Gaunt – Whitey The Man [10''] (1992, Thrill Jockey)

Gaunt was a Punk band formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991. The band released five albums before splitting in 1998. The original lineup formed from remnants of short-lived "punkadelic" band Black Juju, and consisted of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jerry Wick, bassist Eric Barth (who had also been in Two Hour Trip with the Spurgeon brothers, who would soon form Greenhorn), and drummer Jeff Regensburger (later of The Patsys). Jim Weber (also of the then newly formed New Bomb Turks) soon joined on second guitar only to leave just as quickly, and following his departure guitarist/songwriter Jovan Karcic (Waybald) joined. Barth and Regensburger would also later leave (in 1995) and be replaced by a series of successors including Bret Lewis and Brett Falcon (Space Cookie, Servotron) on bass, and Nick Youngblood (Beano, The Rackets) and Sam Brown (Feversmile, V-3, New Bomb Turks, The Sun, You're So Bossy) on drums. 

 
'Whitey The Man' is a punkish, garage and grunge type album and displays Wick's knack for penning sloppy punk pop. The band was the first signing for the label and their album was only the second release for Thrill Jockey. This EP has 7 songs, lasting about 18 minutes and packs a whallop. "Silly Watches" sums it up "punks dont wear silly watches" and then "Back Off" and "Salvation" sound like Mudhoney. "Whitey" is a pretty good rock instrumental, and the album's best two tracks are the final two ones, which go off to hardcore punk territory, "USA" and "Jim Motherfucker". [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: Thrill Jockey – THRILL 002 

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1992 

Style: Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Punk, Rock & Roll, Indie Rock, Punk Rock

 

Tracklist:

THIS 

A1 Silly Watches 

A2 Back-Off 

A3 Salvation Army 

THAT 

B1 Ignored 

B2 Whitey 

B3 USA 

B4 Jim Motherfucker 

 

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