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Mr. Ratboy
5+ albums
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Mr. Ratboy is Swiss-born musician Gilbert Avondet. Bio from the old Ratboy/Sour Jazz website: I was born in 1963 in Switzerland . I've always wanted to be an cosmonaut. I've always been really bad at sports. I played a little piano when I was 6. My uncle bought me my first acoustic guitar around 75-76. My parents didn't think I would play it. They thought it was just another phase I was going through. They were wrong. That guitar probably fucked my whole life up but I'm not entirely sure. My first "rock concert" was GENTLE GIANT . No, it wasn't IGGY,THE DOLLS or not even the STONES... I loved it . GENTLE GIANT is still one of my favorite bands. I was into"progressive" music until "punk" hit Switzerland. "Punk" seemed a lot easier to play so I was sold . I liked the imagery better too. It seemed like it was forbidden for me to like both "punk" and "progressive" so I opted for "punk" and forgot about VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR for a while. I don't like "punk" as it is understood today. In 76-77 high energy rock music was called "punk" to differentiate it from other types of "rock", but it was just 50's or 60's "Rock'n'Roll" with a new attitude.I got "Never mind the bollocks" the day it came out. My first IGGY was "TV Eye-live 77". My first THUNDERS was "L.A.M.F." My first SAINTS was "Stranded". My first LOU REED was "Live-Take no prisoners". These records changed my life. I started playing in bands around 79. Most of them weren't good at all but it was fun . That's all that m
