Gus Black

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Name = Gus Black


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Background = solo_singer
Alias = Gus
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Genre = Rock
Years_active = 1996?–present
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Gus Black (formerly known simply as Gus) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. . He signed to Almo Sounds, a subsidiary of A&M Records, and released two albums on the label, 1996's "Gus" and 1999's "Word of Mouth Parade". He covered Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" for the "Scream" soundtrack. The label disbanded in 2000; since then Black has released 3 albums, all of which were released internationally before seeing domestic distribution.

Gus' cover of Paranoid appeared on the Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder episode of the TV show Californication

Discography

*"Gus" (Almo Sounds, 1996)
*"Word of Mouth Parade" (Almo Sounds, 1999)
*"Uncivilized Love" (Wild Abandon Records UK, 2002/Immergent Records US, 2003)
*"Autumn Days" (Olinda/India Records, Europe, 2005/Cheap Lullaby Records, US, 2006)
*"'Today is not the Day to fuck with...", to be released in Europe March 20th, 2008)

External links

* [http://www.gusmusic.com Official Website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:w9fyxqu5ld6e~T0 Allmusic profile]
* [http://pifmagazine.com/SID/619/ Review of "Word of Mouth Parade"] by Pif magazine
* [http://www.unb.ca/bruns/9900/issue16/entertainment/cdreview3.html Review of "Word of Mouth Parade"] by University of New Brunswick
* [http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/51r17.html Review of "Uncivilized Love"] by In Music We Trust