Gorky's Zygotic minci
debr...@bcvms.bc.edu
Hi there,
As an ignorant yank, i was wondering if there were any fans of Gorkys
Zygotic Minci? I enjoy their singles very much, and was ut wondering, I
suppose
most importantly, what the name means.
Any other tidbits of info that are worth sharing wold be great too,
Thanks very much!
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Illtud Daniel
debr...@bcvms.bc.edu <debr...@bcvms.bc.edu> wrote:
>Hi there,
>As an ignorant yank, i was wondering if there were any fans of Gorkys
>Zygotic Minci? I enjoy their singles very much, and was ut wondering, I
>suppose
>most importantly, what the name means.
Well, for a start, they're called Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. According
to the band, it's a nonsense name (the only Welshish bit is that
'Mynci' is a welsh phonetic spelling of the english word 'monkey').
They were originally supposed to be Gawky Zygotic Mynci, but
apparently their english spelling wasn't up to much, and it came
out 'Gorky'. The "'s" just grew on, I guess. (if you've made
posters for crappy school gigs, you'll know what I mean).
Zygotic's something to do with cell divison, sperm & eggs,
5th year biology. I didn't take much notice. (you can apologise
to Spud for me if you're still reading the group, Gareth Tryfan)
>Any other tidbits of info that are worth sharing wold be great too,
>Thanks very much!
I think that we've established that there isn't a Gorky's web
site (didn't we?) at the moment. You'd possibly get more of a
response from uk.music.alternative, hence the crosspost. (as
I doubt that many .edu sites carry much of the newer uk.*
groups)
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Geraint Jones
ida...@jesus.ox.ac.uk (Illtud Daniel) wrote:
( They were originally supposed to be Gawky Zygotic Mynci, but
) apparently their english spelling wasn't up to much, and it came
( out 'Gorky'.
Oh good, an excuse to wheel out:
Why does an awkward Russian resent his body? Maxim Gorky
Thomas Betts
On 19 Nov 1996 15:35:25 GMT, ida...@jesus.ox.ac.uk (Illtud Daniel) wrote:
>I think that we've established that there isn't a Gorky's web
>site (didn't we?) at the moment. You'd possibly get more of a
>response from uk.music.alternative, hence the crosspost. (as
>I doubt that many .edu sites carry much of the newer uk.*
>groups)
>
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>X "I was born outta time" Napoleon Wilson -read Mr Nice- FFPGP
did anyone bother to check the ultimate band list (www.ubl.com) where you will
find they do have a web page (but it is shite) at:
http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~ph93dds/gorkys.htm you can also get the latest
info on the band (i don't think there is anything at the moment) at indie
world.... the url is: http://www.hairnet.demon.co.uk/iworld/
laterz
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I am trying to get a page together at
http://www.wards.demon.co.uk/gorkys.htm
check it out
Duncan Porter
In article <56sk3t$b...@news.ox.ac.uk>, Illtud Daniel
<ida...@jesus.ox.ac.uk> writes
>debr...@bcvms.bc.edu <debr...@bcvms.bc.edu> wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>As an ignorant yank, i was wondering if there were any fans of Gorkys
>>Zygotic Minci? I enjoy their singles very much, and was ut wondering, I
>>suppose
>>most importantly, what the name means.
>
it's a cover - any info on this will be GREATLY appreciated) check out
introducing all the best bits i.e. all the boring album bits cut out!!
I'm thinking of forming a "Jon Lawrence grow back that beard" petition.
Duncan
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Peter Hesketh
In article <14304588852977...@comlab.oxford.ac.uk>
Gerain...@wolfson.oxford.ac.uk "Geraint Jones" writes:
> Why does an awkward Russian resent his body?
> Maxim Gorky
OK, So I'm thick.
Please explain the joke.
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Rhys James Jones
On 19 Nov 1996, Illtud Daniel wrote:
> They were originally supposed to be Gawky Zygotic Mynci, but
> apparently their english spelling wasn't up to much, and it came
> out 'Gorky'.
Not sure whether I believe this or not. I think that Steffan Cravos, a
former member of the group who now has a solo 'project', would know
exactly who Gorky was. I file this under the same heading as the myth
about them living together in a caravan in North Wales for a year.
> The "'s" just grew on, I guess. (if you've made
> posters for crappy school gigs, you'll know what I mean).
Not sure about this either. I think their first gig was actually
advertised as 'Gorky's Zygotic Mynci'. I went to their second, so I can't
claim I saw them right at the start :( I do remember seeing the letters
'GZM' chalked on one of the walls of Ysgol Bro Myrddin many years ago. I
could say much more about their early posters, but that's best said in
private email I think.
> >Any other tidbits of info that are worth sharing wold be great too,
> >Thanks very much!
Has anyone actually seen a British (as opposed to Japanese) copy of
'Introduction to Gorky's Zygotic Mynci'? Has this actually been released
in this country, or is it just a twinkle in the eye of their record
company?
Rhys
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Illtud Daniel
In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.961121...@baltic.swan.ac.uk>,
Rhys James Jones <eejo...@baltic.swan.ac.uk> wrote:
>On 19 Nov 1996, Illtud Daniel wrote:
>
>> They were originally supposed to be Gawky Zygotic Mynci, but
>> apparently their english spelling wasn't up to much, and it came
>> out 'Gorky'.
>
>Not sure whether I believe this or not. I think that Steffan Cravos, a
>former member of the group who now has a solo 'project', would know
>exactly who Gorky was. I file this under the same heading as the myth
>about them living together in a caravan in North Wales for a year.
That one had me puzzled as well - they were supposedly in a field
outside Bangor in a caravan for a year. This story is trivially
debunked by pointing out that _nothing_ would stay in a field
outside Bangor for a year without getting nicked, flaky pop-star
caravan or no.
Diolch am y titbits eraill, Rhys.
Duncan Porter
In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.961121...@baltic.swan.ac.uk>,
Rhys James Jones <eejo...@baltic.swan.ac.uk> writes
>On 19 Nov 1996, Illtud Daniel wrote:
>
>> They were originally supposed to be Gawky Zygotic Mynci, but
>> apparently their english spelling wasn't up to much, and it came
>> out 'Gorky'.
>
>Not sure whether I believe this or not. I think that Steffan Cravos, a
>former member of the group who now has a solo 'project', would know
>exactly who Gorky was. I file this under the same heading as the myth
>about them living together in a caravan in North Wales for a year.
>
>> posters for crappy school gigs, you'll know what I mean).
>
>Not sure about this either. I think their first gig was actually
>advertised as 'Gorky's Zygotic Mynci'. I went to their second, so I can't
>claim I saw them right at the start :( I do remember seeing the letters
>'GZM' chalked on one of the walls of Ysgol Bro Myrddin many years ago. I
>could say much more about their early posters, but that's best said in
>private email I think.
>
>> >Any other tidbits of info that are worth sharing wold be great too,
>> >Thanks very much!
>
>Has anyone actually seen a British (as opposed to Japanese) copy of
>'Introduction to Gorky's Zygotic Mynci'? Has this actually been released
>in this country, or is it just a twinkle in the eye of their record
>company?
cheap too, just phone 01179 265316 (Replay Records-Bristol) We do mail
order, it is well worth checking out.
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Rhys James Jones
On 22 Nov 1996, Illtud Daniel wrote:
[re Gorky's in caravans]
> That one had me puzzled as well - they were supposedly in a field
> outside Bangor in a caravan for a year. This story is trivially
> debunked by pointing out that _nothing_ would stay in a field
> outside Bangor for a year without getting nicked, flaky pop-star
> caravan or no.
Hmmm. Yes, there is that, isn't there? It's (only marginally) less
trivially debunked by saying that Euros owned up to the fact that it was
a PR ruse on their first session for Mark Radcliffe (back in, oh, it must
have been July last year).
It's worth pointing out at this point that the former producer of Gorky's,
Alan Holmes, is one of the three members of Rheinallt H Rowlands. That
band previously claimed to consist just of one member. 'Rheinallt',
according to most of the Welsh media two years ago, was an ex-quarryman
who was made redundant on the day Ian Curtis died. He gained his
inspiration for his future music-making from then accidentally tuning in
to John Peel on his valve radio and listening to 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
for the very first time...
...and that myth sounded good enough to be true, but tragically wasn't.
Rheinallt H Rowlands' album, 'Bukowski', is reminiscent of Gorky's earlier
efforts in places, and worth a listen - if you like that sort of thing.
It's on Ankst, incidentally.
Simon Greenwood
They just played in London - the writeup in Time Out looked interesting
but I missed the gig. I'll have to check them out if they come by again.
.
sarah
The Ice Cream Man is indeed a cover, by Clover orginally out in
1967. I've just seen Gorky's once, opening for the manics and I was
so surprised to hear the Ice Cream Man song, I think I was the only
one to recognize it. My dad is really into all the old british
psychedelic stuff and the Ice Cream Man was always a favorite. If you
want to hear the orginal it's on the Vol. 1 of the Circus Days
Pop-Sike compilation put together by Strange Things.
-Sarah
http://www.best.com/~gweather/sfamain.htm
Paul Squires
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, sarah wrote:
> The Ice Cream Man is indeed a cover, by Clover orginally out in
> 1967. I've just seen Gorky's once, opening for the manics and I was
> so surprised to hear the Ice Cream Man song, I think I was the only
> one to recognize it. My dad is really into all the old british
> psychedelic stuff and the Ice Cream Man was always a favorite. If you
> want to hear the orginal it's on the Vol. 1 of the Circus Days
> Pop-Sike compilation put together by Strange Things.
If it's the same song (there's no reason to suggest why there are *two*
songs called "Ice Cream Man", eh?), then it was also done brilliantly by
the Modern Lovers on the Modern Lovers Live album (I think that the album
was re-released by Creation's label Revola a couple of years ago) along
with lots of other kiddy favourites.
Ding ding,
Paul
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In article <84879472...@gwead.demon.co.uk>, Dafydd Tomos
<daf...@wales.com> writes:
>I have had a few people asking me recently what the
>'translation' of their name means, but really it's
>untranslatable. It contains a mis-spelt English word, a
>word of Greek origin, and a Wenglish word. It does suit
>them enormously, though.
>
>> Zygotic's something to do with cell divison, sperm &
>> eggs, 5th year biology.
Zygotic sounds remarkably like psychotic, though doesn't it. Perhaps the
whole name is an adaptation of "gawky psychotic monkey"?
(That's just one of my 3-o'clock-in-the-morning theories, of which I have
no evidence whatsoever.)
Hwyl,
Lynne
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In article <BjhMZBAo...@verynicethankyou.demon.co.uk>, Duncan
Porter <dun...@verynicethankyou.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>Gorky's are best seen live, especially the Ice cream man song (I think
>it's a cover - any info on this will be GREATLY appreciated)
Haven't heard this, but maybe you mean Jonathan Richman's song of that
name?
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Ieuan Franklin
I'm doing a video for college about Welsh bands, so
if anyone's got any more information about what Gorky's
are up to then I would appreciate it. :)
(or Manics, 60FT Dolls, Super Furry's, Catatonia etc.)
Cheers,
i...@spuddy.mew.co.uk
James Foord
davi...@aol.com wrote:
>
> In article <84879472...@gwead.demon.co.uk>, Dafydd Tomos
> <daf...@wales.com> writes:
>
> >I have had a few people asking me recently what the
> >'translation' of their name means, but really it's
> >untranslatable. It contains a mis-spelt English word, a
> >word of Greek origin, and a Wenglish word. It does suit
> >them enormously, though.
> >
> >> Zygotic's something to do with cell divison, sperm &
> >> eggs, 5th year biology.
>
> Zygotic sounds remarkably like psychotic, though doesn't it. Perhaps the
> whole name is an adaptation of "gawky psychotic monkey"?
>
> (That's just one of my 3-o'clock-in-the-morning theories, of which I have
> no evidence whatsoever.)
>
> Hwyl,
> Lynne
>
Tony Rigby
In article <Pine.GSO.3.93.96112...@jamshyd.unl.ac.uk>,
Paul Squires <p...@soc.unl.ac.uk> writes
>On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, sarah wrote:
>
>> The Ice Cream Man is indeed a cover, by Clover orginally out in
>> 1967.
>If it's the same song (there's no reason to suggest why there are *two*
>songs called "Ice Cream Man", eh?), then it was also done brilliantly by
>the Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers' song was one of Jonathan Richman's own. BTW, 1967
seems an oddly early date for Clover, unless you don't mean the country-
rock Americans who spent the middle 1970s in London. They occasionally
backed E Costello before he formed The Attractions.