Who is gaz coombes

TV Series performer - 1 episode - Sunday 11 Smash TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, music - 1 episode, - Publicity Band of Misfits writer: "Alright". Show all 6 episodes. Hide Show Self 26 credits. Self - Frontman, Supergrass. Self - Musical Guest. Self - Performer. Self - Guest. Self as The Hot Rats.

Self as Supergrass. Self - Performer as Supergrass. Self as Gareth Coombes. Show all 12 episodes. Hide Show Archive footage 6 credits. Self uncredited. Edit Did You Know? Nickname: Gaz. I remember that feeling: needing to find some excitement, something faster, a bit of buzz. It was cool discovering things in the cottages and having that freedom. It felt good that life was speeding up.

A massive, massive song. I used to have this terrible Alba midi system — the record player used to destroy all the records with this horrible scratchy cheap needle. It was big inspiration for getting into a band. Coming out of the shiny 80s, it was exactly where my head was at during that time — the album this is from, Playing With Fire, had beauty, danger and discordance, and brilliant tracks.

It had that mixture of 60s Velvet Underground vibes, but also the contemporary sounds of and where guitars got a lot filthier again, more aggressive. You just take ownership.

I caught the tail end of rave, and managed to sneak off to one when I was It seemed like if people were really into raves, they were really into Spacemen 3.

I remember working in a shitty cafe-kitchen in town, and then after my shift, heading towards the Gloucester, stinking of a mixture of ice-cream and grease, really pissed off. Weirdly quite innocent.

That was really as far ahead as we were looking. Just loads of cover versions, and then the headteacher came in and broke up the kids because they started moshing.

That was the moment where I thought: I like this, this is cool! That gave us a taste. The album appeared in early summer , greeted by generally positive reviews. His second self-produced album, Matador, appeared in January Coombes played the majority of the instruments on Matador, assisted on occasion by his brother Charly and Ride drummer Loz Colbert.

Matador debuted at 18 on the U. Coombes returned in May with World's Strongest Man. In September , a decade after they broke up, Supergrass reunited for a performance at the annual Glastonbury Pilton Party.