Gaswar Release Their Debut Full-Length ‘Girl Vanishes on Way to Jive Club’

Described by Kevin Rutmanis as “tasty, tasteful, and undeniably sexy,” Gaswar’s debut Girl Vanishes on Way to Jive Club album is set to ignite the music scene. Comprising the formidable talents of Apollo Liftoff and Jeff Mooridian, both members of the notorious Minneapolis band Hammerhead, Gaswar kicks off an exciting inception in their musical venture.

The musical journey began with a fateful encounter between Rutmanis and his future bandmates. Rutmanis explains:

“Cows played a show with Hammerhead sometime in late 80s or early 90s at The Uptown Bar in Minneapolis. It was one of the only times Shannon (singer for the Cows) told me I’d better go check out the opening band because they were so good!”

By the late ’90s, with both Cows and Hammerhead on hiatus, these three artists joined forces to create what would become the debut release of Gaswar. Rutmanis reminisces about their creative process, saying:

“There was a basement we could rehearse in during the brutally cold Minnesota winter. We all played pretty much all the time, and were in each other’s company most of the time. It was only natural to combine these two activities.”

More than two decades after its initial recording, Gaswar’s debut album offers a collection of songs that unite three trailblazing artists in an intense and occasionally dissonant musical journey. Mooridan reflects:

“To me nothing is more comprehensive and complex for the mind than playing music. Yet, you’re often engaging with the primal to say a whole litany of things in the briefest amount of time.”

GASWAR ‘Girl Vanishes on Way to Jive Club’ album artwork

Recording their debut Girl Vanishes On Way to Jive Club in 1999 with Mike Wisti, the different members of Gaswar drifted apart working on their other projects. Rutmanis recalls:

“The LP drifted off into space. As we got busy with Vaz, The Melvins (and later, with Tomahawk). I heard it again a few months ago via random shuffle and remembered how much I liked it. The boys encouraged me to go ahead and wrap it up. Did some vocals, added a little guitar here, a few scratches there, some drums from Jeff… ran it by everybody for a final ok.”

Girl Vanishes on Way to Jive Club, the debut release from Gaswar, is available now via Rock Is Hell Records. Order the digital version via Bandcamp. The LP is available via Rock Is Hell In Europe.

Girl Vanishes on Way to Jive Club Tracklisting:

1. Get Down Moses
2. Memories of Steam
3. Lion
4. Terrible Day to Have Eyes
5. Debra Had Never Felt So Dirty in Her Life
6. Midnight at The Bush Foundation
7. Mom And Dad And Father
8. Father Complex And The Solution Of The Rat Idea