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Gorilla Biscuits (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Gorilla Biscuits

| type = EP

| artist = Gorilla Biscuits

| cover = Gorillabiscuits.JPG

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded = Demo Demo Studios in New York City, January 1988

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hardcore punk

| length = Original 11:33
CD 19:28

| label = Revelation{{Cite web|url=http://www.revelationrecords.com/releases/show/114|title=Revelation Records : Gorilla Biscuits - S/T|website=www.revelationrecords.com}}

| producer = Walter & Don Fury{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gorilla-biscuits-mw0000673051/credits|title=Gorilla Biscuits - Gorilla Biscuits | Credits|website=AllMusic}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Start Today

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gorilla-biscuits-mw0000673051|title=Gorilla Biscuits - Gorilla Biscuits | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}

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Gorilla Biscuits is the first album, released as a 7-inch EP, by the hardcore band Gorilla Biscuits.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezTpDAAAQBAJ&q=Gorilla+Biscuits+revelation+1988&pg=PA239|title=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB|first=Steven|last=Blush|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250083616|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/music/gorilla-biscuits-at-house-of-blues-concert-preview|title=Gorilla Biscuits at House of Blues | Concert preview|website=Time Out Chicago}} It was later released on CD.

Critical reception

AllMusic gave the album a mixed review, writing that "the first release from hardcore legends Gorilla Biscuits is a vital part of the band's history but still far from the classic Start Today LP issued only a year later."

Track listing (7-inch)

All songs written by Walter Schreifels.

Side A

  1. "High Hopes" – 2:25
  2. "Big Mouth" – 2:00
  3. "No Reason Why" – 1:53
  4. "GM2" – 0:21

Side B

  1. "Hold Your Ground" – 2:02
  2. "Breaking Free" – 1:13
  3. "Finish What You Started" – 1:41

Track listing (CD)

  1. "High Hopes" – 2:25
  2. "Big Mouth" – 2:00
  3. "No Reason Why" – 1:53
  4. "GM2" – 0:21
  5. "Hold Your Ground" – 2:02
  6. "Breaking Free" – 1:13
  7. "Finish What You Started" – 1:41
  8. "Sitting Round at Home" (Buzzcocks cover) – 1:43
  9. "Biscuit Power" – 1:24 (song also known elsewhere as "Gorilla Biscuits")
  10. "Short End of the Stick" – 1:32
  11. "Hold Your Ground" (Different lyrics) – 2:04
  12. "GM2" – 1:13 (song also known elsewhere as "Slut")
  • Tracks 8 to 12 are unlisted.

Members

  • CIV - vocals
  • Walter Schreifels - guitar{{Cite web|url=https://riotfest.org/2018/02/autodiscography-schreifels/|title=Walter Schreifels Talks About Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, and all of his Other Bands|date=February 26, 2018|website=Riot Fest}}
  • Arthur Smilios - bass guitar
  • Luke Abbey - drums

References

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Category:1988 debut albums

Category:Gorilla Biscuits albums

Category:Revelation Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Don Fury

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