Featured Artist: Jon Gomm

Hi fellow UGers, today we would like to introduce our next UG featured artist: virtuoso guitarist and singer-songwriter Jon Gomm. Read the info below.

Biography:

All Jon Gomm wanted for Christmas when he was 2 years old was a guitar. He got one. Now he has a bigger one, on which he beats out driving drums, grooving bass and sweet-singing mel–O–dees, while audiences struggle to contain their crazed ecstasy til the end of the song. He has the triple-threat: impossible-sounding virtuoso guitar work, soaring vocals and a unique, instantly recognisable songwriting style.

Through his career, Jon has played everything – he started with Classical (although his guitar teacher was reluctant to take on such a young fellow!), meanwhile savouring every Beatles song. Then he discovered the dark magic of The Blues, and then was lured into the super-fast look-at-me world of the Rock Guitar Hero. He learnt to play jazz, to his own bemusement, and then, still reeling, decided he could make the most noise with an acoustic guitar and his mouth. He invented loads of new playing techniques, then heard Michael Hedges in late 2000 and realised that someone else had already invented them and made them sound like God yawning. Jon carried forth all these influences and pooled them into a lump of plastic, squashed it flat and polished it til it shined. This is soon to become available as his first CD, entitled “Hypertension”. He’s hoping that a giant hand will hear it and scoop him up to be seen by everything.

Pictures:

You may find pictures of this artist at this page.

Audio Files:

All of the songs below are from his new CD "Hypertension".

1. Clockwork,
2. H,
3. Stupid Blues,
4. Hey Child,
5. Swallow You Whole,
6. Crazy Johnny.

Website:

His official website is here.

POSTED: 09/09/2005 - 06:19 am

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Comments

[nathan_k]

meh, its ok, i think you have some good ideas, but none of it sounds developed enough, its still just ideas.

[Super-Peanut]

I liked it....Cheers!

[UG Gangsta]

ur good just not my style

[si_wilburn]

mmm alright i suppose displacements were better

[CK91]

sounds like he sings a little out of tune. I guess its ok

[TenTonHammer]

^^ no si_wilburn ("nick"), they're not

[stuckx]

your voice look like Eddie Vedder

[sjones]

si_wilburn, go screw yourself and your pathetic ass band.

Anyway, to this dude, Keep it up, Jon.

[si_wilburn]

yer keep it goin i forgot u cant have a laugh on this site with a load of metal heads sorry kids oh well all the musician repect thing i hear about doesnt really count for shit must b a UK thing love u all

Dude you just told him he sucked and you were better, there's nothin respectful or funny in that.

[jubedude]

good stuff

[s/t]

Swallow you Whole soungs like a Limp Bizkit song. Oh thats Eat You Alive my bad. Anyway Rankles he never said this guy sucked he said "alright, I suppose displacements were better". He was just trying to "cutely" say you should all like his band more. Your all stupid cunts.

[si_wilburn]

IT WAS A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!! JESUS CHRIST !!!!!!!

[si_wilburn]

AT LEAST s/t gets us yeah man. We dint mean u shud like our band more its up to you lol doesnt hurt us 1 bit if u dont! COME ON LIGHTEN UP GUYS!!!!

[crzywhiteboy]

I think your good just not what i usually listin to.im a metal head but im open to other music to sometimes.depends on the day.

[si_wilburn]

yer i never dissed jon gomm he seems cool, i was trying to raise a smile have a laugh... n i dont hate a metal heads just the ones who plainly listen to metal n diss other music cos its not metal...lol he he he laugh ure self to death
love si

[Little Wing]

stick-ing it on the wall love the BLUES tune --- very impressive

[greavesy_03]

Wots going on this guy is amazing... buy his album worth every penny. go see him. Has to be seen to believed. i dont think ppl seem to realise this guy is doing everything on 1 guitar all at once. Jon, Dont bother topping... ALex

[little_frank]

Woh - jon gomm is mentally good - i wish i could make a guitar sound like that. He sounds like a bass-player and a bongo player or something. I think i'll stick to my electric! I like crazy johnny. it's like crazy, johnny!

[6slip6knot6]

goodluck...

[Rock 101]

Takes all my brain to feel this confused

WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?! I turned it off after that opening line.