Press information: “The Gee Strings”
Undoubtedly, The Gee Strings are one of the outstanding ´77 punkrock bands in Europe. With authentic and sovereign raw energy, they passionately blast their 2 minute songs through the speakers, always with the optimal doses of sex, sweat, and rock & roll.
Influenced by the Sex Pistols, Heartbreakers, The Stooges, and of course, the Ramones, The Gee Strings create their own convincing punk rock & roll of international quality, not only regarding their live performance. Their dirty, catchy songs, somewhere between Detroit and New York ´74 and London ´77, are crowned with the voice and inimitable stage show by female lead singer Ingi Pop.
Their third album “Arrest Me” brought out by the American punkrock label Dead Beat Records, has received celebratory reviews in fanzines everywhere. All Gee Strings recordings have by now also been released by various South American labels (see the discography). A Best Of Compilation is released on Revell Yell Music in Japan.
Since 1994 they have performed over 600 live shows in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain on occasions with Turbonegro, The Stitches, Antiseen and Dead Moon. They have also been on the same ticket touring with the Buzzcocks and The Lurkers. Their 2002 and 2003 tours through Brazil were, not to say the least, full of adventure and inspiration.
Ingenius Pop (often named Germany ́s Joan Jett) who ́s rock ́n ́roll lifestyle has irreparably taken one set of her vocal chords and guitarjunkie Bernadette (over 6-foot tall, effeminately made-up and rarely seen without a guitar in his hands) started the band in the early nineties. Furthermore, Bernadette is busy with recordings and gigs around Europe playing with The 60 ́s Garage Punksters The Morlocks and played with US – Punk Rock legends Sonny Vincent (ex - Testors) and Scott “ Deluxe” Drake (The Humpers). With Alex from The Satelliters on drums and Spanish Dynamite Curtis on bass, The Gees have a Top Rhythm Team at the start again !!
A brandnew Gees Record “Speed Soul Racer” will be out in 2023 in Cooperation with Wanda Records (Germany), Ghost
Highway Recordings and KOTJ Records (Spain) and Dangerhouse Skylab & Stryckhnine Recordz (France)!! Lim. Edition
Cassette on Tape or Die !!!
The new Album was recorded in Besancon at Cube Studio and mixed by Maxime Smadja
(Les Lullies, Rixe, BOSS) at Chateau Vergogne in Paris, who adds a fresh production to the Gees Sound on the
upcoming record. Mastering by Jim Diamond!
Record labels:
- Brazil: Red Star Records + 13 Records
- France: Dangerhouse Skylab, Stryckhnine Recordz, Adrenalin Fix Music
- Germany: Wanda Records / Stereodrive! Green Hell Records / HSI Records
- Japan: Revel Yell Music + Attitude Records
- Spain: Ghost Highway Records / KOTJ / El Beasto Records
- Switzerland: Sprinter Records
- UK: No Front Teeth Records
- US: Dead Beat Records
Releases:
- 1997 - 10” / CD "The Gee Strings" on High Society International
- 1999 - LP / CD "Alternative Losers" on High Society International
- 2000 - 7” "Bad Reputation" on Stereodrive!Green Hell Records
- 2002 - CD Re-release "The Gee Strings" + "Alternative Losers" on 13 Records, Brazil
- 2002 - LP / CD "Arrest Me" on Dead Beat Records, USA + Red Star Records, Brazil
- 2004 - CD "16 Tracks of non-stop punkrock" – Best Of The Gee Strings Revel Yell Music, Japan
- 2006 - LP "A Bunch Of Bugs" on Stereodrive!Green Hell Records
- CD "A Bunch Of Bugs" on Dead Beat Records, USA
- 2008 - 7” "No Good (For You)" on Sprinter Records, Switzerland
- 2009 - CD "A Bunch Of Bugs" on Attitude Records, Japan
- 2012 - Split 7" "The Gee Strings/Scott ´Deluxe Drake´ on Ghost HighwayRecordings, Spain
- 2015 - 7” "I will get you" on No Front Teeth Records, UK
- 2016 - LP "I'm So Gee" on Adrenalin Fix Music, Ghost Highway Recordings, Stryckhnine production, KOTJ Records
- 2023 - LP “Speed Soul Racer” on Wanda Records (DE), Ghost Highway Records und KOTJ (Spa), Dangerhouse Skylab, Stryckhnine Recordz (Fra)
Contact:
Infos: www.geestrings.de
Facebook: www.facebook.com/The-Gee-Strings-130515893716353
contact/booking: thegeestrings@gmx.de
phone: +49 (0)241 / 157990