So I've had a few people ask, "where'd Sharky Gomez come from?" Well, it happened back in the fall of '90, when times were much simpler...no cell phones or I-pods; hell, individual cups of Applesauce were the marvel back then...as I sat in my dorm room at the heart of the Texas A&M campus (Hart Hall, get it?), I hear in the distance: "Shar-ky....Shar-ky...". Of course, only I knew it were me bandmates Ford and Greg, yelling at the top of their lungs in a very echo-y stairway...It was an omen of things to come...soon afterward, we signed our major-label deal, and Greg left due to "creative differences"...which in German means "semester abroad" ...suffice to say there are a lucky handful of fans out there with VERY limited first pressings of our debut self-titled hit, most of whom bear the same surnames as the band members...we managed a reunion show Thanksgiving of '95, but, alas, the magic was gone...we are proud of the fact we played Dallas AND Houston, and received rousing ovations from the 3 people at each gig...who knows, maybe I'll get around to issuing the complete remasters, with previously unreleased live tracks...stay tuned...
SIDE NOTES: 1.) The hair IS NOT a mullet (that came later)...more of a helmet, thank you...think Tears For Fears circa 1986...
2.) No, I am not a hobbit amongst giants...I was leaning against the Taco Cabana that night...
3.) Ford is on the left, and Greg's replacement, Brandon, is on the right...unfortunately, Greg never saw royalties from this release as he is only the subject of a song, and never actually played on the record...
2 comments:
Let me make one correction....it IS a mullet...wow, I can see why Jessica was so smitten with you & your hot 80's self...
Oh wait, was it the 90's? I forgot that the early 90's were so 80's...
you still wear that letter jacket? man...it's a damn shame I was too young to see the Dallas show...some people say it was the best show they've ever seen come through town...don't know if that's true. by the way, still have my copy. I remember "pressing" a few of those copies myself. best job I ever had.
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