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GEOFF WESTEN - CD - I'm Not Crazy - POWER POP, ALT.ROCK U.S The Cars, David Bowie
An unopened still sealed CD from cult US power pop alt.rock singer Geoff Westen, released in 2015
Sounds Like:
David Byrne, David Bowie , The Cars
Label:
Disturbing Music
Bio:
I'm Not Crazy is the latest collection from hard-popster Geoff
Westen. Westen's characteristic quirky and eclectic storytelling is
showcased as he continues to follow his own musical muse, fearlessly
traversing the line between PowerPop and PowerPunk.
"The latest collection from hard-popster Geoff Westen is I'm Not Crazy.
Westen's characteristic quirky and eclectic storytelling is showcased
in his third album of songs on the Disturbing Music label. On INC, Geoff
continues to follow his own musical muse, fearlessly traversing the
line between PowerPop and PowerPunk. The songs are drawn from
observations made over the course of the eccentric, yet sophisticated
life of the career artist and performer. Both reviewers and fans alike
have responded to Westen's instinctive feel, traditional songwriting
chops, catchy melodies and memorable hooks. The common denominator on
all the tracks is his integration of the gamut of music styles that he
has performed over his career. This includes his curious production
approach, where he paints his audio canvas with layers of music to
create his "Wall of Pop" trademark sound, revealing more colors,
textures and flavors with each repeated listening. Making himself the
central character in the songs rather than telling stories about other
people is another distinct component of his songwriting. INC's 10 songs
(plus 2 alternative mixes) make up this joyful pop-rock songlist.
"Partyline" and the mischievous "Xciting Eyes" rock out with enough
guitars and energy to fill an arena. "I Don't Know Why" and "Make It
Last Forever" sound like pop song standards while "Love Has Let You
Down" is a classic heartbreak ballad. Little gems like "The Big
Mistake," and "Condition Red" are pure Westen - exploiting his highly
stylized Punkish pop tracks"
WIKIPEDIA
Geoff Westen is an American musician, songwriter, artist, producer and
graphic designer. He was a member of the seminal San Francisco rock
group The Other Half with guitarist Randy Holden and was subsequently a
founding member of Epic Records' recording group C.K. Strong with lead
singer Lynn Carey. Recording as The Balls in London, he released the
single "I Love The Balls" on Towerbell Records,[1] and the follow-up
release "I Never Dress Right" under the name The Scoop.[2]
As a graphic designer, Westen designed the album cover for Steely Dan's
album, Aja. As a songwriter he co-wrote "Lovin' You," a solo single for
Shocking Blue singer, Mariska Veres and "Leather Boots" recorded by
Alice Cooper on the album Flush the Fashion. The album was distributed
by Warner Bros. Records[3] in 1980 and re-released on Rhino Records[4]
in 2011.
Since 2002 he has released six albums on Disturbing Music. The pop
albums, The Pigs Oink! [5] was named by indie-music.com as one of the
"Top Indie Albums of 2006, Vidiots Tune In![6] was released in 2008 and
I'm Not Crazy[7] in 2015. His rock/ambient instrumental albums are Xmas
Vol. 1[8] in 2003, Birth[9] in 2004 and Activate[10] in 2011..
BIOGRAPHY
Geoff continues to follow his own musical muse, fearlessly traversing the line between PowerPop and PowerPunk.
His
recorded music history stretches back into the depths of rock history,
first with GNP Crescendo Records as a member of San Francisco's The
Other Half - known as the loudest band to take the Avalon Ballroom stage
- then back to L.A. as a member of Epic Records' C.K. Strong. Those
early albums and songs still resonate in compilation and reissue hell on
Rhino's Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, and
last year's reissue of C.K. Strong by World in Sound in the
Deutschland.
His musical journey moved across the country
accompanying chart-topping pop artists...ultimately grabbing a coveted
musician's spot performing weekly on a national NBC variety show.
Borrriing...
Coming off the road, Geoff launched a recording
lab/creative shop called Oz Studios to provide one-stop services -
graphics, wardrobe and a demo studio - that utilized his other creative
muscles, designing award-winning album covers (Steely Dan's AJA), logos
(The Pointer Sisters) and Contemporary Security (the world's largest
event security company who still flaunts that trademark!).
Westen returned to live performance with The Balls. After conquering the
L.A. clubs, The Balls were signed to Bill Curbishley's (heard of him?)
Claude Hopper Productions in the U.K. where they recorded their debut
album at Pete Townshend's Eel Pie and The Who's Ramport Studios. They
were promptly banned by the BBC for their suggestive name before being
able to secure a foothold on the charts.
Returning to the
States, Westen signed with Sound City and recorded his first solo album
during their studio heyday. Sound City is now, of course, launched
forevermore into infamous rock history on Dave Grohls' 2013 Sound City
documentary.
Geoff's had a couple of notable covers, "Leather
Boots" on Alice Cooper's Flush the Fashion (recently re-released by
Warner Bros.) and the European single "Lovin' You" by Shocking Blue lead
singer, Mariska Veres.
Westen launched Disturbing Music in
2002 to record and distribute his recordings. Drawing inspiration from
the best rock artists from the '80s well into the new
century, his instinctive feel and traditional songwriting chops deliver catchy melodies and memorable hooks.
Westen's first two songs albums anointed him a Power Pop artist
supreme. The Pigs—OINK! and Vidiots – Tune In!! showcased his dark humor
and sarcasm, and affirmed his position as a hardpop specialist.
His varied influences also led to studio experimentation, recording
instrumentals under the name Digital Activity, that he calls Rock
Ambient Music. RAM travels in the cracks between accepted pop genres,
building upon, and flashing between, all the best sounds in his musical
arsenal. The first of his Digital Activity albums Birth, morphed into
Activate...and you can hear his traditional Digital takes of Holiday
faves on his Xmas Vol. 1.
Geoff is a well-kept secret -
single-minded and skillful. He is probably a little less Pop than The
Pigs, a bit more Punk than Vidiots, and a lot more commercial than he
thinks. His decades of music experience, gigging in the Haight, grinding
cross-country tours, to the effete and rarified world of the London
music scene, and what feels like eons in the studio, are all reflected
here.
Through it all, Geoff remains highly unpredictable. It's
been said that, "it doesn't matter what kind of music he takes on, he
beats the crap out of it. He owns it!" And among a discography of albums
that covers all the musical territory between Pop, Punk, Rock and
Ambient, Geoff continues to bang out a legacy with no guidelines or
boundaries.
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