Edward Guglielmino

Edward Guglielmino is a musician in Brisbane, Australia.

Music

Edward is an avant garde sonic experimentalist with a sound that falls somewhere between rock, pop, folk and noiseFact|date=December 2007. His style often finds common ground with the philosophies of Andy Warhol, Keroac and The Velvet Underground.

Guglielmino has toured Australia eight times and Europe twice. He also composed the soundtrack to three plays: 'Speak Truth To Power' (2004), 'The Ruling Class' (2004) and 'Modlovex' (2005) as well as two short films: 'Giraffe' (2003) and 'Love Coincidence' (2004). He has also released three records commercially.

Guglielmino worked in Brisbane band Lost Of Love which he co-fronts and -co-found with James O'Brien of The Boat People. The band were thrown off stage in the Brunswick Street Mall in Fortitude Valley for being too weird in early 2007.

Career

In Brisbane, his city of origin, Guglielmino quickly reached cult status, selling out shows and being recognized in the street despite having no support from traditional media. Guglielmino was one of the first musicians to reach cult status using the internet, however unlike many other artists of MySpace fame, he remained independent.

Guglielmino has toured Australia and Europe. He also composed the soundtrack to three plays: 'Speak Truth To Power' (2004), 'The Ruling Class' (2004) and 'Modlovex' (2005) as well as two short films: 'Giraffe' (2003) and 'Love Coincidence' (2004). Guglielmino has also released three records commericially, however hours and hours of music reportedly adorns his home computer.

“I will not be satisfied until I head up a corporation the size of Sony or EMI that has the advertising dollars and networks and resources to offer the same exposure to genuine art practitioners that are currently being supplied to artists like Madonna or Britney Spears,” Edward Guglielmino

Guglielmino is known for his work in Brisbane band Lost Of Love which he co-fronts and -co-found with James O'Brien of The Boat People. The band were infamously thrown off stage in the Brunswick Street Mall in Fortitude Valley for being too weird in early 2007.

Personal life

Numerous rumours have circlated about Guglielmino's alleged addiction to methaphitimine. He is also a reported womaniser and has been known to have had relationships with a number of local celebritities. He coined the common phase "A woman drove me to drink, so i drove her home."

Despite his addictions Guglielmino is known for his incredibly dedicated and devoted work ethic; it is said that he traveled in an intense snowstorm to discover the music venue just was empty

Cult Status

After his band was removed from the stage in Brisbane for being too "weird", the terms "googed it" and "goog" were coined around Brisbane. It means to play so badly, that you get thrown off stage.

Guglielmino also invented the term Free-gardism to describe Lost of Loves' music. Guglielmino described free gardism as music that is free improvised avant-garde music, similar to the modern jazz of the early sixties. With the clear distinction that free-gardism skips between musicial genres. This term appeared in many media sources after the valley mall incident to describe the band, Guglielmino had fooled the journalists into using a term he invented to describe Lost of Love.1

References

* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/whatson/gig/reviews/2007_09_05_2_edward_guglielmino.htm Article in OurBrisbane]
* [http://www.questnews.com.au/article/2007/01/31/14557_city_news.html Article in Quest]
* [http://www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound2006/index.cfm?action=dsp_speaker&ID=239 Big Sound]
* [http://www.zefrank.com/thewiki/the_show:_05-11-06]
* [http://ccnonline.org.au/node/48]
* [http://www.furthur.de/konzerte.html]
* [http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=928 Edward on Triple J Unearthed]