[kj] Quicksand ... Baby Gopal

[Brendan]

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> I bought the Baby Gopal LP, the baby blue and pink one, in '96 or '97,

> whenever it came out, and didn't expect it to sound like it did. This

> was really before Napster, much less Soulseek, so you still had to buy

> an album, often, before discovering what it was like. Or a listening

> station at a music store. I was a big fan of Victory and NYHC-related

> bands (still am), and bought LPs based on what label they were on, as

> labels still tended to have styles particular to them 9Amphetamine

> Reptile sound vs. Dischord sound, etc.). So, I bought Baby Gopal,

> thought it'd be like early Shelter or 108 or Strife but w/ female vox...

> but, well...

>

> In retrospect, their album art was sort of ahead of its time. Very

> bizarre back then, esp. for a release on an east coast hc release, but

> looks like the way a lot of album covers do now on mainstream labels.

>

> I could never get into the band, still have the Gopal CD, though.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

>

> Devacor at aol.com wrote:

>> In a message dated 10/10/2007 10:45:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

>> bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net writes:

>>

>>     Adam,

>>

>>     You mentioned the Shelter/YOT/Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand

>>     connection ....

>>     so..

>>

>>     What can you tell us about Baby Gopal?

>>

>>     Hah....

>>

>>     -Oliver

>>

>> Geeze, what do you want to know?

>> I helped them also- Sri (the singer) was married to Ray Cappo for some

>> time.

>> she was/is a very talented person. I felt this band was a bit of a

>> stretch for her though. they got lumped into the new york hardcore

>> scene (because of Ray's influence) but obviously weren't hardcore- Sri

>> wasn't from the hardcore scene, nor the united states (from

>> australia), a female and older then most in the scene- it was always a

>> little awkward for her.

>>  Some of the songs had their moments. I thought the song "Shiva" was

>> decent. Its on Sri's myspace page now www.myspace.com/SriKeshava

>> <http://www.myspace.com/SriKeshava>

>> there was one song (cant remember the name) that I thought was really

>> incredible and showed her true talents- other then that nothing really

>> stood out so much.

>>  She's doing traditional Indian dance now and some music in that

>> realm- Baby Gopal never quite got their feet. Revolving band members

>> and never really got much wind in their sails.

>> Sri is still a close friend of mind. Ray Cappo also- Ray and Sri had a

>> pretty nasty split up- I tried to remain neutral but am closer to Sri.

>> ~Adam

>>

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