Galaga - Winter
1992
Galaga existed for a decade, but barely released anything in that time. They started out promisingly enough, releasing the excellent "Winter" single in 1992 on their own Spider label. The track garnered some radio play in England on the Gary Crowley show and in America on CMJ.
The band formed in 1991 as a four piece with Matt Ayotte on drums, Dave Lampton on Guitar, Peter Park on Bass, and Andre Vogel on Guitar. The latter two sang vocals on "Winter," an excellent, driving slice of early '90s indie rock.
Vogel, like many others at the time, was experimenting with different tunings and setups for his guitar. "I was heavily influenced by Sonic Youth, tweeking tunings," he said. "So for 'Winter' I just doubled the stings in unison. It sounded like a sitar."
Later, in 1997, the band released a single on the Noise Pop label that included "Arilang," a trippy melding of Hendrix and Kevin Shields that is featured on the Tiny Idols, Vol. 2 CD.
Galaga called called it quits in 2000.
1 comment:
they were my favorite band in SF at the time, using cool videos and old 16mm cameras on the wall. I remember seeing them play at the Peacock Lounge in SF and in Golden Gate park as the shows I remmeber best. it sucks that they didn't release more material because they had the tap on dark, moody, pop songs with a cool and almost lonely melancholy sound. wherever you are Galaga, u were my favorite band at that point and it's good you're mentioned at least in this blog.
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