Gore Slut

Gore Slut were lo-fi indie rock band form Antwerp, Belgium. Their line-up consisted of Rudy Trouve (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Thomas Noppe (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Dirk Belmans (drums, vocals) and Jacki Billet (bass, vocals). Gore Slut was a band that included Rudy Trouvé, former guitarist of Belgian famous act dEUS (band). They released few records through Virgin Records too.

History

In 1992, Rudy Trouvé, Jacki Billet (Kiss My Jazz) and Dirk Belmans (Lionell Horowitz) started playing together as Gore Slut. (Rudy Trouvé: “We played pop influenced by Jonathan Richman, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, etc…like most of the nineties underground guitar bands.”) After a while, they broke up for a few years, and in that period, Rudy kept on writing songs which didn’t fit in any of his other bands. In 1996, when they started rehearsing again, Tomas Noppe (Bad Influence) joined the band.

In April 1997, a debut album was released. They had sent their demo to Stickman Records, a German record company founded by Norwegian band Motorpsycho. They liked Gore Slut's demo very much, and picked up the band and its first album, These days are the quiet kind. While press and fans were very enthusiastic, the band somehow couldn't captivate the attention which Kiss My Jazz or Dead Man Ray could enjoy. A small club tour was set up across Belgium and the Netherlands, and they were invited to play at Dour and Pukkelpop as well that year.

Only one year later, in June 1998 Gore Slut's second baby was already born. Above the Lisa drugstore was more of the same, although even more noisy and electric this time. In terms of press and public reactions, the story from the first album repeated itself. Since Stickman is a German company, both Gore Slut albums had been released in Germany and Sweden as well. Because of that, Gore Slut went over to Germany to play a few club gigs as well. In between Rudy's other projects, Gore Slut continued doing gigs from time to time. In 1999, the band released a new vinyl single called Crawling to Target. It's a 500 copies limited edition, and is sold out by now.

Late 2000, the band began working on material for their third album. They recorded 5 tracks, played one gig in the Ancienne Belgique, and sent out 20 promo singles of the song Imitation, a track inspired by Wire's Mannequin. In February 2001, the band continued recording tracks at Geert Van Bever's Ghosttown studio. The album Girl+Turtles finally got released August 2001, and Gore Slut showed another side of itself: a much crisper production than the previous albums, and Rudy's lyrics and vocals more in the foreground. While the band had intentions to make a more acoustic album, it turned out to be at least as electric as before. A short Belgian tour followed, starting with two gigs at the Pukkelpop festival and a support act for their own guitar heroes: Motorpsycho.^[1]

Discography

Studio Albums

Title	Label	Year
These Days Are The Quiet Kind	Heavenhotel, Stickman Records	1997
Above The Lisa Drugstore	Heavenhotel, Stickman Records	1998
Girl+Turtles	Heavenhotel, Virgin Records	2001

Singles and EPs

Title	Label	Year
Brenner/Crawling To Target (split with Dead Man Ray)	Heavenhotel, Sun & Fun	1999
Stop	Heavenhotel, Virgin Records	2001

Promos

Title	Label	Year
A Little Is Enough	Heavenhotel, Stickman Records	1997
Imitation	Heavenhotel	2001

References

1. ^ See Gore Slut Bio on http://www.deadbeattown.com/bands/goreslut.htm