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Gauge
12+ albums
emohardcore90s emopost-hardcorehip hop
about
At least three bands using the Gauge moniker exist: 1. A post-hardcore band. 2. A hip-hop artist Gauge the Mental Murderah. 3. A metalcore band. 4 post-rock band 1) Gauge was a post-hardcore/emo band from Chicago that formed from the ashes of Ivy League and Target in 1991. The band features Scott "Gub" Conway on vocals/guitar (Even in Blackouts, Red Villain, Screeching Weasel), Kevin J. Frank on guitar/vocals (Haymarket Riot, Traluma, the Sky Corvair), Neil Sandler on bass/vocals (Rollo Tomasi, Traluma, the Sky Corvair) and Ryan Rapsys on drums (Euphone, Amazing Baby, Owls). They were highly regarded in Chicago’s northwest and western suburban punk scenes in the early '90s. They inspired and performed with other acts from the same area such as Cap’n Jazz, Friction, Sidekick Kato and Braid, until their breakup in 1994. Gauge was known for their intense, cathartic performances, which combined power and melody. Over the course of several regional tours and two U.S. tours in the early to mid '90s, the band shared the stage with groups such as, Green Day, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Avail, Smoking Popes, Born Against, Screeching Weasel, Kerosene 454, All, Los Crudos, Lungfish, Pegboy, Shudder to Think and Trenchmouth. They released two full-length albums: “Soothe” in 1992 on THD/Radius Records and “Fire Tongue Burning Stomach” in 1994 on Underdog Records. In 1995, Actionboy Records released a posthumous 10” titled "43". The first half of their catalog was released on CD by Tree Re
