Ghoti Hook
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Ghoti Hook was a Christian pop-punk band from Washington, D.C. The band was formed in 1991, with band members Joel Bell, Conrad Tolosa, Jamie Tolosa, Christian Ergueta, and Adam Neubauer. They released two independent EPs in 1994 and 1995. They signed to Tooth and Nail Records in 1996, then released two albums, Sumo Surprise and Banana Man.
Conrad, the guitarist and a main songwriter of the band, decided to leave Ghoti Hook when the band began to tour fulltime so he could finish his Masters of Christian Thought Degree in seminary and continue with his accounting career. After the cover album Songs We Didn't Write, Mark Lacasse joined the lineup as their sound evolved from punk toward straight-up rock on their next album, Two Years to Never. Christian Ergueta left the band soon after. Mark left a little after that.
As a three-piece band, Ghoti Hook released a six song EP titled EP on Velvet Blue Music. They disbanded in 2002. Their last show was at Cornerstone Music Festival on July 6, 2002, with both Conrad and Mark doing guest performances on certain songs; it was recorded and released as a live album titled Rest In Peace.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Final lineup
- Joel Bell - vocals, guitar (1991-2002)
- Jamie Tolosa - guitar, bass (1991-2002)
- Adam Neubauer (alias Chachi Manchu on Two Years to Never) - drums (1991-2002)
[edit] Previous members
- Conrad Tolosa - Guitar (1991-1997)
- Mark Lacasse - Guitar, BGV (1998-2000)
- Christian Ergueta - Bass, BGV (1991-2000)
[edit] Discography
- No Date (EP) (Self-released, 1994)
- Boca Grande (EP) (Self-released, 1995)
- Sumo Surprise (Tooth and Nail Records, 1996)
- Banana Man (Tooth and Nail Records, 1997)
- Songs We Didn't Write (cover album) (Tooth and Nail Records, 1998)
- Two Years to Never (Tooth and Nail Records, 2000; Review: Decapolis.com)
- Ep (Velvet Blue Music, 2002)
- Retrospective (compilation album) (Tooth and Nail Records, 2002)
- Rest in Peace (live album) (Tooth and Nail Records, 2003)
[edit] Notes
- "Ghoti" is a phonetic spelling of "fish", commonly attributed to George Bernard Shaw as an example of the illogic of English spelling. Pronunciation: the "GH" as in the word "rouGH", "O" as in "wOmen" and "TI" as in naTIon. However, the actual band name is pronounced as Go-Tee.
- Conrad Tolosa is currently in Divebomber and runs Decapolis.com, an online music magazine.
- Christian Ergueta is currently in Imperial X out of the OC. [1]
- Where are they now? Joel Bell lives in NYC. Adam and Jamie live in northern Virginia, Conrad lives in Harrisburg PA, Christian and Mark live in the LA area.
[edit] References
- Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 359. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
