Sometimes, people aren’t what they seem. The girl sitting next to you could be a champion badminton player. The boy in the front of the room could be a professional harpist. In the case of Maggie Walker’s own Gene Roland, the facilities manager walking down the hallway across from you is also a guitar player in a band that has recently released an EP.
When I first got the CD from Mr. Roland’s band, The Superglue Gandhis, I was a little apprehensive. I never really associated Gandhi with rock music. Or, for that matter, with Superglue. I was pleasantly surprised, then, when the music turned out to be good.
I’m no music expert, so I can’t determine exactly what type of rock they play or who their major influences would be. What I do know is that they can keep a beat, write lyrics, and keep up a decent melody. On their website, the Superglue Gandhis describe themselves as “a simple band - to the point and uncluttered with processing. No additives and no preservatives.”
Currently, the band has one EP, titled Blast Furnace 14. According to the band’s website, this title is “in honor of our cherished - and hopefully soon to be distant – practice space.”
Blast Furnace 14 has only four songs on it – Snow on the Radio , These Scars, Song Like Diane, and (my personal favorite) Exraordinary.
The band played most recently at Colonial Downs and Alley Katz.
You can learn more about the Superglue Gandhis at www.supergluegandhis.com
Mr. Roland. Photo courtesy of www.superglueghandis.com/.
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