Comet Gain

Comet Gain are a British indie rock band, with heavy influences from Dexys Midnight Runners and northern soul. The band includes ex-Huggy Bear bass player Jon Slade, ex-Morrissey/The Meteors drummer Woodie Taylor and included future Velocette members Sarah Bleach and Jax Coombes. They have been cited heavily by current UK punk band The Cribs as being a big influence. Comet Gain is renowned for exuding a quintessentially British charm^[1].

Lineup

1992

• David Charlie Feck (vocals, guitar, keys)
• George Wright (bass)
• Phil Sutton (drums)

1993-1997

• David Charlie Feck (vocals, guitar, keys)
• Sarah Bleach (vocals)
• Sam Pluck (guitar)
• Jax Coombes (bass, keyboards)
• Phil Sutton (drums)

1997-

Main Band (As of 2008)

• David Charlie Christian Feck (vocals, guitar, keys)
• Rachel Evans (vocals)
• Jon Slade (a.k.a Jon The Slade) (guitar, keys)
• Kay Ishikawa (bass)
• M.J."Woodie" Taylor (drums, production)

Additional Members

• Blair Cowl (guitar, bass) (1997-1999)
• Erik Brunulf (guitar, bass) (2001)
• Darren Smyth (drums) (1997-2001)
• Chris Apelgren (drums) (2002)
• Gary Jarman (live drums) (2008)

Releases

Singles

• "Holloway Sweethearts" (7" / 1994 / Soul Static Sound)
• "Million And Nine" (one sided 7" / 1995 / Wiiija)
• "The Gettin' Ready EP" (7" & CD / 1995 / Wiiija)
• "Say Yes! (To International Socialism)" (7"/CD / 1996 / Wiiija)
• "Strength" (7" & CD / 1997 / Wiiija)
• "Jack Nance Hair" (7" / 1998 / Mei Mei Records)
• "Mailorder Freaks Singles Club" (7" / sep. 1998 / Kill Rock Stars)
• "Red Menace" (7" / 1999 / Piao! Records)
• "You Can Hide Your Love Forever" (7" / 2001 / Fortuna Pop!)
• "Beautiful Despair" (12" / jul. 2006 / What's Your Rupture?)
• "Love Without Lies"/"Books of California" (7" / oct. 2008 / What's Your Rupture? UK issue on Twee as Fuck/WYR?)
• "Herbert Hunke Pt 1"/"No Spotlight on Sometimes" (" / feb. 2009 / Germs of Youth)

Albums

• Casino Classics (CD & LP / 1995 / Wiiija)
• Magnetic Poetry (CD & LP / 1997 / Wiiija) / "Sneaky" (CD & LP / 1997 / Beggars Banquet USA)
• Tigertown Pictures (CD & LP+7" / 1998 / Fortuna Pop!, Kill Rock Stars)
• Réalistes (CD & LP / 2002 / Milou Studios, Kill Rock Stars)
• City Fallen Leaves (CD / 2005 / The Track & Field Organisation, Kill Rock Stars)
• Broken Record Prayers (CD / 2008 / Milou Studios, What's Your Rupture?)

Compilation appearances

• Aliens At War & A Kind Of Loving on "Some Hearts Paid To Lie" (2x7" / 1993 / Wiiija)
• You’ve Been Gone Too Long (live) on Heartache fanzine tape (CS / 1995 / Heartache fanzine)
• Like A Sparrow on "Godz Is Not A Put-On" (Godz tribute) (LP+7" / 1996 / Lissy's Records)
• Dreams Of A Working Girl on "NME C96" (CD / 1996 / NME)
• Pinstriped Rebel (Would Be Goods cover) on "All Done With Mirrors" (CD / 1998 / Le Grand Magistery)
• Asleep On The Snow on "A Christmas Gift From Fortuna Pop!" (CDEP / 2000 / Fortuna Pop!)
• I Close My Eyes To Think Of God on "Jackson's Jukebox" (CD / Kill Rock Stars)
• Look At You Now, You’re Crying on "Fields And Streams" (2xCD / 2002 / Kill Rock Stars)
• Ann Don’t Cry on "Everything Is Ending Here: A Tribute To Pavement)" (2xCD / 2003 / Homesleep Records)
• Look At You Now, You’re Crying on "POW! to the people" (2xCD / 2003 / The Track & Field Organisation)
• If You Ever Walk Out Of My Life (Dena Barnes cover) on "More Soul Than Wigan Casino" (7" / 2005 / Fortuna Pop!)
• Beautiful Despair, Never Die & Mainlining Mystery on "Imagine The Shapes" (CD / feb. 2007 / What's Your Rupture?)

References

External links

• Comet Gain at Kill Rock Stars
• Comet Gain web site at Kill Rock Stars
• Comet Gain at MySpace
• Comet Gain interview March 2009
• Pop matters article
• Splendidzine article
• The Line Of Best Fit - article

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