Post-mortem updates:
Someone added us to Last.fm
Some of us are in a band called
the State Lottery.
The Gibbons were a punk band from Detroit that played between 2001
and 2006. We had a lot of great times, met a lot of people,
and got a first hand look at what people are doing to make their
communities better places. For records and contact info, see below.
These people/bands/entities deserve a special thanks for being
directly involved in vital stuff: Marco, Shawn Quinn,Josh Quinn,
Norm Andresen, Erik Ladendorf, North Lincoln, Caulfield, Frame,
Tina Dykehouse, Andy Fizzle, Blackbird Suite, Whiskey Diaries,
Attack of the..., Ridgemont, Original Invasion, Kevin and Paul McCoy,
the Trumbullplex, Karate for Kids, Lemuria, One Reason, Dom Armao,
Dave Bearling, and everyone who ever helped us with a show or a
place to stay on tour.
Complete Show List (Quite a bit of this was done from memory,
so sorry if a show or band was forgotten, it was accidental.)
2006
May 20th, Detroit (The Trumbullplex) *Our Final Show*
w/ North Lincoln, Caulfield
May 19th, Louisville, KY (Old Louisville Coffee House)
w/ North Lincoln, Go Static, One Small Step
May 18th, Bloomington, IN (Ducks in a Stack)
w/ North Lincoln, Heads Up!
May 15th, Madison, WI (Mierda Verde)
w/ North Lincoln, Modern Machines, The Midwest Beat
May 14th, Minneapolis, MN (The Alamo)
w/ North Lincoln, Off with Their Heads, I Dare You
May 13th, Milwaukee, WI (Riverwest Commons)
w/ North Lincoln, Period 3, Bob Uecher
May 12th, Wonder Lake, IL (WL House)
w/ North Lincoln, The Brokedowns
April 18th, Detroit (The 2500 Club)
w/ Stranger on a Train, the Modern Machines
March 10th, Lansing (Gone Wired Cafe)
w/ Rick Johnson Rock'n'Roll Machine, Shoelace, The Mayday Suits
February 16th, Detroit (The Trumbullplex)
w/ Defiance,Ohio and Boxcars
February 8th, Ann Arbor (Natural Canvas)
w/ Monarch, Boxcars
January 19th, Ann Arbor (Natural Canvas)
w/ Frame, Lemuria, Monarch
2005
November 7, Ann Arbor (Natural Canvas)
w/ Bent Outta Shape
October 25, Detroit (The Trumbullplex)
w/ Monarch, Junesey, Renee
October 14, Grand Rapids (bachelor party)
w/ North Lincoln, The Ergs, Freshman Rhetoric
September 20, Ann Arbor (Natural Canvas)
w/ The Unlovables, That’s Him, That’s the Guy
August 14th, Cleveland area, OH (Libby's house)
w/ Frame, Lemuria, Delay, The Merkurs
August 13th, Jamestown, NY (warehouse)
w/ Frame, Itchy Boy and the Cobras
August 12th, Williamstown, NJ (house in woods)
w/ Frame, lots more
August 11th, New Brunswick, NJ (house)
w/ Frame, The Ergs, The Carpetbaggers
August 10th, Huntington Station (Long Island), NY (Hobo House)
w/ Frame, more
August 9th, Brooklyn, NY (North Six)
w/ Frame, Basement Black
August 8th, New Paltz, NY (The Rug Room)
w/ Frame, Laser Awesome
August 7th, Binghamton, NY (Kyle’s House)
w/ Frame, more
August 6th, Buffalo, NY (Kitchen Distribution)
w/ Frame, Lemuria
July 17th, Detroit (Trumbullplex)
w/ Karate for Kids, Latterman, Slingshot Dakota, Basement Black
June 18th, Plan-It-X Fest Detroit (Trumbullplex)
w/ One Reason, Defiance, Ohio, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Madeline,
Erin Tobey, Ghost Mice, Rosa, The Door-Keys, Two Dollar Breakfast, more
April 10th, Detroit (Trumbullplex)
w/ Toys that Kill, Off with Their Heads, Attack of the…
March 24th, Ypsilanti, MI (The Elbow Room)
w/ North Lincoln, Glass and Ashes
January 9th, Grand Rapids (The DAAC)
w/ North Lincoln, Frame, Zero Dependence
January 8th, Columbus, OH (24/7 House)
w/ Karate for Kids, Frame, Zero Dependence
January 7th, Louisville, KY (hall)
w/ Pocket Bomb, Hazard County, One Small Step
January 6th, Lexington, KY (Holwyn Underground)
w/ Olympus Mons, more
January 5th, Asheville, NC (The Big Idea)
w/ Drunken Boat, The Terribles
January 4th, Chattanooga, TN (Antarctica)
Drunken Boat, ADD/C, The Terribles, Mister Blister
January 3rd, Cleveland, MS (Farmhouse)
w/ Hot New Mexicans, The Florence Nightingales, the Ghostwood
January 2nd, Bloomington, IN (Dave Dean’s House)
w/ Dave Dean, The Thing that Always Explodes
January 1st, Ferndale, MI (Real McCoy House)
w/ Caulfield, North Lincoln, Karate for Kids
2004
November 27th, Detroit (Idle Kids)
w/ North Lincoln, Hell or Highwater, Helen Keller
November 26th, Cleveland, OH (Tower of Treason)
w/ Before I Go, Signs of Collapse
July 22nd, Lansing (The Diaper) *Last Diaper Show*
w/ North Lincoln, Rosa, Meneguar, Gospel, lots more
June 25th, Detroit (Trumbullplex)
w/ Blackbird Suite, Dubphonics
May 28th, Detroit (The Magic Stick)
w/ The Amino Acids, Joiya
May ??, Lansing (Brighter Days Infoshop)
w/ Prospera
April 15th, Grand Rapids (Division Ave. Arts Cooperative)
w/ One Reason, Hell or Highwater
March 20th, Athens, GA (Tite Pockets)
w/ North Lincoln, Ceramic Duck
March 19th, Gainesville, FL (Wayward Council)
w/ North Lincoln, Army of Ponch, Towers of Hanoi
March 18th, St. Petersberg, FL (The Emerald)
w/ North Lincoln, The Tim Version
March 16th, Cleveland, MS (The Farmhouse)
w/ North Lincoln, Matty Pop Chart
March 14th, St. Louis area, MO (Grandma’s house)
w/ North Lincoln, Bright Calm Blue, Camp Climax…
March 13th, Louisville, KY (Legion hall)
w/ North Lincoln, Pocket Bomb, Rome Fell, more
March 12th, Lansing (The Diaper)
w/ North Lincoln, Picasso Triggerfish, Freshman Rhetoric
February 6th, Detroit (Idle Kids)
w/ Caulfield, Prospera, Rosa, Hoppin’ Mad
2003
December 19th, Detroit (Idle Kids)
w/ Caulfield, Patsy Motherfucking Cline, Mumbler, Megan Kott, The Know-How
December 13th, Grand Rapids (The DAAC)
w/ North Lincoln, Mumbler, Rick Johnson
November 28th, Lansing (The Diaper)
w/ North Lincoln, I Farm, The High Life
November 11th, Detroit (Radnor House)
w/ Fifth Hour Hero, etc.
September 20th, Lansing (The Diaper)
w/ Marco, Alpha Control Group C
August 28th, Bloomington, IN (house)
w/ One Reason, Matty Pop Chart, Rachel Jacobs
August 27th, Milwaukee, WI (Endless Nameless)
w/ Motorcycle Prom Dates, The Servos, Hillyard, U.S.S. Horsewhip
June 26th, Roseville, MI (Legion hall)
w/ Bidwell, Caulfield, Mumbler, Patsy Motherfucking Cline
June 25th, Lansing (The Diaper)
w/ North Lincoln, Parkherst
May 25th, Detroit (The Gardenbowl)
April 6th, Dearborn, MI (Desirable Discs)
March 29th, Hamtramck, MI (Roadrunner’s Raft)
w/ Caulfield, Student Driver, Crashing Atoms
March 7th, Hamtramck, MI (Jean’s)
w/ Caulfield, Demon Sweat, The Book Was Better
February 8th, Roseville, MI (Legion Hall)
w/ Caulfield, Zero Dependence, Mumbler, Bidwell
February 1st, Detroit (Jacoby’s)
w/ Rivethead, Caulfield, Hoppin’ Mad
January 4th, Detroit (Trumbullplex)
w. Mumbler, Megan Kott, Mikey Sharbatz
2002
December 26th, Hamtramck, MI (Slackjaw Social Club)
w/ Caulfield, Mumbler, Hoppin’ Mad, the Big Spit
November 17th, Ypsilanti, MI (The Elbow Room)
w/ Zero Dependence
November 2nd, ?up north?, MI (Johnny Appleseed Cider Mill)
w/ Hoppin’ Mad, Crazy Flying Giants, Red Eye Flight
August 2nd, Hamtramck, MI (Slackjaw Social Club)
w/ Rivethead, Caulfield
July 25th, Detroit (Detroit Contemporary)
w/ Caulfield, Aura, Helen Keller, Horatio Alger…
July 19th, Hamtramck, MI (Slackjaw Social Club)
w/ Caulfield, Aura
July 16th, Roseville, MI (legion hall)
w/ Hoppin’ Mad, Three Balls Green
March 15th, ?Utica?, MI (Rockabilly’s record store)
w/ Hoppin’ Mad
February 22nd, Hamtramck, MI (Slackjaw Social Club)
w/ Abe Froman, The GC5
2001
December 26th, Hamtramck, MI (Slackjaw Social Club)
w/ Caulfield, Abe Froman
December 1st, Warren, MI (hall)
w/ Caulfield, Zero Dependence, The Consolation Prize
November 23rd, Detroit (Trumbullplex)
w/ Caulfield, Red Emma, The Skinny Fists
September 21st, Hazel Park, MI (The Dougout)
w/ Caulfield, 45 Cents, Nowadays, The Consolation Prize, Citizens Arrest
August 23rd, Hazel Park, MI (The Dougout)
w/ Caulfield, No Alternative
July 30th, Hazel Park, MI (The Dougout)
w/ Never Heard of It, Nowadays, 1090
July 29th, Warren, MI (Italian American Cultural Center) *Punk Fest II*
w/ lots of bands
July 26th, Roseville, MI (legion hall)
w/ Caulfield, Lazy American Workers, The Come-Ons, The Lynnwoods
July 21st, Grosse Pointe, MI (Toby’s Basement)
July 15th, Roseville, MI (Hot Hits record store)
w/ The Satchel Paige Rage
June 16th, Rochester, MI (Jenny’s garage)
w/ Caulfield
Salinas Records (linked below) carries all this, and has a list of distros
that do as well.
Split 7" with North Lincoln (Salinas, May, 2006)
-----------The last songs we'll ever record. We have three, they have two. It's for Michigan.
"Hope, inc." CD (Salinas, January 1, 2005)
-----------Our first full length. The songs are more political and more aggressive
(dare I say, more mature?) than earlier stuff. Easily our favorite songs.
Erik recorded it, and it has a cleaner sound than previous recordings.
"Hope, inc." LP (Salinas/Grateful, March 2005)
-----------Same as the CD but it's on vinyl. There are some corrections in the
liner notes and the artwork is a bit different.
"The Gibbons" 7" (Salinas/Neon Boombox Records, March 11, 2004) *OUT OF PRINT*
-----------Our first solo release. Four old songs rerecorded, but some of our favorites
that we never released. Recorded with longtime partner Erik Ladendorf,
it is an accurate representation of us over our first few years of existence.
"The War on Terrorism" 4-Way split 7" (Salinas Records, December 19, 2003)
-----------The Gibbons, Megan Kott, Caulfield and Mumbler get global, each
contributing one song about the current political situation.
Split CDEP with Caulfield (Storm Records, February 1, 2003)
-----------4 songs from each band, recorded at 40 oz. studio in Ann Arbor.
Demo Tape (Fall, 2001)
-----------Our first release. 4 songs.
T-Shirts
-----------Mail us a shirt (email us (below) to get an address), and we'll screen it for
you. It's the building on the cover of "Hope Inc.".
E-mail us.
Links
Gibbons Music (MP3s)
Salinas Records
Storm Records
