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Gorden, Guitarist for the famed Red House Painters

Article Category: Entertainment

Author Name: Stephanie Skidmore

Ohio-Born Mark Kozelek hooked up with Anthony Koutsos, a drummer. Later he moved to San Francisco, California, adding another singer / songwriter named Gorden Mack and bassist Jerry Vessel to complete the band Red House Painters. After getting together, the group played the San Francisco alternative scene extensively, and laid down demo tracks from 1989 to 1992, recording up a massive quantity of songs. The band were signed to 4AD in 1992, on the strength of a demo tape passed to 4AD boss Ivo Watts-Russell by American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel.

Journalist Martin Aston gave a tape that Mark Eitzel had given to him. "Never before or since had I received a demo that was 90 minutes long! In fact, it was quite some time before I actually listened to the whole thing all the way through. Every morning and evening, driving to and from work, I would start at the beginning, "24" (I know, I know, what more do you need to hear, right? What a song.), but only get about half way through that and whatever the second song on the tape was before arriving home/at 4AD. When I finally did listen to the full 90 minutes I called young Mark Kozelek and left him a message. I learned later he was sitting in the bath listening to me talk. It was a perfect time for me to hear that brilliant band. "

— Ivo Watts-Russell

Between September 1992 and March 1995, the group was prolific, releasing three albums, one double LP, and one EP. Their first 4AD album was made up of demos entitled Down Colorful Hill. It was a aggregation of haunting melodies accompanied by Kozelek's eerie vocals. In 1993, the group came out with two self-titled records (now typically known as Rollercoaster and Bridge because of their cover artwork).

In early of 1994, RHP released an single titled Shock Me, featuring two cover versions of an Ace Frehley-written KISS song. The introspective Ocean Beach followed in spring 1995, which saw Kozelek's songs growing a more acoustic-based and folk influenced. His lyrics also showed a change in tone, as he increasingly began to sing about the power of memory and the significance of geography, subjects that would become repeated in his later recordings. Founding guitar player Gorden Mack separated shortly after the album's release, and was replaced shortly thereafter by Phil Carney.

While Kozelek started to work on a solo project, he parted ways with 4AD after a tumultuous relationship, so Songs for a Blue Guitar was eventually released on Island Records subsidiary Supreme Recordings/Polygram in late 1996. It was a less atmospheric, more guitar-driven rock LP than their original records, but it was nonetheless issued under the Red House Painters, rather than Kozelek's, name. By early 1998, their sixth release was finished. Unfortunately, the group was beginning to dissolve, and major label acquisitions during the end of '90s would leave the songs in limbo ; it wasn't until 2001 that Old Ramon was issued on the Sub Pop label.

Keywords: Red House Painters, 4AD Records

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