Gutbucket (band)
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gutbucket
| origin = Brooklyn, New York
| years_active = 1999–present
| genre = Punk jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz, progressive rock
| label = Cuneiform
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|gutweb.com}}
| current_members = Ty Citerman
Adam Gold
Pat Swoboda
Ken Thomson
| past_members =
}}
Gutbucket is an American jazz fusion band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1999. Comprising Ty Citerman on guitar, Adam Gold on drums, Pat Swoboda on bass guitar, and Ken Thomson on saxophone, the band is known for its chaotic, unpredictable performances and use of elements from multiple genres of music.
History
Gutbucket was formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1999.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/144183-gutbucket-addresses-their-flock/|title=Gutbucket Addresses Their Flock|magazine=Pop Matters|accessdate=January 23, 2014}}
The band's work has received generally favorable reviews from the music press over the years. Writing for Allmusic, David R. Adler gave their debut album InsomniacsDream four stars out of five and called it "a promising debut from a band with a strong sense of purpose and an abundance of live energy." Chris Nixon of Allmusic also gave their fourth album, A Modest Proposal, four stars; he compared it to King Crimson, Soft Machine, Albert Ayler, and Eugene Chadbourne and called it "a superb record."{{cite web|website=Allmusic|date=January 20, 2009|last=Nixon|first=Chris|title=Review by Chris Nixon|accessdate=January 23, 2014|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-modest-proposal-mw0000805535}} Allmusic's Thom Jurek also gave their fifth album, Flock, four stars, naming it as "their most provocative album—which is saying plenty—but ... also their most antagonistically accessible." Jazz publication The Jazz Mann's Tim Owen gave Flock three and a half stars out of five.{{cite web|url=http://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/gutbucket-flock/|publisher=The Jazz Mann|title=Gutbucket - Flock|last=Owen|first=Tim|date=August 1, 2011|accessdate=January 23, 2014}}
Musical style
Gutbucket's musical style is a fusion of jazz and various rock forms. It has been described as, among other genres, punk jazz, avant-garde jazz, progressive rock, and heavy metal,{{cite web|title=Review by Tom Jurek|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/flock-mw0002101055|website=Allmusic|last=Jurek|first=Tom|date=February 22, 2011|accessdate=January 23, 2014}} and certain songs have leaned into the likes of sludge metal, post-rock, punk rock, funk, Latin music,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/insomniacs-dream-mw0000017973|website=Allmusic|accessdate=January 23, 2014|title=Review by David R. Adler|last=Adler|first=David R.|date=October 30, 2001}} and klezmer. Reviewing a recent performance for the Los Angeles Times, Chris Barton categorized Gutbucket's sound as "a jagged yet fertile seam between jazz and rock highlighted by on-a-dime twists in tempo, time signatures and mood—often within the same song."{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/05/jazz-review-gutbucket-chamber-orchestra-at-redcat.html|last=Barton|first=Chris|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=May 10, 2011|title=Jazz review: Gutbucket Chamber Orchestra at REDCAT|accessdate=January 23, 2014}}
Discography
- InsomniacsDream (2001)
- Dry Humping the American Dream (2004)
- Sludge Test (2006)
- A Modest Proposal (2009)
- Flock (2011)
- Dance (2016)
References
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External links
- [http://www.gutweb.com Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130918155138/http://gutweb.com/discs.html Gutbucket] at Discogs
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Category:American jazz fusion ensembles
Category:Musical groups established in 1999
Category:Musical groups from Brooklyn
Category:Musical quartets from New York (state)
Category:Progressive rock musical groups from New York (state)