Gordon Bell (singer-songwriter)

Gordon Bell (born 24 July 1969) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in Basel, Switzerland.

Background

He released fifteen albums. Nine of those albums were under the pseudonym Gustav Bertha. His breakthrough fifth album My Life as a Dog (distributed in Switzerland through RecRec) was well received: Swiss newspaper Der Bund called it 'Wunderbar',.[1] The Swiss press has also dubbed him with the slightly more ambiguous title, "The World's least-known Scot".[2] He stopped working under the Gustav Bertha pseudonym in 2008 to write and play as Gordon Bell. Bell's music could be compared to a strange cross between fellow Glaswegians Ivor Cutler and Alex Harvey. He has a penchant for storytelling in his songs. He also spent 15 years as lead singer with a tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Not The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and now fronts the rock band Giant Stone Eater who play a mix of covers (especially songs connected with Alex Harvey) and Bell's own songs.

Discography
YearArtistTitleRef
1991One in FiveFive Flew Over the Hatchery
1993PsychoannieAmoeba
1999plasticpsychobabbleStranGe enchantment
2000submerging meadows green boundaries
blurred visions for fuzzy strangers
The Secret Life of Andrew AstonCaffeine Injunction
2001Gustav BerthaSongs for Gigi
2002The Hose Room
Café Crème
2003babble
2004My Life as a Dog
2005Defective
2006z:06 (compilation)
2007small adventures in the great domestic wilderness
2008True North
2009Gordon BellSongs for the Broken Hearted
2010The Lost Art of Penance
2011The 12 Uses of a Dead Tape Cassette
Gordon Bell and the Sinking ShipsAnimal Kingdom
2012Gordon BellA Day Trip to the Sea

References
  1. Pauli, C: "Melancholisch", page 13. Der Bund, 18 March 2005.
  2. "– Musik | Züritipp Online". Zueritipp.ch. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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