Band Name: Goober Patrol
Music Album: Mind The Gap
Album Release Date: December 2024
Music Genre: Punk Rock Pop Hardcore Ska
Record Label: Fixing A Hole Records
Album Release Country: Japan
Music Record Type: 16 Tracks CD Album
Norwich punk band.
Biography
Like their contemporaries Snuff and Leatherface, Goober Patrol formed in the late 1980s, bringing together influences from the British pop punk and American hardcore scenes; reviewers have highlighted the Goobers sound as equal parts Stiff Little Fingers, Circle Jerks and Snuff. In the early 1990s the Goobers received lots of praise from fanzines and mainstream music presses for their live shows plus their two albums and two singles co-released on Boss Tuneage and Lost and Found records. Whilst drinking lots of booze on tour in the UK and Europe with Green Day, Samiam, R.K.L. and The Mr. T Experience; they released a joint EP with the latter on Punk As Duck Records. After receiving this split EP, much missed renowned BBC1 DJ John Peel got them into the Maida Vale BBC studios to record a session for his radio show which gained the Goobers a more widespread U.K audience. The Goober’s music and – perhaps more importantly – drinking then brought them to the attention of NOFX’s Fat Mike who signed them to his legendary Fat Wreck Chords label. Their first FAT release Vacation (1996) displayed their mastery at concocting contagious, hook-laden punk tunes, whilst the follow-up The Unbearable Lightness of Being Drunk (1999) mixed offbeat Brit humor and serious personal overtones with raw, hardcore, punk ‘n’ roll. In the late 90s and early 2000s the Goobers toured non-stop around America, Canada and Europe with Tilt, Down By Law, Bounci (...)
| 1 | B.E.E.R |
| 2 | Back Again |
| 3 | The Funniest Thing |
| 4 | Oi! |
| 5 | Mind The Gap |
| 6 | One Hour Holiday |
| 7 | Paddington Bear |
| 8 | Unity |
| 9 | Hear Me Now |
| 10 | How Much Was That T-Shirt? |
| 11 | Nice Cup Of Tea |
| 12 | Egyptian Ska |
| 13 | Oh Where Is Tim? |
| 14 | Salad Days |
| 15 | A Taste Of Honey |
| 16 | Better World |
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