Guster

[TLo]

how can only two people on this forum know about Guster? theyre so awesome!

ok that's all i wanted to say :D

please listen to them. i will even upload some mp3s if u want.. :)

[RICK8]

dont know and have never heard of them

[TLo]

im gonna pretend u said "why yes i would LOVE to hear some of their music!" :lol:

so here are some mp3s aka my favorite guster songs.


Demons:
http://rapidshare.de/files/7838919/Guster_-_Demons.mp3.html

Happier:
http://rapidshare.de/files/7838964/Guster_-_Happier.mp3.html

Rocketship:
http://rapidshare.de/files/7839011/Guster_-_Rocketship.mp3.html

sorry if im coming off as a little over eager.. i just came back from their concert and im still really excited! i really hope someone dls them and enjoys them. :)

[Mr-Brightside]

Guster !!!!!!!
I love their music especially the last album 'Keep it together' !
Don't ask me how I know this band, in France it's absolutely unknown

[saintcity]

Guster is one of the most underappreciated bands out there!! I have never seen them live, but I would love to. Their live CD is really good, though (that sounded kinda pathetic :/).

I cannot decide which my favorite album is: Keep It Together or Lost and Gone Forever. Goldfly is really good, too. Depends on what mood I'm in. My fave song is "Happier"!!!! LOVE IT!! :blush:

[TLo]

bump

[Mr-Brightside]

My favorite is Come Downstairs And Say Hello, this song once played a role in my life

[saintcity]

^ What do you mean?? :) That is one of my favorites too.

[TLo]

come downstairs and say hello is a great song.

im glad u guys are still writing in this thread.. i have given up hope on other people liking Guster.. besides us three.. :lol:

[saintcity]

we can form our own little guster-loving group! :D :lol: everyone else doesn't know what they're missing!

[TLo]

there are as many fans as there are members in the group :D :lol:

[RICK8]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :cool:

[Mr-Brightside]

Well I mean that "Come Donwstairs And Say Hello" helped me a lot when I was depressive ;)

[TLo]

i still love guster.. lol

bump :D

[Merkaba82]

I highly suspect that people not knowing of them is not the case. It is probably more along the lines of making a conscious decision not to speak of the band. Anyone(esp America) who has a university in their city/town(which is everywhere) has without a doubt heard of them.

[saintcity]

Come on...seriously, you are telling me that everyone who lives in a city with a college/university knows about them? Guess what? I don't know anyone who knows of them and I go to a university. :P

And what do you mean by a "conscious decision" not to talk about them? Maybe you should have made that decision if you were going to be condescending. We are just talking about a band that we like...it is not our fault that no one else has posted in this thread whether they have heard of them or not.

[Merkaba82]

Come on...seriously, you are telling me that everyone who lives in a city with a college/university knows about them? Guess what? I don't know anyone who knows of them and I go to a university. :P

And what do you mean by a "conscious decision" not to talk about them? Maybe you should have made that decision if you were going to be condescending. We are just talking about a band that we like...it is not our fault that no one else has posted in this thread whether they have heard of them or not.

actually, that is exactly what i'm telling you.

I suppose "conscious decision" was the wrong choice of words. I was simply stating that perhaps its not that people haven't heard of them, but rather that they choose not to mention them.

I have misguided the topic, haven't I? With all that said, I am a huge fan of their Goldfly and Parachut albums. I did however find their latest release(from 2003) to be complete crap.

[saintcity]

What about Lost and Gone Forever? Goldfly is an excellent album...I am not crazy about Parachute.

I really like Keep It Together, but I can see where you are coming from. They did lose a little bit of their signature style and originality on it, but it's still good.

Sorry for jumping on you like I did above. :D :D

[TLo]

their new single is good - Manifest Destiny/Sorority Tears .. i have high hopes for their new album coming out next year :)

and saintcity, parachute is the only album i don't really have a REAL copy of. :P so i totally agree with you.

[Mr-Brightside]

I don't really like it, but it's only my opinion ^^

[juliana_phang]

u know how i got to know guster ? =P
i was looking for coldplay - parachute in some p2p prog..
downloaded it(the file was named as Coldplay-Parachute), n it turned out to be Guster - Parachute (=.=;;
when i first heard it I was like... "ugh what happened to chris martin's voice?" :P
that was the first guster song i heard, n it's good~ i got addicted to it =D love the guitars~

[TLo]

^thats hilarious! :lol:

[Mr-Brightside]

yeh me too ^^ it's exactly the same story !

And I've searched on any lyrics website the few words I understood to discover that it was an unknown band called Guster


http://rapidshare.de/files/9960380/Guster_-_Manifest_Destiny_and_Sorority_Tears.mp3.html

do you want the new single ?

[1coldplay1]

Would you be able to help me with Fall in Two from the Gus demo or with the Pasty Tapes Vol. 3? I'm guessing you've been on guster.net, which has the rest of the Gus demo and the first two volumes of Pasty Tapes as well as some other Guster stuff.

[1coldplay1]

Oh yeah, by the way, thanks for the single!!

[TLo]

bump!

theyre on tour! their CD is coming out soon! YAY!!!

[swallowedinthesea]

Can I be in your little group of Guster fans? :wink3:

I saw them open for John Mayer back in the day. I've tried to see them when they tour the campus circuit but they're never really near me.

Lost and Gone forever is definitly their best album. :P But then again, that was the first album I heard from them.

[TLo]

of course u may join!.. yeah i just spoke on behalf of the group.. i hope its ok haha

lost and gone forever & goldfly are my favorites.. if they could merge like half of the songs from each album i would have to make it my favorite album ever. EVERRRR.

[swallowedinthesea]

It's ok. haha I just didn't want to just start talking without anyone really wanting me here. ;)

Yea, I agree. I liked Keep It Together, but their sound changed a bit too much for my taste but those songs are amazing live.

Right now I'm more into Goldfly more than anything. It all depends what my mood is. haha Much like most of the music I listen to...

[TLo]

yayyyy im going to see them tonight!!!! i'll take a bunch of pics (if they permit) for all five of us fans here.. LOL :D

[swallowedinthesea]

still waiting for those pictures ;)

[mc_squared]

Is their album called "Guster's Last Stand"??:P

[TLo]

here are a few - if u want u can check out the rest on my flickr site :)
ryan's wearing a broken social scene shirt & adam's wearing a andrew bird shirt. YAY! :D

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/971/hiroguster18kf.jpg

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6058/hiroguster60xx.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/4016/hiroguster81ck.jpg

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/617/hiroguster155ef.jpg

my flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/tammylo/

[TLo]

oh! i cant believe i forgot this. i got a setlist & a pick! a pick that ryan used :D

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9381/setlistpick7ty.jpg

[TLo]

love guster, don't eat them. :)

[swallowedinthesea]

:P

[TLo]

*bump*

where's the guster love?

no i wont give up on this thread lol

im seeing them three times this summer. WOOOO!!!

[swallowedinthesea]

I'm seeing them today.... :D

[TLo]

YAY!!!! i saw them at their CD release concert in Rhode Island yesterday and they signed CDs afterwards. it was cool :D

(btw i get way too excited when someone else besides me posts in this thread)

[swallowedinthesea]

haha it's ok. It was pretty cool though. I was right in front but had this crazy girl in front of me screaming every time Ryan would say something and he would just give her the craziest look. :laugh3: I was dying. But it was good. They attempted to play Getting Even but couldn't remember the chords or the lyrics so some of us had to help them.

Good show. Will have to last me until I can see them again. :(

[TLo]

saw them again live tonight! YAY!!!!! (for like the 8th time lol) also won meet & greet passes.. which was kinda weird coz it was liek an aftershow.. and everyone else there were friends/family hahaha but i wasnt afraid to attck them and ask for pics/signatures :D

i told ryan we had the same birthday. he gave me a high five. it was awesome.

i <3 guster.

[busybeeburns]

It's been more than a decade since the guys in Guster graduated from the school of college rock. In 1994, the Boston trio wrote their debut album Parachute in their dorm rooms at Tufts University. With its unplugged dueling guitars, luminous two-part harmonies, and bongo-led percussion, the disc became a cult classic among fellow collegians, and the group's incessant touring earned it a place in the Valhalla of dedicated-fan folklore.

But that Guster has been quietly growing up over the last 13 years. Its latest album, Ganging Up on the Sun, released last June, revealed a band that's put its former sound on sabbatical while exploring a radio rock and roll that falls somewhere between Coldplay and the Killers.

"I see us as being two separate bands at this point," says lead vocalist and guitarist Ryan Miller. "That first album was sort of a culmination of the first chapter of the band, and that was the guitars and percussion era. Now we're approaching music in a new way. Some of our fans really like that first record and think that's the best record we'll ever make. That's totally fine, but they're wrong."

Simply spin "Satellite," the second track on Ganging Up on the Sun, and enjoy a bass-driven, adult rock ballad that introduces a classic rock reverb that makes previous albums sound like dorm-room demos (which is what they essentially were). The tune's undulating groove, sweet lyrics, and ethereal production are partly influenced by your parent's soft rock. "We were going for a late-night Fleetwood Mac-type sound on that song -- simple but evocative," explains Miller.

The changes don't stop there; Ganging Up on the Sun is full of left fielders, featuring the band's loudest, longest, and quietest moments to date. The group even busts some slow jock-rock: "One Man Wrecking Machine," where Miller basically comments on his band's new direction -- "I want to pull it apart and put it back together." And then there's the audacious alt-bluegrass rock of "The Captain," with countrified piano, banjo, and guitar dipped in whiskey and grits.

The band's new range is fleshed out with help from its now official fourth member, longtime collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Joe Pisapia -- who brings his piano, banjo, guitar, and Nashville chops to the studio and stage sets.

"When I talk about doing all these different styles, whether it's polka or heavy metal, I want it to feel real. Everything has to feel real and authentic, and Joe allows us to do that in a way that makes it feel authentic," says Miller. "Like we're doing a bluegrass festival this summer, and part of me is like wow, that's weird."

But instead of sharing Miller's jubilation, some veteran Guster fans ain't feeling the smooth-rock revival. Besides, they're pining for the band's original live show. "It's interesting to see how our fans are reacting to it, how the whole thing is sort of unfolding," says Miller.

You see, since its college days, Guster's spirited, almost theatrical live sets and humorous stage antics (sometimes opening for itself as Trippin' Balls) earned a strong grassroots fan base that has spread across the country and over the internet (just visit www.guster.com and revel in the band worship). In fact, tales of the trio's live shows were often mentioned in the same breath as gigs by Phish and They Might Be Giants; this was a time when Hootie & the Blowfish and Dave Matthews (who also had a famous song called "Satellite") ruled college radio.

Back then, Miller and partner Adam Gardner would sword fight with guitars onstage and exchange lead harmonies on crowd hits like "Fa Fa" and "Airport Song," while Brian Rosenworcel (known to fans as the "Thundergod") would stand and slap bongos and percussion with his hands, never using a traditional drum kit.

But those close-knit and sophomoric, college-party-type gigs have grown into straight-up rock shows in venues like the House of Blues. And now Rosenworcel's fists of fury are often occupied with a traditional set of drums. Add those loud-beating skins to Pisapia's many instrumental talents, and the fellas from Guster can fill an arena with sound.

"We were always plagued by the fact that our albums had way more instrumentation than the live show represented," says Miller. "We were always playing with octave pedals and samplers to try and fill out our sound. We just knew we wanted more hands on deck."

Guster is optimistic that its new expansive buzz will continue to grow, and six months after the release of Ganging Up on the Sun, the band is still garnering live television performances and co-headlining tours with the likes of Ray LaMontagne and Mason Jennings (the folksy singer-songwriter who will play with them in Cleveland). And even though early outings like Parachute and Goldfly will continue to keep die-hard Guster fans attending shows, it's the opportunity to try new things (and break old rules) that keeps Guster interested in writing new material.

"I think from the very beginning we tried to make records that just had a lot of guts to them. But now, I think, in many ways, I would like to just make an album that just sort of rocks," says Miller. "Right now, we're trying to write that great Guster rock song."

http://www.clevescene.com/2007-02-21/music/less-phish-more-coldplay

[StarsKay]

much that i've read of this band seems really promising, can someone upload any mp3s please? :D

[winigwl]

:o! I didn't no there was a guster thread! coldplayers: Come and listen to guster! they're great

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cdf6qNiufhM

[RICK8]

Is it your fav band?

[winigwl]

no, but top 10. Their album "lost and gone forever" is one of my all time favorites

[RICK8]

Never heard any of their music....is it heavy?

[winigwl]

not at all

[RICK8]

Oh okay.......

[winigwl]

^so you're not gunna check them out, are you?

[Cirrus Minor]

My favourite album from them is Ganging Up On The Sun, especially for the songs Lightning Rod, New Underground and Ruby Falls. Three great tracks IMO.

The trouble is that they're actually unknown in France, thus finding their CD's is very very hard - almost impossible.

[winigwl]

out of the three i have, thats my least favorite. get goldfly and lost and gone forever

[thinker]

I downloaded a song called "Parachutes" by Guster many many years ago, because I thought it was by Coldplay. That's a really beautiful song :smug:

[winigwl]

^ironically they also have a song called amsterdam:laugh3:

[RICK8]

^so you're not gunna check them out, are you?



Unlikely....

[Zemy101]

BUMP! :dance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHQdHxq4S5s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gp6PbSDVts&feature=related

[winigwl]

Yes! We must spread guster! They are great!

[BostonSportsTD]

they are from boston so they are HUGE around here... everyone in my school loves them and i feel like they play a concert here about once season... ive already seen them 3 times and they were great all 3 times. i love them.