Who is Gerald the Fish. I googled if there was any famous fish called Gerald. There are a few mentions of different characters it seems, but I don’t think the band named themselves after them? Or maybe I am wrong? Maybe it is a British thing? Let me know.

I am not exactly sure if the band hailed from Scotland. I want to say they did. The 3 songs from their 1994 demo were recorded in Dundee. They were recorded at Studio 2000 in autumn of 1993 in that city. Now, I see that the person that has uploaded the tracks, Wayne Taylor, the bassist of Gerald the Fish is based in Nottingham. Maybe he moved after?

The three songs that were recorded are part of a setlist in Soundcloud. Just click the link. There you will find “Makes You Happy”, “Dug” and “Feed Me More”. These songs probably don’t sound the same if you have a 1994 tape, they have been remastered in 2020.

What else do we know about the band? We know they were formed by Dave on guitar, Couttie on drums, Herald on vocals, Maz on keyboards and Wayne on bass. We don’t get any last names.

And that’s really it. I looked for more information about the band but couldn’t find any. Did they play live? Were they from Dundee or not? Scottish? Did they record more songs? I’d love to hear more. I really like the track “Dug”, sounds like other Scottish favourites of mine, This Poison! And that’s a good, very good, thing!

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Gerald the Fish – Dug