Originally a quasi-psychedelic American rock band with the sound of the southwestern desert thrown in. GOR came out of Tucson, Arizona and quickly relocated to L.A. where they became (somewhat dubiously) a part of the Paisley Underground scene. Their music was alt-country long before such a thing existed, and it bore more in common with Neil Young or Cali-country rock than any of their contempories. Dan Stuart was like an Arizona version of Frank Black with a touch of Merle Haggard and the Eagles. The earlier records sound like lo-fi country-rock, with themes of low-life Americana and hard times among the underclass. They wrote amazing lyrics with Stuart (and also keyboardist Chris Cacavas) narrating it all. As the years went on the music becomes more and more polished with a subtler blend of blues, rock, and a little country. They worked with some heavy production teams. "The band issued a self-released red vinyl EP, sometimes called Two Bibles, though its first widely available record was an EP issued in 1982 by Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn on his own Down There label. Original drummer Van Christian left shortly before this (he later was in Naked Prey). They picked up Alex MacNicol from Lydia Lunch to fill out the ranks. Green on Red followed the Dream Syndicate onto Slash Records, which released the album Gravity Talks in the fall of 1983. Another label change happened shortly after this. 1985- Before "Gas Food Lodging" guitarist Chuck Prophet joined, barely out of his teens, and added blistering guitar that mixed Keith Richards and California sound with a touch of Willie Nelson. The duo of Stuart and Prophet would enhance their sound and prove a lasting relationship. Drummer Alex MacNicol was replaced by Keith Mitchell around '86. That same year, Stuart collaborated with Steve Wynn (as "Danny and Dusty") on the album "The Lost Weekend" (which also included Cacavas on some tracks). Touring and critical acclaim helped t
1 | Smokestack Lightning [*] | No Free Lunch |
2 | No Man's Land | The Killer Inside Me |
3 | That's What Dreams | Green On Red |
4 | Pills and Booze | This Time Around |
5 | Over My Head | Green On Red |
6 | Honest Man | Green On Red |
7 | Death And Angels | Green On Red |
8 | Good Patient Woman | This Time Around |
9 | Frozen in My Headlights | The Best of Green on Red |
10 | Deliverance | Gravity Talks |
11 | Ghost Hand | The Killer Inside Me |
12 | No Man's Land | Green On Red |
13 | You Couldn't Get Arrested | This Time Around |
14 | Two Lovers (Waitin' to Die) | The Best of Green on Red |
15 | Too Much Fun | The Best of Green on Red |
16 | Sixteen Ways | Gas Food Lodging |
17 | Frozen in My Headlights | Too Much Fun |
18 | Whispering Wind | The Killer Inside Me |
19 | We Had It All | Little Things In Life 1987-1991 [UK] |
20 | Keith Can't Read | The Best of Green on Red |