{"id":1250,"date":"2011-12-24T02:09:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2011-12-24T02:12:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:12:48","slug":"gauge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"Gauge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/media\/Gauge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>43<\/em> 10&#8243;<br \/>\nActionBoy 300, 1995<\/p>\n<p>A number of great bands in the &#8217;90s were unfairly dismissed as <strong>Fugazi<\/strong> clones, and this suburban Chicago group might be the best example of just how great some of these groups could be. Gauge was a young band, which may have kept them from getting the respect they deserve, but they toured hard and put out a body of work that&#8217;s well worth a listen, especially this 6-song EP, their final release. Gauge definitely took some inspiration from Fugazi and the dynamic punch of early emo\/post-hardcore, but their sound was distinct with throaty vocals and an earnest, utilitarian method of achieving a dramatic punch. At times they&#8217;re tense and gnarled, while other times hushed and subdued, offering a slightly math-rock inspired take on what <strong>Boys Life<\/strong> and <strong>Christie Front Drive<\/strong> were doing around the same time. If you dig this, you&#8217;ll also want to check out some of the bands that sprung from Gauge, like <strong>Traluma<\/strong>, <strong>Haymarket Riot<\/strong> and <strong>Euphone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gauge.bandcamp.com\/album\/43?permalink\">Stream &#8220;43&#8221; on Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>43 10&#8243; ActionBoy 300, 1995 A number of great bands in the &#8217;90s were unfairly dismissed as Fugazi clones, and this suburban Chicago group might be the best example of just how great some of these groups could be. Gauge was a young band, which may have kept them from getting the respect they deserve, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[9,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2.dougkubert.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}