The Gentlemen

The Gentlemen, comprised of singer-guitarist Mike Gent from the Figgs, guitarist-vocalist Lucky Jackson, bassist-vocalist Ed Valauskas, and drummer Pete Caldes of Gravel Pit, wield a difficult rock assault that swings from your muscular pop/rock of ’70s Graham Parker and Elvis Costello to rollicking Encounters barroom fare. Sometimes, they arrive off just like a much less boozy the Substitutes — and, as the group’s dominating mode is definitely raucous fun, make no mistake: the riffs are screwed down limited. In the springtime of 1999, Mike Gent offered as road supervisor and opening take action for the Gravel Pit’s traditional western U.S. tour. He’d often guest through the Pit’s arranged, and the seed products of the side-project had been sown. Following the four music artists came together because the Gentlemen and arranged their New Britain/New York turf burning making use of their blistering, enthusiastic concert events, they made a decision to legitimize the cooperation having a full-length recording. The group’s debut, Women and Gentlemen…the Gentlemen, released in 2000 on Hearbox Information, was recorded reside in the studio more than a four-day period at Q-Division in Boston and combined in 22 straight hours at Fort Apache in Cambridge, MA. The 12-monitor recording features nine tunes by Gent as well as the songwriting debuts of Jackson and Valauskas.