Gary Pig Gold (born May 30, 1955 in

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) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, author and journalist. His fanzine ''The Pig Paper'' was Canada's second independently published music magazine, and among the recording artists he has worked with are

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, Endless Summer, Simply Saucer and Shane Faubert. Gold has written many books on popular music and has contributed to dozens of magazines as well as seven books in the multi-genre

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album guide series.

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describes him as "rock music's all-time hardest-working man ... with all apologies to

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Early career

He formed his first band, Pornographic Cornflake (named after "

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" lyric) at age thirteen, and his first 16mm film made four years later, a documentary about his hometown entitled ''This is

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!'', was chosen to be aired on a local PBS Television affiliate after winning an award at a high school film competition. Due to its libelous nature however, Gold was advised to indemnify himself from possible legal action by crediting the film to a fictitious director. Eating breakfast the morning the credits were to be re-shot, a plastic pig stamper fell from his cereal box and the pseudonym Gary Pig was adopted.

Writing and publishing

Under this nom de plume, Gold began self-publishing the

fanzine A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...

''The Pig Paper'' in 1973 and distributing it by mail to friends. Visiting London two years later he met

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, then leading

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, who encouraged Gold to continue his writing. That winter, he published a mock concert program commemorating an appearance by

The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...

in Toronto, and in 1977 a similar ''Pig Paper'' on

The Kinks The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm ...

became the first issue to be made available outside of Canada, when Gold followed the band to a concert and record signing in Buffalo, New York. The featured interviewee o
that ''Pig Paper''
was

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, whose band Simply Saucer Gold began managing and producing, releasing their first record June 8, 1978 on Pig Records. It was voted Single Of The Week in London's ''

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'' the following month. By then, ''The Pig Paper'' was being distributed throughout the U.S. and Europe, offering early in-depth coverage of

The Viletones The Viletones are a Canadian punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, led by Steven Leckie on vocals. Other members from the original line-up were Freddie Pompeii, (some sources list him as 'Frederick DiPasquale') on guitar/vocals; Chris Hate (C ...

Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...

Half Japanese Half Japanese is an American art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair around 1975, sometime after the family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland. Their original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playi ...

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

and

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as well as features on such vintage acts as

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and

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. The Pig Paper has become an important primary source for the documentation of the Toronto punk scene with citations in numerous published works and histories of the punk movement. Gold is a noted interviewer and music writer, writing for music publications and fanzines like Ear Candy Mag, ''Indie Journal'', and purrmag. Gold is a writer and contribute to numerous music publications, authoring

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Essential Album Guide series, as well as ''Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth'', ''Encounters With

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'', ''Lost in the Grooves'', ''

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: I Saw Him Standing There'', ''TV A-Go-Go,'' ''Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond 1977–1981'', and ''The Little Black Book of Music''. He is a contributor on publications such as ''Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed'' published by Routledge. His syndicated "Pigshit" column continues to run monthly online, having first appeared in Los Angeles'

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in 1979. He was also a featured interview subject in the ''

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on Corwood'' documentary film.

Music activities

Immediately after attending a

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concert in Toronto during the summer of 1980, Gold relocated to California where he formed The Loved Ones, as well as promoting concerts for local bands such as The Crowd over the next three years. He spent the remainder of the decade back in Canada, first joining the Vancouver-based Fun With Numbers band before touring five years with Endless Summer. In 1989, he returned to the studio, working in Nashville alongside

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and

, then at

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’ Grant Avenue Studio with

DesRoches, the latter sessions resulting in the ''Valentino's Pirates'' album, which became the first independently recorded western release to be issued on the Soviet Union's

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record label. After relocating to New York City with DesRoches to form the Dave Rave Conspiracy alongside

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of Television and ex-

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Lauren Agnelli, Gold co-founded the pioneering alternative-country band The Ghost Rockets, whose ''maximum rhythm ‘n’ bluegrass'' cover of

the Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and frie ...

' "In My Room" became a radio "turntable hit" in Europe. Another song, "Marcia Marcia Marcia", written by Gold for the ''A Very Brady Sequel'' movie, appeared instead on the King Records label in New Zealand, to be followed by dozens of other

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releases worldwide.

Activities as a producer

Gold meanwhile produced two albums for Shane Faubert, formerly of The Cheepskates, at

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. With Shane, he began the To M’Lou Music label in 1998, releasing the acclaimed debut album of the Los Angeles band The Masticators as well as ''He's a Rebel: The

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Story Retold'', which included exclusive recordings by

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and

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. Gold contributed tracks himself to the Bullseye Records of Canada ''Men In Plaid'' Bay City Rollers tribute album as well as singing alongside

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for ''Back to The Streets: Celebrating the Music of

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'', and with

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on the 1993 issue of

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's ''Bach's Bottom'' album.

Later career

In 2008, Gold began work at John Huelbig's Backroom Studios in Wallington, New Jersey, writing, performing and producing with such artists as Mark Johnson, Chris Butler,

and

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Discography

* ''Gary Pig Gold'', 1998 * "Permanent Vacation" / "Rock and Roll Love Letter," 2000 * ''Gary Goes To Hollywood!'', 2002

Production Credits

* "She's A Dog" / "I Can Change My Mind" – Simply Saucer, 1978, 2018 * ''Valentino's Pirates'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy (aka Dave Rave Group), 1990, 2001, 2019 * ''San Blass'' – Shane Faubert, 1993 * ''Three Octave Fantastic Hexagram'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy, 1994 * ''Squirrelboy Blue'' – Shane Faubert, 1997 * ''Unsound, Volume Two: Guitars!'' – various artists, 1999 * ''Homework # 2: U.S. D.I.Y.- Punk and Punkwave Singles R to U'' – Simply Saucer, 2000 * ''Driving In The Rain 3AM: Songs to Get Lost With'' – Dave Rave Group, 2002 * ''He's A Rebel: The Gene Pitney Story Retold'' – various artists, 2002 * ''Cyborgs Revisited'' – Simply Saucer, 2003

Appears on

* "Johnny Kool" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" – Endless Summer, 1986 * "That Summer Feeling" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice" – Endless Summer, 1988 * "Fools’ Hall Of Fame" – Pat Boone, 1989 * ''Kalkara'' – Shane Faubert, 1990 * ''Amazing Grace'' – The Wretches, 1990 * ''A One Act Play With V-8 Engines'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy, 1992 * ''Bach's Bottom'' – Alex Chilton, 1993 * "Christmas" / "Steeplechase" – The Rooks, 1993 * ''Cowboy Flowers Sessions'' – Agnelli and Rave, 1995 * "Roses To You" / "Marcia Marcia Marcia" – The Ghost Rockets, 1996 * "Weight Of The World" / "Do It All Over" – Dave Rave Conspiracy, 1996 * ''Confetti!'' – Agnelli and Rave, 1997 * ''Bootlegs'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1998 * ''Spatula Ranch Sessions, Volume One'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1998 * ''Encore Echoes'' – The Rooks, 2000 * ''D. T. Delinquent'' – Jack Pedler, 2003 * ''Lost and Found'' – Jeremy (Morris), 2004 * ''Anthology'', Vol.s 1 and 2 – Dave Rave, 2006 * ''Modern Silence'' – Casper & The Cookies, 2009 * ''NBT-4-CNP'' – The Next Big Thing, 2009 * ''Live With What You Know'' – Dave Rave, 2010 * ''Complete Masticators!'' – The Masticators, 2013 * ''Best'' – Mick Hargreaves, 2013 * ''A Little Messed Up In Rock & Roll'' – Dave Rave, 2017

Compilation albums

* ''Baloney Sandwich'' – The Loved Ones, The Know Goods, 1990 * ''1990 Volume 5'' – Dave Rave Group, 1991 * ''22 Original Hits, 22 Original Stars'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy, Lauren Agnelli, 1991 * ''U.S. Rock ‘n’ Roll Anthology Volume 1'' – Dave Rave, 1991 * ''The 8th Wonder'' – Martin and the E-Chords, 1991 * ''More Hits, More Stars'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy, Coyote Shivers, 1992 * ''Reaction, Volume One'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy, 1992 * ''Rock My Child'' – Lauren Agnelli, 1993 * ''Back To The Streets: Celebrating The Music of Don Covay'', 1993 * ''Impact Music, Volume 2'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy, 1994 * ''Powerplay'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1995 * ''Total Fun'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1996 * ''Hit The Hay, Volume 2'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1996 * ''Never Been To Nashville'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1996 * ''Astral Weeks'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1996 * ''Pop! Productions 1987-1997'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1997 * ''A Pig Pop Sampler'' – The Ghost Rockets, Shane Faubert, 1997 * ''Edges From The Postcard'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1997 * ''Fireworks'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1997 * ''Twangfest 1997'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1997 * ''The Ghost Rockets, Astral Weeks'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1997 * ''Unsound, Volume One: Pop!'' – Gary and the Portastudio, 1998 * ''Edges From The Postcard 2'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1998 * ''Essentials'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1999 * ''This Note's For You Too! A Tribute to Neil Young'' – Shane Faubert, 1999 * ''Postcards From The Other Side'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1999 * ''A Tribute to The Left Banke: Shadows Breaking Over Our Heads'' – Shane Faubert, 1999 * ''Men In Plaid: A Tribute to The Bay City Rollers'' – Gary and the Grip Weeds, 2000 * ''Full Circle: A Tribute to Gene Clark'' – The Ghost Rockets, 2000 * ''Burnt Marshmallows and Teeny Bikinis'' – Gary and the Masticators, 2000 * ''International Pop Overthrow Vol. 3'' – Shane Faubert, 2000 * ''Shoe Fetish: A Tribute to Shoes'' – Shane Faubert, 2001 * ''Dropped On The Head, Volume 1'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2001 * ''Uno-A-Go-Go!'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2002 * ''Under the Covers at Hawthorne High Vol. 9'' – The Ghost Rockets, 2004 * ''This is Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio, Volume 1'' – Gary Pig Gold and Shane Faubert, 2005 * ''The Blog Gems, Volume Three (1976-1999)'' – Gary and the Masticators, 2006 * ''Hi-Fi Christmas Party Volume 2'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2006 * ''Sweet Relief'' – The Next Big Thing, Ghost Rockets, Dave Rave Group, 2007 * ''ValleyView Christmas Compilation 2007'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2007 * ''Tributes Or Not Tributes'' – Gary and the Grip Weeds, 2008 * ''Raiders Of The Lost Hook Vol. 2'' – Dave Rave Group, 2008 * ''The Mockeers: Then and Now'' – Gary Pig Gold and his Loved Ones, 2008 * ''ValleyView Christmas Compilation 2008'' – Gary Gold and his Orchestra, 2008 * ''That's Truckdrivin – Gary Pig Gold, 2009 * ''Winter Holidays with Little Pocket'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2009 * ''Not Quite Yet (Wives Alive @5)'' – The Faubert Gold, 2010 * ''International Email Audio Art Project Volume 2'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2010 * ''Mongrel Zine Volume Nine CD Comp'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2010 * ''What We Do On Our Holidays'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2010 * ''Best Of Mongrel Zine #1-3 Compilation'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2011 * ''Pop Garden Radio Presents: The Rock On The Road Tour, Season 2'' – The Next Big Thing, 2011 * ''Legacy: A Tribute To Rick Nelson, Volume 1'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2013 * ''Get Yer Fa La La's Out: A Bullseye Christmas Vol. III'' – Gary Pig Gold, 2013 * ''It Was 50 Years Ago Today: A Tribute to The Beatles, Volume 2'' – Little Sisters, 2014 * ''Heavy Metalloid Music'' – The Loved Ones, 2016

Liner Notes

* ''More Hits, More Stars'' – Rick Harper, Mark William Johnson, 1992 * ''Astral Weeks'' – The Ghost Rockets, 1996 * ''Unsound, Volume One: Pop!'', 1998 * ''Unsound, Volume Two: Guitars!'', 1999 * ''Burnt Marshmallows and Teeny Bikinis'', 2000 * ''232 Days On The Road'' – Adam Marsland, 2002 * ''Cyborgs Revisited'' – Simply Saucer, 2003 * ''Mad Kingdom'' – Robin Stanley, 2004 * ''Magic City Music: Ft. Lauderdale 1981-1986'' – Breathers, 2004 * ''Lost And Found'' – Jeremy (Morris), 2004 * ''Remember'' – The Cheepskates, 2004 * ''Jam On Jeremy: A Tribute To Jeremy Morris'', 2005 * ''Down In A Mirror: A Second Tribute To Jandek'', 2005 * ''7th Floor Christmas'' – Erich Overhultz, 2005 * ''The New Sell Out,'' 2012 * ''Saucerland'' – Simply Saucer, 2016 * ''Valentino's Pirates'' – Dave Rave Conspiracy (aka Dave Rave Group), 2019

Bibliography

* ''Music Hound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 1996, 1999, contributor) * ''Music Hound Country: The Essential Album Guide'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 1997, contributor) * ''Music Hound R & B: The Essential Album Guide'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 1998, contributor) * ''Music Hound Folk: The Essential Album Guide'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 1998, contributor) * ''Music Hound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide to Martini Music and Easy Listening'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 1998, contributor) * ''On A Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock'' by Dave Bidini (McClelland & Stewart, 1998, interview subject) * ''Music Hound Swing: The Essential Album Guide'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 1999, contributor) * ''Music Hound World: The Essential Album Guide'' (Visible Ink/Omnibus, 2000, contributor) * ''Encounters with Bob Dylan: If You See Him, Say Hello'' (Humble Press, 2000, contributor) * ''Paul McCartney: I Saw Him Standing There'' (Billboard Books, 2000, contributor) * ''Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears'' (Feral House, 2001, contributor) * ''The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds: The Greatest Album of the Twentieth Century'' (Helter Skelter, 2001, contributor) * ''Lost In The Grooves'' (Routledge, 2005, contributor) * ''T.V. A-Go-Go: Rock on T.V. from American Bandstand to American Idol'' (Chicago Review Press, 2005, contributor) * ''The Little Black Book of Music'' (Cassell Illustrated, 2007, contributor) * ''The Top 100 Canadian Albums'' (Goose Lane Editions, 2007, contributor) * ''Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond, 1977-1981'' (Bongo Beat Books/ECW Press, 2009, 2011, editor, interview subject) * ''The Mammoth Book of Bob Dylan'' (Constable & Robinson/Running Press, 2011, contributor) * ''Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk'' (ECW Press, 2012, interview subject) * ''The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia'' Volumes 1 and 2 (Bullseye Canada, 2012, contributor) * ''A Lennon Pastiche: Expressions from Fans of John Lennon'' (PANGEA Publishing, 2013, contributor) * ''50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013, contributor) * ''A Tribute To The Forgotten Rebels'' (ePub Bud, 2013, contributor) * ''The Mammoth Book of The Rolling Stones'' (Constable & Robinson/Running Press, 2013, contributor) * ''It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: The Beatles Invade America and Hollywood'' (Otherworld Cottage Industries, 2014, interview subject) * ''Turn Up The Radio! Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956-1972'' (Santa Monica Press, 2014, contributor) * ''Gods Of The Hammer: The Teenage Head Story'' (Coach House Books, 2014, interview subject) * ''Neil Young: Heart of Gold'' (Backbeat Books, 2015, contributor) * ''Heavy Metalloid Music: The Story of Simply Saucer'' (Eternal Cavalier Press, 2016, interview subject) * ''1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love'' (Sterling Publishing, 2017, contributor) * ''Inside Cave Hollywood: Music InnerViews and InterViews Collection, Vol. 1'' (Cave Hollywood, 2017, contributor) * ''Dreamer: The Making of Dennis Wilson's 'Pacific Ocean Blue (Jetfighter, 2017, interview subject) * ''The Doors: Summer's Gone'' (Otherworld Cottage Industries, 2018, contributor) * ''The Story Of The Band: From Big Pink to The Last Waltz'' (Sterling Publishing, 2018, contributor) * ''Docs That Rock, Music That Matters'' (Otherworld Cottage Industries, 2020, contributor) * ''Domenic Troiano: His Life And Music'' (FriesenPress, 2021, interview subject) * ''Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child'' (Sterling Publishing, 2021, interview subject)

Selected articles

The Blacklisted Journalist

Medleyville

Go Metric

The Rock and Roll Report

PopDiggers

Filmography

* ''

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'', 2004
Last Pogo Jumps Again''
2013

2021

References

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