Giving music back to the musicians.
The Gothic Rangers
The Gothic Rangers -- a rockin' Americana duo -- are comprised of vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Tim Buck and lead guitarist, bassist, and impelling force Robin Willhite.
The Gothic Rangers Manifesto
We declare openly and vigorously the following Principles (Section A) and Intentions...
The Gothic Rangers Manifesto
We declare openly and vigorously the following Principles (Section A) and Intentions...
The Gothic Rangers -- a rockin' Americana duo -- are comprised of vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Tim Buck and lead guitarist, bassist, and impelling force Robin Willhite.
The Gothic Rangers Manifesto
We declare openly and vigorously the following Principles (Section A) and Intentions (Section B), in order that the music-loving public at large should have its curiosity satiated or its suspicion confirmed about the recent, sudden, inexplicable, and uncalled-for eruption of our new song-conjuring duo -- The Gothic Rangers.
Section A: Principles
1. That the history of America is a rich taproot of inspiration for song material.
2. That the War Between the States was an awful and awesome event (no young person should graduate from elementary school without an enhanced familiarity with the dates 1861 – 1865).
3. That Johnny Horton was very cool.
4. That the 1960s was a wonderfully strange decade, with the music it birthed being incomparable, iconic, and shaming everything since.
5. That present-day America is coarse, uncouth, and mind-numbingly shallow, with the only saving grace being its aspect as grist for radical contrariness and poetic alienation.
Section B: Intentions
1. To bring forth songs with a least a modicum of quality and more than a modicum of earnestness (naïve, in the spirit of Gomer Pyle).
2. To bring forth songs tinged with at least an eccentric or at most a macabre hue.
3. To bring forth songs that, for the most part, avoid a pathetic self-absorption.
4. To bring forth songs with lyrics that avoid, for the most part, an aloof, ambiguous "cool," which seems to be the current and pervasive measure for critical acclaim.
5. To bring forth songs that, for the most part, rock.
The Gothic Rangers Manifesto
We declare openly and vigorously the following Principles (Section A) and Intentions (Section B), in order that the music-loving public at large should have its curiosity satiated or its suspicion confirmed about the recent, sudden, inexplicable, and uncalled-for eruption of our new song-conjuring duo -- The Gothic Rangers.
Section A: Principles
1. That the history of America is a rich taproot of inspiration for song material.
2. That the War Between the States was an awful and awesome event (no young person should graduate from elementary school without an enhanced familiarity with the dates 1861 – 1865).
3. That Johnny Horton was very cool.
4. That the 1960s was a wonderfully strange decade, with the music it birthed being incomparable, iconic, and shaming everything since.
5. That present-day America is coarse, uncouth, and mind-numbingly shallow, with the only saving grace being its aspect as grist for radical contrariness and poetic alienation.
Section B: Intentions
1. To bring forth songs with a least a modicum of quality and more than a modicum of earnestness (naïve, in the spirit of Gomer Pyle).
2. To bring forth songs tinged with at least an eccentric or at most a macabre hue.
3. To bring forth songs that, for the most part, avoid a pathetic self-absorption.
4. To bring forth songs with lyrics that avoid, for the most part, an aloof, ambiguous "cool," which seems to be the current and pervasive measure for critical acclaim.
5. To bring forth songs that, for the most part, rock.
ALBUMS
