Danny Kroha ( Demolition Dollrods, The Gories)
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 | 9:00 pm (9:00 Door)
$5 | All ages
Event and Artist Info: http://gos.ee/59Y
Danny Kroha ( Demolition Dollrods, The Gories)
Indie | Cleveland OH
i started playing music a long time ago. i started recording songs about 14 years ago. sometimes with friends, usually alone. sometimes with words, sometimes without. i’m currently working on recording a few songs to be released on some format, though i’m not sure which yet, as i continue to write more songs, because that’s pretty much the only thing i’m decent at.
Artist Biography by Fred Thomas
As a founding member of minimal garage rock trio the Gories and a fixture in the Detroit rock scene since the early ’80s, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dan Kroha helped change the course of rock history with his one-of-a-kind playing and highly influential style. Kroha grew up in Detroit and took to music early on. By his teen years he was singing for local mod revivalist band Start, who would later morph into the Onset. After the Onset’s dissolution, Kroha formed the Gories in early 1986 with singer/guitarist Mick Collins and drummer Peggy O’Neill. The band made raw, powerful garage rock with rudimentary means, never amassing an enormous following in their time, but growing in popularity immensely after their 1992 break-up. Among many other bands, the White Stripes’ sound was particularly informed by the Gories’ less-is-more approach and their infusion of folk-blues and droning rock influences. the White Stripes’ Jack White would often cite the Gories as a key influence as his band rose to massive worldwide popularity, turning on new listeners to the long-defunct group. Following their break-up in 1992, Kroha played in Detroit rock group Rocket 455 for a time before forming cross-dressing garage pop sensationalist act the Demolition Doll Rods in 1994. The Doll Rods (as they came to be known) played for 13 years, releasing countless singles and touring the world before going on indefinite hiatus in 2007. Kroha led various bands in Detroit over the next few years, as well as playing solo. He played guitar and sang for swaggering trio the Readies, members of whom would sometimes merge with members of the Go in super group the Skies Above. In 2009, the Gories reunited for a handful of shows, further bolstering their legacy. At the beginning of the 2010s, Kroha returned somewhat to his R&B/early garage roots with new trio Danny & the Darleans. In this time he also released 2012’s The Folk Blues Stylings under his own name, as well as a 2013 collaboration with Gories bandmate Mick Collins where the two musicians created songs based around the poetry of legendary producer and sleaze rock personality Kim Fowley. In 2015, Kroha offered up the solo album Angels Watching Over Me on Jack White’s Third Man Records. The album featured a smattering of traditional folk, blues, and gospel tunes from the public domain as well as one original composition.
When The Saints
KC Blues
Jack Of Diamonds
Cannonball Blues
Lonesome Valley
Rowdy Blues
Walking Boss
Shake Em All Down
Oh Death
I May Be Gone
Poor Boy
The Road Is Rough And Rocky
Pretty Pink Lady
I Want To Live So God Can Use Me
Glory Land
Angels Watching Over Me