Chris Goss
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Background information
Born	(1958-08-17) August 17, 1958 (age 53)
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, hard rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, experimental rock, electronic, indie, desert rock, stoner rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer, recording engineer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, electric piano, bass, percussion, organ
Years active	1980s to present
Associated acts	Masters of Reality, Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Goon Moon, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan Band, Fififf Teeners, Mondo Generator
Notable instruments
Fender Telecaster

Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician.

Recording career[link]

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Selected discography[link]

Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various genres.^[1]

• 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality
• 1992 - Blues for the Red Sun by Kyuss
• 1992 - Sunrise on the Sufferbus by Masters of Reality
• 1994 - Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss
• 1994 - All of Us by I Love You
• 1995 - ...And the Circus Leaves Town by Kyuss
• 1995 - Marie Mozege by Les Super Stars
• 1996 - Dust by Screaming Trees
• 1996 - Leave the Story Untold by Soulwax
• 1996 - Daaly by Thione Seck
• 1996 - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop by Stone Temple Pilots
• 1996 - Amusing the Amazing by Slo Burn
• 1997 - Moonrock by Future homosapiens (This is a different Chris Goss - Chris Goss (UK))
• 1997 - How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room by Masters of Reality
• 1998 - Holiday Man by The Flys
• 1998 - Gaslight by 30 Odd Foot of Grunts
• 1998 - Volumes 3 & 4 by Desert Sessions
• 1998 - Queens of the Stone Age by Queens of the Stone Age
• 1999 - Kimi No Oto Ga Kikoeru Basho by Bird
• 1999 - Welcome to the Western Lodge by Masters of Reality
• 2000 - Spirit\Light\Speed by Ian Astbury
• 2000 - Cocaine Rodeo by Mondo Generator
• 2000 - Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2000 - Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss by Kyuss
• 2001 - Toasted by Fatso Jetson
• 2001 - Volumes 7 & 8 by The Desert Sessions
• 2001 - Deep in the Hole by Masters of Reality
• 2002 - Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2003 - Flak 'n' Flight by Masters of Reality
• 2003 - Tell Them Hi by Campfire Girls
• 2003 - Vol. 9&10 by The Desert Sessions
• 2003 - Atomic Ritual by Nebula
• 2003 - Here Comes That Weird Chill by Mark Lanegan Band
• 2003 - The Underground Personality Tapes by Roxy Saint
• 2004 - Never, Never Land by UNKLE
• 2004 - Give Us Barabbas by Masters of Reality
• 2004 - Bubblegum by the Mark Lanegan Band
• 2004 - Auf der Maur by Melissa Auf der Maur
• 2004 - Demon Crossing by Yellow #5
• 2004 - Mister Mental by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
• 2005 - I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine by Goon Moon
• 2005 - Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2005 - Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989–1996 by Screaming Trees
• 2007 - Licker's Last Leg by Goon Moon
• 2007 - The Cool by Lupe Fiasco
• 2007 - Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age
• 2007 - War Stories by UNKLE
• 2008 - It's OK to be Happy by Smith & Pyle
• 2008 - Neptune by The Duke Spirit
• 2008 - More Stories by UNKLE
• 2008 - End Titles... Stories for Film by UNKLE
• 2009 - Pine/Cross Dover by Masters of Reality
• 2010 - Where Did the Night Fall by UNKLE
• 2010 - Everyman And Woman Is A Star by The Cult
• 2011 - Enjoy Your Psychosis by Drums Are For Parades

See also[link]

• Goon Moon
• Masters of Reality
• Palm Desert Scene
• The Desert Sessions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Goss' homepage
• 2006 Chris Goss interview with Brian D. Holland of Modernguitars.com.
• 2010 Extensive Audio Interview with Chris Goss on the Jekyll and Hyde Show, 106FM Jerusalem.

Goss may refer to:

• Goss crested china
• Goss International, printing press manufacturers
• Goss Moor, Cornwall
• the traditional material used for the body of a top hat.
• a colloquial term for gossip, used in many colleges.
• Government of Southern Sudan
• Goss (surname)

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James Lavelle (born 1974 in Oxford, United Kingdom) is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss.

Early years[link]

Born into a family with a strong tradition of music, Lavelle first began by learning the cello with his grandmother in Oxford.

Music career[link]

While attending Cherwell Upper School, Lavelle's music career started at 15 when he ran block parties in Oxford. At only 18 he started the Mo' Wax label, taking the name from his club night at the time, Mo' Wax Please. Around the same time he started the That's How It Is night with Gilles Peterson, which went on to become one of London's longest running nights.

In 1996 Mo' Wax released one of electronic music's most celebrated albums, DJ Shadow's seminal Endtroducing...... Soon after this Lavelle started work on an album with DJ Shadow under the name UNKLE. The resulting release Psyence Fiction featured collaborations with Richard Ashcroft, Mike D, Badly Drawn Boy and Thom Yorke. In 2003, he released a follow-up to Psyence Fiction, titled Never, Never, Land, though this album saw DJ Shadow replaced by Richard File as the second full time member of UNKLE. It featured collaborations with 3D of Massive Attack and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age among others.^[1]

He is a long time resident at Fabric in London, mixing the inaugural Fabric Live mix album.^[2] He has also mixed three DJ mix albums for Global Underground.

He has produced a number of film soundtracks, including Sexy Beast. Also an in demand remixer, he has reworked tracks by Garbage, The Verve, Beck and Massive Attack.^[3]

In an August 2006 interview with The Skinny, Lavelle revealed that he was working with Chris Goss and Autolux on the follow-up to Never, Never, Land, entitled War Stories. Of the album's direction, he said “It’s rawer than '‘Psyence Fiction’' and Never, Never, Land although it’s more in the vein of the traditional singer/songwriter. If the first record was UNKLE does hiphop and the second record was UNKLE does electronic, then this one is like UNKLE does rock, but it’ll hopefully still have its continuity.”^[4]

He has recently finished working alongside his brother Aidan Lavelle on the soundtrack for the movie of the popular sci-fi series The X Files.

Lupe Fiasco mentions Lavelle along with DJ Shadow in the single "Superstar."

In 2010, he released another UNKLE album called Where Did the Night Fall with numerous collaborators such as Gavin Clark and Mark Lanegan.

Selected discography[link]

UNKLE[link]

• Psyence Fiction (1998)
• Never, Never, Land (2003)
• Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction (2005)
• Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats (2006)
• War Stories (2007)
• More Stories (2008)
• End Titles... Stories For Film (2008)
• Where Did the Night Fall (2010)

Mix albums[link]

• Cream Live Two - Disc 3 (1996)
• Tribal Gathering 96 - Disc 3 (1998)
• FabricLive.01 (2001)
• GU023 Global Underground, Barcelona (2002)
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats? (2003)
• Do Androids Dream of Essential Beats? (2003)
• WWIII - UNKLEsounds vs. U.N.K.L.E. (Bootleg) 2004)
• GU026 Global Underground, Romania (2004)
• Big Brother is Watching You (Bootleg of Do Androids Dream of Essential Beats) (2005)
• GU037 Global Underground, Bangkok (2009)

Quotes[link]

• "I became a DJ because I couldn't breakdance and I was no good at graffiti."
• "I'm into a whole concept, it's a whole scene. I'm totally involved in it. We cover hip-hop fused music. We want to do this rock hip-hop thing. We are gonna launch a mad hip-hop/thrash fused band, a young Beastie Boys kind of thing. I'm into the total energy of the Beasties and that whole kind of skate thing. I want that energy and total madness surrounding the whole idea."
• On Mo' Wax: "We put out 200 records in 4 or 5 years, I don’t think I’d ever be able to do that again. I don’t think I could ever work like that again, it was just insane."^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Inspiring interview about James Lavelle's creative journey by SUBvert magazine
• James Lavelle discography at MusicBrainz

Brendon McNichol (born November 1969), is a lap-steel/guitar player, who has played with bands including Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality and Rattlebone. He is now working as a contractor.

Bands[link]

In 1990 Brendon lived in Hollywood, California, and he began playing music with his roommate bassplayer Roger Deering. Roger had previously been in the punk band The Drills, and had moved from Miami, Florida to Los Angeles, California, with drummer Kerry Furlong that also had been in The Drills, to start a new band. Kerry formed a band with Brendon, Roger and Hammond Organ player Jeff Muendel. The first couple of shows they performed under the old name The Drills, because of the reputation they had developed with The Drills, and eventually they changed the name to Rattlebone. They released a 5-song EP in 1991 produced by Dave Jerden. Brendon left Rattlebone in 1994, and got replaced by Greg Birribauer until the band disbanded in 1995. [1]

In 1996 Brendon joined Masters of Reality led by Chris Goss, and appeared on tour with the band, and on the live album "How High The Moon: Live At The Viper Room". In 2000 he joined Queens of the Stone Age, teaming up with his long time friend Josh Homme, playing not only guitar, but also lap-steel and piano. Besides touring he also recorded various studio songs. Brendon has also played with bands including K.C. and the Sunshine Band, The Drills, Stacy Q., Pablo Moses [2], Michigan and Smiley, Charlie Chaplan, Drone w/ Ted Parsons, Desert Sessions, Levi Chen, Photek, Discordia, The Dwarves, Palmerville as well as countless soundtracks, commercials and albums as a session player.

Bands[link]

• Rattlebone (1990–1995)
• Masters of Reality (1996–present)
• Queens of the Stone Age (2000–2003)