Gash - A Young Man's Gash (Ger 1972 Krautrock, Prog Rock)
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Gash - A Young Man's Gash (Ger 1972 Krautrock, Prog Rock)
This album is an unexpected surprise! I can think of few albums that start so horribly and end
so incredibly! “Angel and Mother” is SO appalling on every level (soppy music, terrible lyrics,
cheese-grater-to-the-eardrum vocals) it nearly made me want to throw the disc out of the window
when I first heard it! But I stuck with it through the balance of the A-side (“Twentyone Days”
is nearly as bad, but “In The Sea” is slightly better, sounding like one of Jane’s cast-offs) to
make it to the “A Young Man’s Gash” suite.
People, let me tell you this is one of the most amazing, fascinating and one-of-a-kind half-
albums I have ever heard! It almost sounds like a completely different band! A blend of haunting
rock & roll, orchestration and dark textures (the crazed screaming in Part 2 makes this a must
to play around Halloween time!) that sound like nothing else I’ve heard before or since. Wow!
Worth hearing for the mind-blowing title suite, but you might want to give the first three
tracks a pass.
~ By Progbear (RYM).
The only album from German band Gash, this starts out with three standard rockers, sounding a
little like Nektar maybe, but the highlight is the title track, a 20 minute long suite of great
space rock - the addition of some guest musicians and some help from a symphony orchestra really
help this along. Definitely worth a listen.
~ internet source.
Tracks:
01. Angel and Mother 0:00
02. Twenty One Days 6:22
03. In the Sea 13:14 (Congas - Dicky Tarrach)
04. A Young Man’s Gash
a. Part 1 20:38
b. Part 2 28:17 (Voice - Bernd E. Schulz)
c. Part 3 33:02 (Congas - Dicky Tarrach)
Members:
* Jochen "Lu Lafayette" Peters (organ, piano, harpsichord, keyboards, Lead Vocals),
* Frank Feldhusen (guitar, vocals),
* Manfred Thiers (bass, vocals),
* Reinhard Schiemann (drums, percussion, vocals),
* Atze Barth (guitar, vocals).
This album is an unexpected surprise! I can think of few albums that start so horribly and end
so incredibly! “Angel and Mother” is SO appalling on every level (soppy music, terrible lyrics,
cheese-grater-to-the-eardrum vocals) it nearly made me want to throw the disc out of the window
when I first heard it! But I stuck with it through the balance of the A-side (“Twentyone Days”
is nearly as bad, but “In The Sea” is slightly better, sounding like one of Jane’s cast-offs) to
make it to the “A Young Man’s Gash” suite.
People, let me tell you this is one of the most amazing, fascinating and one-of-a-kind half-
albums I have ever heard! It almost sounds like a completely different band! A blend of haunting
rock & roll, orchestration and dark textures (the crazed screaming in Part 2 makes this a must
to play around Halloween time!) that sound like nothing else I’ve heard before or since. Wow!
Worth hearing for the mind-blowing title suite, but you might want to give the first three
tracks a pass.
~ By Progbear (RYM).
The only album from German band Gash, this starts out with three standard rockers, sounding a
little like Nektar maybe, but the highlight is the title track, a 20 minute long suite of great
space rock - the addition of some guest musicians and some help from a symphony orchestra really
help this along. Definitely worth a listen.
~ internet source.
Tracks:
01. Angel and Mother 0:00
02. Twenty One Days 6:22
03. In the Sea 13:14 (Congas - Dicky Tarrach)
04. A Young Man’s Gash
a. Part 1 20:38
b. Part 2 28:17 (Voice - Bernd E. Schulz)
c. Part 3 33:02 (Congas - Dicky Tarrach)
Members:
* Jochen "Lu Lafayette" Peters (organ, piano, harpsichord, keyboards, Lead Vocals),
* Frank Feldhusen (guitar, vocals),
* Manfred Thiers (bass, vocals),
* Reinhard Schiemann (drums, percussion, vocals),
* Atze Barth (guitar, vocals).