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Gordon Bell (born 24 July 1969) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Basel, Switzerland.
Background
He released fifteen albums. Nine of those albums were under the pseudonym Gustav Bertha. His breakthrough fifth album My Life as a Dog (distributed in Switzerland through RecRec) was well received: Swiss newspaper Der Bund called it 'Wunderbar',. The Swiss press has also dubbed him with the slightly more ambiguous title, "The World's least-known Scot". He stopped working under the Gustav Bertha pseudonym in 2008 to write and play as Gordon Bell. Bell's music could be compared to a strange cross between fellow Glaswegians Ivor Cutler and Alex Harvey. He has a penchant for storytelling in his songs. He also spent 15 years as lead singer with a tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and now fronts the rock band Giant Stone Eater who play a mix of covers (especially songs connected with Alex Harvey) and Bell's own songs.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | One in Five | Five Flew Over the Hatchery | |
| 1993 | Psychoannie | Amoeba | |
| 1999 | plasticpsychobabble | StranGe enchantment | |
| 2000 | submerging meadows green boundaries | ||
| blurred visions for fuzzy strangers | |||
| The Secret Life of Andrew Aston | Caffeine Injunction | ||
| 2001 | Gustav Bertha | Songs for Gigi | |
| 2002 | The Hose Room | ||
| Café Crème | |||
| 2003 | babble | ||
| 2004 | My Life as a Dog | ||
| 2005 | Defective | ||
| 2006 | z:06 (compilation) | ||
| 2007 | small adventures in the great domestic wilderness | ||
| 2008 | True North | ||
| 2009 | Gordon Bell | Songs for the Broken Hearted | |
| 2010 | The Lost Art of Penance | ||
| 2011 | The 12 Uses of a Dead Tape Cassette | ||
| Gordon Bell and the Sinking Ships | Animal Kingdom | ||
| 2012 | Gordon Bell | A Day Trip to the Sea |
References
- Pauli, C: "Melancholisch", page 13. Der Bund, 18 March 2005.
- "– Musik | Züritipp Online". Zueritipp.ch. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Gordon Bell's official website
- Gordon Bell & The Sinking Ships Archived 24 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Archived 23 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine