Guto Dafydd Pryce ( Welsh pronunciation: ; born 4 September 1972) is a Welsh musician best known as bass guitar player and songwriter in the band

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. With them he has recorded nine

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Top 25 studio albums, plus numerous singles, EPs, compilations and collaborations. Pryce also records and performs with several other musical acts including his band Gulp. He is part of the era of Welsh music prominence known as

Cool Cymru Cool Cymru ( cy, Cŵl Cymru) was a Welsh cultural movement in music and independent film in the 1990s and 2000s, led by the popularity of bands such as Stereophonics, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia and Super Furry ...

Biography

He was born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

. Pryce was in the Welsh-language band , with his brother Iwan Pryce,

Huw Bunford Huw "Bunf" Bunford (born Huw Cennydd Bunford; 15 September 1967 in Cardiff, Wales) is a musician best known as the guitarist in Super Furry Animals. Biography Bunford studied at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) and worked as a te ...

(also later of

), Owen Powell (later of

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) and others in a changing line-up, from 1989 to 1993. He recorded with

on their first two EPs before Super Furry Animals formed in 1993. Working with dub and reggae label

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, Pryce put together a compilation ''Furry Selection: Luxury Cuts Of

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Chosen by a Super Furry Animal'' in 2007. In 2008 Pryce recorded ''The Golden Mile'' with The Peth, a group which features Welsh actor

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on vocals, Super Furry Animals bandmate

Dafydd Ieuan Dafydd Ieuan (born 1 March 1969) is a Welsh musician and producer, best known as the drummer with the band Super Furry Animals, The Peth and The Earth (band). Ieuan played with Gruff Rhys in their early band Ffa Coffi Pawb. He was a drummer f ...

, Meilyr Gwynedd, Osian Gwynedd, Mick Hilton, Dic Ben and Kris Jenkins. In 2010 Pryce played bass for

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on their US and European tours. Under the band name The Stand, Pryce joined Welsh actor Jonny Owen, Owen Powell (formerly of

) and Ryan Richards of

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to record a fundraising single "I'll Be There" in 2010.

Stuart Cable Stuart James Cable (19 May 1970 – 7 June 2010) was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics. Early life Cable was born in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 19 May 1970. When he was 1 ...

of Stereophonics was involved in the project prior to his death. Proceeds from sales went to a fund to erect a statue of the footballer Fred Keenor on the

Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

grounds. The song was adapted from the original written during the coal miner's

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and often sung by Cardiff City fans. Pryce had previously shown his support for the team when the Super Furry Animals signed on as sponsors in 1999, with the band's name displayed on team jerseys. Gulp yn chwarae Tafarn Parrot, Caerfyrddin

Gulp yn chwarae Tafarn Parrot, Caerfyrddin

In 2012, Pryce began performing with his partner, Scottish singer and keyboardist Lindsey Leven, under the name Gulp. The band includes Gid Goundrey on guitar, Gwion Llewelyn (formerly of Race Horses and currently of Yr Ods) on drums, with contributions from Gareth Bonello ( The Gentle Good) on acoustic guitar and cello. Gulp has performed around the UK, Europe and United States and done several UK radio sessions, including for BBC Radio Wales and Sŵn Radio. Their track "Game Love" was included on the compilation '' Late Night Tales: Django Django'', and they released a cover of Django Django's "Hand of Man". Gulp's debut album ''Season Sun'' was released in July 2014 on

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in the US and on Sonic Cathedral in the UK. Pryce was part of a rare 2012 concert appearance by English singer-songwriter Mark Fry, honouring Fry's 1972 album ''Dreaming with Alice'', along with Nick Franglen of

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, Nick Palmer of The A. Lords, Grasshopper of

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. In 2012, Pryce led music workshops for youth at the charity Grassroots Cardiff Ltd. At Focus Wales 2013, Pryce was a panelist for the Welsh Music Foundation. Pryce and Leven currently live in Dundee, after years in Cardiff. Their son Elis was born in 2018.

Discography

U Thant

*1989 ''Dim I.D.'' EP Recordiau Thant *1991 ''Duwuwd'' LP Crai/ Sain

Catatonia

*1993 ''For Tinkerbell'' EP Crai/ Sain *1994 ''Hooked'' EP Crai/Sain *1998 '' The Crai-EPs 1993/1994'' Crai/Sain

Super Furry Animals

The Stand

*2010 "I'll Be There" (fundraising single)

Gulp

*2012 '"Game Love" E.L.K. (single) *2012 "Hand of Man (Gulp Version)" (from ''Hi Djinx! Django Django Remixed''

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) *2013 "Play" E.L.K. (single) *2014 "Game Love" (from ''Late Night Tales – Django Django''

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) *2014 "Season Sun" (album) *2018 "All Good Wishes" (album)

Filmography

*2000 '' Beautiful Mistake (Camgymeriad Gwych)'' (with

) *2004 ''

9 Songs ''9 Songs'' is a 2004 British art romantic drama film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film stars Kieran O'Brien and Margo Stilley. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the s ...

'' (with

)

References

External links

Gulp official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pryce, Guto 1972 births Living people Musicians from Cardiff Welsh rock bass guitarists Welsh-speaking musicians Super Furry Animals members People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf 21st-century bass guitarists