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Gorilla Biscuits are a New York straight edge hardcore punk band on Revelation Records, consisting of Anthony Civorelli, Walter Schreifels, Arthur Smilios, Alex Brown and Luke Abbey.

History

Early career

Gorilla Biscuits were formed when Smilios met Civorelli while they were both living in New York City and going to the same high school. They were both fans of the band Agnostic Front and became interested in hardcore from listening to them. They started going to hardcore shows at CBGB's on the weekends, where they met people like Ray Cappo and Porcell, of the band Youth Of Today.

Arthur wanted to start a hardcore band and wanted Civ to sing, but Civ had no interest in singing and had to face the floor or wall while doing it in the early stages of the Biscuits. Members of the band Token Entry hooked them up with a show (Gorilla Biscuits used Token Entry's drummer for that first show), and needed a name for the still unnamed band, in order to give it to the show's promoter. The drug of choice in their neighborhood was quaaludes, which people called "gorilla biscuits" because they were so huge. The name was only meant to be temporary but stayed with them.

The start was kind of rough. They made poor quality demo tapes. The cassettes themselves were of poor quality, bought at a dollar store which had no cases, so they just cut and pasted some stuff onto a piece of paper and copied them. The first shirts were blue with a gorilla riding a skateboard, and were made using a black magic marker and an ink blotter.

Increasing popularity and hiatus

After having the early Gorilla Biscuits song "Better Than You" on one of their compilations, Revelation Records released an eponymously titled Gorilla Biscuits 7" EP in 1988, which later became a hardcore hit. The band then toured the United States and Europe twice. The year 1989 saw the release of their first full length album, Start Today. The album became the biggest selling ever for Revelation Records, and was also the first album that was issued on C.D., alongside it's vinyl and cassete versions, as part of the routine production. The band started writing material for a second L.P. (an unreleased song, "Distance" can be seen played by the band during a performance in the 1991 documentary "Live In New York") which they never recorded, and eventually disbanded around the year 1992. Some of the members went on to play in a follow up band, CIV. Besides singing for CIV, Civ now owns a tattoo studio in New York City. Walter went on to form the "post-hardcore" band Quicksand. He then wrote the songs for and helped produce CIV's first album.

Reunions and the future of Gorilla Biscuits
The Gorilla Biscuits briefly reunited in 1997 for a benefit at CBGB, and played another show there on August 14, 2005 as a benefit to save the club from financial problems.

In 2006 Revelation Records reissued their seminal recording Start Today. The album is remastered and features in-depth liner notes by Walter Schreifels.

In the summer of 2006 they did a month-long reunion tour which featured an exclusive 7-inch only available on tour stops.

As of March 2007, Gorilla Biscuits have announced a Glasgow slot, with further infomation pending. They reportedly turned down playing at Download festival.

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Op vrijdag 8 juni 2007 23:29 schreef vaderpiet het volgende:
Gave band maar ik heb altijd mijn twijffels een reunie. De mythe is er dan af..

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Op vrijdag 8 juni 2007 23:31 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:

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True. Helemaal na een periode van 15 jaar, maar ik ben echt te benieuwd om niet te gaan kijken.

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Op vrijdag 8 juni 2007 23:38 schreef vaderpiet het volgende:

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Ik ben eigenlijk ook wel benieuwd.. Hoop dat ze nog een zaal in het noorden van het land aandoen (Bolwerk Sneek ofzo..).

Morgen even Start Today onder het stof vandaan halen.. En als ik dan toch bezig ben zoek ik CIV er meteen bij .

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Op vrijdag 8 juni 2007 23:29 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:
Reageer dan niet als het je geen fuck boeit?

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Op vrijdag 8 juni 2007 23:39 schreef vingerplant het volgende:

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Start Today en Set Your Goals

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Yesterday you were on my back just to get my time.
I guess it's not as precious as it seems.
Because I found the time for hangin out and talkin on the phone.
What should i expect, now that my time is free and you're nowhere to be found.
Next time i'll try, for the first time in my life.
It won't pass me by.
Procrastinate it can wait, i put it off. let's start today my room's a mess and i can't get dressed.
I gotta be out by eight o'clock.
Deep inside i know the answer.
Well there's no time like the present and i'd like to hang out but who doesn't.
I've made enough mistakes for this lifetime.
Now i'm here to make amends.
Next time i'll try, for the first time in my life.
It won't pass me by.
Procrastinate it can wait, i put it off. start! stop!

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Op zaterdag 9 juni 2007 03:38 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:

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Ik zoek start today nog steeds op 12" trouwens.

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Op zaterdag 9 juni 2007 17:35 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:
Graag... zat vroeger zelf ook in het wereldje _{speelde ooit in de band Xreaching-forwardx}

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Op woensdag 13 juni 2007 22:20 schreef Partisan het volgende:

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Oei, sXe?

Had jij niet ooit een avatar van Alex Grey? Hahaha


misschien dat ik je in de war haal met iemand anders (long time lurker, short time user )

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Op zaterdag 9 juni 2007 17:35 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:
Graag... zat vroeger zelf ook in het wereldje _{speelde ooit in de band Xreaching-forwardx}, maar niemand doet z'n platen nog weg. Heb hier ook nog de nodige leuke gekleurde 7 inches liggen.

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Op zaterdag 9 juni 2007 17:43 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:
Ja ik zoek nog een bepaalde 7" van een band die ACME heette, het was volgens mij doorzichtig vinyl en hij begon met een hitlerspeech... de muziek zelf was erg noisy.

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Op vrijdag 15 juni 2007 05:31 schreef OFfSprngr het volgende:
Dan ben ik helaas niet in NL.

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Op vrijdag 15 juni 2007 14:00 schreef OFfSprngr het volgende:
Een biertje op GB's reünie!

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Op donderdag 14 juni 2007 10:01 schreef HAL9000S het volgende:
Heb je die plaat nog liggen toevallig? Ben er al tijden naar op zoek.

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Op donderdag 6 september 2007 16:02 schreef RudolfRockem het volgende:
Ik heb heel erg zitten twijfelen, maar ben uiteindelijk toch maar niet gegaan. Vrienden van me waren wel heen en zeiden dat t echt 1 grote puinhoop was. Maar wat wil je als t licht uitgaat en je hoort een paar trompetten door de speakers schallen....