Gereon Helmer
a.k.a.
Geri was born on an October 28th, so he's a scorpion and his Chinese symbol
is the dog, ascendant monkey. For some weird reason, his parents didn't
call him
Michael but Gereon like in the French cartoon from the 60's. Doh! It was Gédéon, not Gereon, so just forget it.
Geri had his
first Curlee Wurlee! gigs by accident on May 29th and 30th 2004, and he played so relaxed that everybody was unanimous and ask him to stay! Geri used to play in
plenty of bands (Thee Yellowcayke, Rigel 9, Karate Tigers, The Jizzlobbers
and The Heebie
Jeebies). Both Geri and Armin (you all remember our previous
drummer!) played in The Heebie Jeebies, which was dedicated to early 60's
beat, a little bit the way The Kaisers do but with sweeter vocals
(joke);
There Geri played the guitar. The Wurlees know Geri since ages, so that it
was
kind of natural to ask him if he would not play the bass, after Frauke got her sweet little baby. Geri already
brought a couple of really cool compositions which you will listen to on
the new LP; some great 60's punk and moody but power poppy hits he did. Geri is a
fantastic DJ and knows nearly every single record ever released on earth, so he kinda belongs to this restricted group of living music encyclopaedias.
You
probably better know him under his real name: DJ Drunk as Hell or simply Dandee Wurlee.
We guess that Geri's got a little monkey and a secret too. People like just to call him Geri, probably because that's short and life's too. Beside making music, writing for the great OX fanzine and listening to music all the time, Geri does play cards and only in this situation, he can
get very angry. He also knows girls well and that's the reason why he's recording the best tapes and burning the best CDs ever. He's a super
lovely person we recommend everyone to have in his circle of friends. Just enjoy him and party with!!!
Geri's favourite current bands are: Superpunk, The Cool Jerks, Les Garçons, BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub, Super Furry Animals, The Kaisers, The Rapiers, The Masonics, Mando Diao, The Libertines, The Detroit Cobras, You Am I, Belle & Sebastian and more...
His favourite bands of the last decades are: The Beatles, The Monks, all Joe Meek productions, Velvet Underground, The Beach Boys, THE Tornados, The Shadows, The Kinks (until '69), The Rolling Stones (Brian Jones era only), The Zombies, The Creation, The Action, The Roulettes, The Small Faces, The Jam, Advertising, The Prisoners, The Skatalites, The Ronettes, Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett era), The Stooges, MC5, The Milkshakes, Madness, The Specials, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, The Pirates, Dr. Feelgood (Wilko Johnson era!), Spacemen 3, The Shangri-Las, Radio Birdman, The Saints, New York Dolls, Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnette Rock'n'Roll Trio, Wedding Present, Orange Juice, Link Wray, Style Council, The Dammned, The Milkshakes, Bo Diddley, Arthur Alexander and more...
Most despicable bands to grace the face of the earth: Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix (Experience/Band of Gypsys suck, Curtis-Knight-era Hendrix is pretty cool, though!), ABBA, BAP, Metallica, The White Stripes, all Heavy Metal/Rap/Crossover, and DISCO STILL SUCKS!
Monsters of Rocco
(Tribute to Rocco Clein): "Louie Louie" c/w Liebeskreis, Oxalic Lynx
(Compilation - Germany / 2004)
Hypecity no.1
(a collection of raw sounds from rock city Solingen 1990-2000): "Shot
Gun"
(Compilation - Germany / Valve Records, 2000)
Too Hot To
Handle: "It's too late now" (Compilation - Germany / Homesick Recs,
1997)
Teenage Crimewave:
"Livin' lovin' wreck"
(Compilation - Germany / Crazy Love Records, 1996)
Christmas Special Freebie
7": "Rock'n'Roll Guitars" c/w Cave IV, Cheeks, Vageenas, Puke
(7" - Germany / Soundflat Records 001, 1995)
Cow Club: "She
smiles" c/w Embryonics, Mind Machine, etc.
(Compilation - Germany / Cow Club, 1994)
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Last Update: 2006
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