Name Gordon Bell | Role Singer-songwriter | |
Albums The Lost Art of Penance, My Life as a Dog | ||
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Gordon Bell (born 24 July 1969) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Basel, Switzerland.
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Background
He is prolific having released ten albums in as many years. Eight of those albums were under the pseudonym Gustav Bertha. His breakthrough fifth album My Life as a Dog (distributed in Switzerland through RecRec) was well received: Swiss newspaper Der Bund called it 'Wunderbar',. The Swiss press has also dubbed him with the slightly more ambiguous title, "The World's least-known Scot". He stopped working under the Gustav Bertha pseudonym in 2008 to write and play as Gordon Bell. Bell's music could be compared to a strange cross between fellow Glaswegians Ivor Cutler and Alex Harvey. He has a penchant for storytelling in his songs. He plays live with Kat Kunz on bass and Professor Ray Gunn on drums as Gordon Bell & The Sinking Ships. He is also lead singer with a tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and also fronts the rock covers band Giant Stone Eater.
Discography
with One in Five
with Psychoannie
as plasticpsychobabble
with The Secret Life of Andrew Aston
as Gustav Bertha
as Gordon Bell
as Gordon Bell and the Sinking Ships