eMusic

Start Your Trial

Gary Floyd

Gary Floyd

Rate it!

Avg: 5.0 (2 ratings)

  • Years Active: 1990s, 2000s

Biography

Bear-like, incendiary frontman Gary Floyd first emerged in the public consciousness with Austin, TX, political punkers the Dicks. The group released fiery albums on SST and Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles labels before their dissolution in 1985. The Dicks had moved to San Francisco at one point, but when they chose to return to Austin, Gary Floyd stayed behind, forming Sister Double Happiness with former Dicks drummer Lynn Perko in 1986. The new group wallowed in furious, blues-tinged hard rock fueled by Floyd's dynamic belting ability. The band sparked enough interest to sign to major-label Reprise for 1991's Heart & Mind. The group broke up in 1995, however, and Floyd moved on to form the Gary Floyd Band, which released the album Broken Angels in 1995. Floyd released the solo effort, Backdoor Preacher Man, in 2000. Early in the new millennium, Floyd hooked up with some Bay Area musicians to form Black Kali Ma (named after a Hindu goddess), a group which continued the punk/blues/hard rock spirit of Floyd's past. Black Kali Ma released their debut, You Ride the Pony I'll Be the Bunny, on Alternative Tentacles in 2000.
— Erik Hage , All Music Guide

Related Artists Ancestors, Peers and Acolytes

Similar Artists:

Dicks

The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.


Rolling Stone
Start Your Trial

Recently Viewed

© 1998-2009 eMusic.com Inc. eMusic and the eMusic logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks in the USA or other countries. All rights reserved.

All Music Guide © 1992 - 2009 All Media Guide, LLC
Portions of content provided by All Music Guide, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC

Facebook®, YouTube, Flickr™ and Wikipedia® are registered trademarks of their respective owners, Facebook Inc., Google, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Neither Facebook Inc., Google, Inc., Yahoo! Inc. nor Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. are partners or sponsors of eMusic. eMusic uses the Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia API but is not endorsed or certified by Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia. eMusic does not pre-screen, monitor, endorse nor assume any liability for websites, contents, products, services or claims made by Facebook, YouTube, Flickr™ and Wikipedia®.