Dan Gatto (born Dan Merrick Gatto; September 21, 1970) is an American musician best recognized as the vocalist for
synth punk
Electronic rock is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s, when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrume ...
band
Babyland
Babyland was an American performance-based independent electronic junk punk band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Dan Gatto performing vocals and electronics and Michael Smith on percussion. The band released six studio albums before disb ...
. He also collaborated with
Vampire Rodents composer
Daniel Vahnke
Daniel Vahnke (born April 2, 1965), sometimes credited as Anton Rathausen, is a Canadian composer and lyricist. He is best known as a co-founding member of Vampire Rodents, a band that integrated elements of classical, ambient, and industrial m ...
on a project called Recliner. After Babyland dissolved in 2009, Gatto founded Continues as an outlet for his solo work.
Biography
Dan Merrick Gatto was born on September 21, 1970 and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. He became passionate about music at the age of twelve when he discovered
The Human League's ''
Dare
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* Dare (name), a list of people and fictional c ...
'' album. By fifteen he had begun to compose
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
and in 1989 formed the
synth punk
Electronic rock is a music genre that involves a combination of rock music and electronic music, featuring instruments typically found within both genres. It originates from the late 1960s, when rock bands began incorporating electronic instrume ...
group
Babyland
Babyland was an American performance-based independent electronic junk punk band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Dan Gatto performing vocals and electronics and Michael Smith on percussion. The band released six studio albums before disb ...
with percussionist Michael Smith. They released six full-length albums between 1992 and 2008: ''
You Suck Crap
''You Suck Crap'' is the debut studio album of Babyland, released in 1992 by Flipside Records.
Reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic describes the album as "frenetic, outraged experimental techno-industrialized hardcore." The critic went on to not ...
'', ''
A Total Letdown
''A Total Letdown'' is the second studio album by Babyland, released on March 4, 1994, by Flipside Records.
Reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic says, "Babyland continue the same perfect bland of aggro-electronics, personal/political punk lyrical ...
'', ''
Who's Sorry Now Who's Sorry Now? may refer to:
* "Who's Sorry Now?" (song), a 1923 popular song by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
* ''Who's Sorry Now?'' (Connie Francis album), 1958
* ''Who's Sorry Now'' (album), by Marie Osmond, 1975
* ''Who's Sorry ...
'', ''
Outlive Your Enemies }
''Outlive Your Enemies'' is the fourth studio album by Babyland, released in 1998 by Mattress Recordings.
Reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic awarded ''Outlive Your Enemies'' four out of five stars, describing the album as "brilliant" and saying ...
'', ''
The Finger'' and ''
Cavecraft
}
''Cavecraft'' is the fifth and final studio album by American punk band Babyland, released on September 19, 2008 by Mattress Recordings.
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the ''Cavecraft'' liner notes.
Babyland
* Dan Gatto – le ...
''.
In 1992, Gatto met
Daniel Vahnke
Daniel Vahnke (born April 2, 1965), sometimes credited as Anton Rathausen, is a Canadian composer and lyricist. He is best known as a co-founding member of Vampire Rodents, a band that integrated elements of classical, ambient, and industrial m ...
, vocalist and composer for
Vampire Rodents, and together they started the project
Recliner. They collaborated on three songs together, "Trilobite", "Noise Dive" and Zygote, all of which appear on Vampire Rodents' ''
Lullaby Land'' and ''
Clockseed
''Clockseed'' is the fourth studio album by Vampire Rodents, released on April 7, 1995, by Re-Constriction Records.
Music and lyrics
''Clockseed'' has a larger number of guest vocalists than its predecessor, with Daniel handling vocal duties ...
'' albums.
In 2009, Michael Smith announced that he had become dissatisfied with the direction Babyland had headed and the duo parted ways in October of that year. Still eager to pursue music, Gatto began composing under the moniker Continues and released a self-titled solo album under the name in 2012.
Discography
Babyland
* ''
You Suck Crap
''You Suck Crap'' is the debut studio album of Babyland, released in 1992 by Flipside Records.
Reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic describes the album as "frenetic, outraged experimental techno-industrialized hardcore." The critic went on to not ...
'' (1992)
* ''
A Total Letdown
''A Total Letdown'' is the second studio album by Babyland, released on March 4, 1994, by Flipside Records.
Reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic says, "Babyland continue the same perfect bland of aggro-electronics, personal/political punk lyrical ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Who's Sorry Now Who's Sorry Now? may refer to:
* "Who's Sorry Now?" (song), a 1923 popular song by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
* ''Who's Sorry Now?'' (Connie Francis album), 1958
* ''Who's Sorry Now'' (album), by Marie Osmond, 1975
* ''Who's Sorry ...
'' (1995)
* ''
Outlive Your Enemies }
''Outlive Your Enemies'' is the fourth studio album by Babyland, released in 1998 by Mattress Recordings.
Reception
Ned Raggett of AllMusic awarded ''Outlive Your Enemies'' four out of five stars, describing the album as "brilliant" and saying ...
'' (1998)
* ''
The Finger'' (2004)
* ''
Cavecraft
}
''Cavecraft'' is the fifth and final studio album by American punk band Babyland, released on September 19, 2008 by Mattress Recordings.
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the ''Cavecraft'' liner notes.
Babyland
* Dan Gatto – le ...
'' (2008)
Continues
*''
Continues'' (2012)
Guest appearances
*
Vampire Rodents: ''
Lullaby Land'' (1993)
*
Vampire Rodents: ''
Clockseed
''Clockseed'' is the fourth studio album by Vampire Rodents, released on April 7, 1995, by Re-Constriction Records.
Music and lyrics
''Clockseed'' has a larger number of guest vocalists than its predecessor, with Daniel handling vocal duties ...
'' (1995)
* Philipp Münch: ''Mondo Obscura'' (2012)
References
External links
*
Continuesat
Bandcamp
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American rock singers
American industrial musicians
20th-century American singers
21st-century American singers
1970 births
Living people
20th-century American male singers
21st-century American male singers