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Ron Goudie
Singer Writer Guitar
"When a man is at the end of his rope, that's when the shit gets really interesting"
People are being cut loose from their jobs, downsized, marginalized, shit on, and crushed beneath the unforgiving shoe of the future. It ain't easy, in fact, it sucks large. We are what we do, and when that gets taken away it can go really bad, as I found out. I did my best, I threw myself down the rabbit hole, I performed the ritual of the slow motion suicide. That's what can happen to you, the transitions can get u, take u by the hair and throw you up against the wall, you pick yourself up, and do it again. That shit hurts, u have to do something, to disrupt the pain.
In Amsterdam of the 00's sooner or later, someone hands u a pipe with cigarette ashes on it with some suspicious white powder on top, and a lighter. Shit don't hurt no more, in fact it feels downright good, it's that's easy, unfortunately.
"I own these songs, I paid for them and they are mine"
So u don't die and the current program isn't a good strategy, what's next? That's when u find out who u are what u are made of and all that shit . I answered this question by locking myself in the studio for three years and wrote songs, smoked bad weed, wrote more songs and smoked too much weed. Dirty Nasty & Free is the first release to see the light from this unholy union. Recorded 24 track analogue the in San Pedro of North Holland, Ijmuiden, by redound producer and guitarist, Paul van Rijswijk.
CARLOS MANSO
Drums Vocals
Portuguese-Dutch multi-instrumentalist and partner in crime, plays drums for GDX, bass in the African band Zuluwannsago, guitar in the funky country combo Ruigoord Rebels, and keyboard in the rap-hippie jam band DAT = DAT, in addition to doing live sound around town in clubs and halls. We meet in a party house in West Amsterdam, he stuck his hand out and said, “hi, I‘m Carlos”, and talked about the music business a bit, little did we know the ball was beginning to roll. Fate is funny that way.
YRJÄNÄ RANKKA
Bass Vocals
Born and raised in northern Finland, classical/jazz/fusion/Dead Kennedy’s geek intellectual of the band. Lived where it gets dark for 6 months of at a time (and stays light for a similar time) considers people with black out curtains wimps. One of the few players who got the somewhat challenging arrangements and structures of GDX with no problem. Also plays contra bass in the mighty NO | ME. Favorite quote – “they’re just pop songs”
ROEMER VERHEGGEN
Lead Guitar Vocals
New Guy. Dutch Dude, guitar burner, doesn't say much, seems to know the answer to everything, possibly in cahoots with the Illuminati, has lots of guitars..
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