better Than You" on one of their compilations, and later released the eponymously titled Gorilla Biscuits 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, , which became the biggest selling ever for Revelation Records, and was also the first album that was issued on CD, alongside its vinyl and cassette versions, as part of the routine production. The band started writing material for a second LP (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, . Besides singing for CIV, Civ now owns a tattoo studio on Long Island. Walter went on to form the band . He then wrote the songs for and helped produce CIV's first album.

Re-unions and the future of Gorilla Biscuits

Gorilla Biscuits re-united for one show in October 1997 at CBGB to benefit the family of then recently deceased singer , and played another show at CBGB on August 14, 2005 as a benefit towards the club's legal costs, and again on September 3, 2006.

In 2006, Revelation Records re-issued their seminal recording Start Today. The album is re-mastered and features in-depth liner notes by Walter Schreifels. The band held a month-long re-union tour during the summer of 2006, and featured both exclusive 7-inches and exclusive t-shirts only available on tour stops.

In September 2007, Gorilla Biscuits performed a month-long tour across Europe, including stops in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands and England. In celebration of the European Tour, Paul Frank collaborated with Gorilla Biscuits again to produce an exclusive run of Gorilla Biscuits wallets. Only one was sold at each Paul Frank store worldwide.

On May 28, 2011, Gorilla Biscuits headlined the Black N Blue Bowl at (formerly the Ritz) in .

On June 8, 9 & 10th of 2012, Gorilla Biscuits played the EPIC Revelation Records 25 Year Anniversary shows at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA. Also on the bills were Youth Of Today, Sick Of It All, Shai Hulud, Bold, No For An Answer, Statue & Underdog.

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