Gomez are a five-piece British act consisting of Ben Ottewell (vocals, guit… Read Full Bio ↴Gomez are a five-piece British act consisting of Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitar), Tom Gray (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Paul Blackburn (bass, guitar), Olly Peacock (drums), and Ian Ball (vocals, guitar, harmonica). Emerging during a time in which the majority of up-and-coming British bands were either retro-pop (à la Oasis), trip-hop (Portishead), or space rock (the Verve, Radiohead), Gomez were one of the few to feature bluesy influences. The Southport boys' debut for Virgin Records, Bring It On, received praise from rock critics on both sides of the Atlantic and received the distinguished Mercury Music Prize for 1998's Album of the Year, edging out such stiff competition as Massive Attack's Mezzanine and the Verve's Urban Hymns.
Gomez completed an inaugural U.S. tour opening for Eagle-Eye Cherry in October 1998, while the press still offered praise (Spin magazine called Bring It On "a damn beautiful album," giving it an eight out of ten rating). Liquid Skin followed one year later and went platinum in England, and the rarities/B-sides compilation Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline appeared in 2000. A third studio album, In Our Gun, was released in spring 2002. Another hiatus saw Ian Ball relocating to Los Angeles while still working with the band at its new studio in Portslade, England. The dozens of tracks recorded during this time were whittled down and fashioned into Split the Difference, released in May of 2004. By that time, Hut, the group's original label, had gone under, leaving Gomez signed to Virgin (Hut's distributor). Despite all the critical acclaim, the band's album sales never seemed to match Virgin's expectations, and the two sides parted ways later that year.
In 2005, Gomez signed with ATO Records and released Out West, the group's first live album. How We Operate arrived in May 2006, and the band rounded out the year by assembling a retrospective collection of singles, rarities, and unreleased tracks entitled Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004. Gomez's members were spread across two continents by this point, leading to a three-year gap between How We Operate and the band's sixth studio release, A New Tide, parts of which were recorded individually by the various bandmates and then merged online. Ben Ottewell took some time after its release to launch a solo career, with 2011's Shapes & Shadows marking his first major release outside of the band. Months later, the band released another studio album, Whatever's on Your Mind, with Phantom Planet's Sam Farrar sharing production duties with the bandmates themselves.
Biography by Greg Prato
Gomez completed an inaugural U.S. tour opening for Eagle-Eye Cherry in October 1998, while the press still offered praise (Spin magazine called Bring It On "a damn beautiful album," giving it an eight out of ten rating). Liquid Skin followed one year later and went platinum in England, and the rarities/B-sides compilation Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline appeared in 2000. A third studio album, In Our Gun, was released in spring 2002. Another hiatus saw Ian Ball relocating to Los Angeles while still working with the band at its new studio in Portslade, England. The dozens of tracks recorded during this time were whittled down and fashioned into Split the Difference, released in May of 2004. By that time, Hut, the group's original label, had gone under, leaving Gomez signed to Virgin (Hut's distributor). Despite all the critical acclaim, the band's album sales never seemed to match Virgin's expectations, and the two sides parted ways later that year.
In 2005, Gomez signed with ATO Records and released Out West, the group's first live album. How We Operate arrived in May 2006, and the band rounded out the year by assembling a retrospective collection of singles, rarities, and unreleased tracks entitled Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004. Gomez's members were spread across two continents by this point, leading to a three-year gap between How We Operate and the band's sixth studio release, A New Tide, parts of which were recorded individually by the various bandmates and then merged online. Ben Ottewell took some time after its release to launch a solo career, with 2011's Shapes & Shadows marking his first major release outside of the band. Months later, the band released another studio album, Whatever's on Your Mind, with Phantom Planet's Sam Farrar sharing production duties with the bandmates themselves.
Biography by Greg Prato
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Five Men In A Hut (A's, B's and Rarities: 1998 - 2004)
Gomez Lyrics
78 Stone Wobble I was always told that you have to have the…
Air-hostess Song She had perfect eyes That's all she had And in the these…
Best in the Town It's 7, oh, 7 P.M. Won't you set me up and…
Big Man Feed fear You sit and watch it grow Are you afraid of…
Blind You're stuck with me and I can never see it…
Butterfly Be the only one to know and be my alibi Put…
Champagne for Monkeys Lying on the roof in my dirty overcoat Drunker than the…
Chicken Bones Never really got you 'cause he's always on his own Never…
Coltrane Wakin' up at nine Looks at his paper Can't deal with what…
Dire Tribe Hello Feel much better on hashish or ephedrine Feel much be…
Diskoloadout Where'll we go after this, is it diskoloadout? In a while,…
Flight Caught a flight, full of drugs Shoot straight at a view Touc…
Get Myself Arrested I wear the same shoes as anyone I get the same…
M57 Baby, put your hand, you want to be with someone,…
Mississippi Boweevil Blues He sees a little boweevil, sees him movin' in the,…
Old China Our first and last remaining Took off late Sunday night A…
Old School Shirt I'm just mad about my old school shirt *the tales they…
Pick Up The Pieces Pick up the pieces and well throw them away Throw them…
Ping One Down We'll return to the ocean Ride the tide again Test the water…
Pop Juice You went there until you crash here Then woken up to…
Pussyfootin' Pussyfootin, pussyfootin around, it's just got me down, yeah…
Royalty You like to think that you're taking over But I can…
Shot Shot Well hey, how's tricks man Think I seen you before Blank bla…
Silence I've been caught in a trap I set for myself I…
Silhouettes There's a place out near the eighties South of the border,…
So So It's alright now, it's alright now So settle down, I will…
Step Inside Harry's on the run, he's got good reason Since he bought…
Sweet Virginia I couldn't tell The weight of the world Was on your shoulder…
Tanglin' A-one, two, three, what you tanglin' with me for? Believe me…
We Haven't Turned Around We came, we came, we came again To stem the tide…
ZYX Love me for money or love me for gain Love me…