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GIST

Washington, D.C. based rock band Gist began as a trio in 1995 with high school-friends Nayan Bhula and Fred Burton. Although the two came from completely different places in the world, Burton native to the D.C area and Bhula (of Indian heritage) having been born in South Africa and growing up in Toronto, bonded over their passion for rock music. Burton and Bhula had been playing together since 1991 and then recruited Jennifer Moentmann (Bass), a college friend of Nayans with similar musical tastes to join them. The band went on to gig extensively in the D.C area and record a number of demos and two EPs, 1997s Youths Avail and 1999s Soundtrack for My Parting Ways. Due to artistic differences, the band parted ways with Moentmann in early 1999. At a crossroads, Gist reformed itself as a quartet with the addition of Finley Martin (guitar, vocals), a co-worker of Burton's with similar musical ambitions, from Prince Edward Island, Canada and Jim Campbell (bass, vocals) from central Pennsylvania. The new lineup mixed diverse influences into its sound including post-punk, classic hard rock and experimental rock. As a quartet, the band went on to release the EP Pretest Retest in the year 2000 under their own label, Red Stapler Records. Pretest Retest was engineered by Chad Clark (producer of Dismemberment Plan, Beauty Pill) at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA and mastered by Grammy Award-winner Charlie Pilzer. Gist eventually recorded Art is Now Human at Inner Ear with Chad Clark engineering and producing. A LEFT OFF THE DIAL review of Art is Now Human can be found below.

DISCOGRAPHY:

Music by Gist can be purchased at CDBaby

LINKS:

The Gist Official Website

Red Stapler Records

Gist on Washington Post mp3

REVIEWS:

LEFT OFF THE DIAL review of Art Is Now Human

Various reviews

Snap Pop! Review Pretest Retest

TOUR DATES:

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