Galliano (band)

Galliano
General information
Genre (s)	Acid jazz
founding	1988
resolution	1997
Last occupation
Rap, DJ	Rob Gallagher
Drums	Crispin Taylor
Keyboard	Mick Talbot
guitar	Mark Vandergucht
bass	Ernie McKone
singing	Valerie Etienne
Live and session members
Vibraphone	Roy Ayers

Galliano was an acid jazz band founded in London in 1988 around singer and DJ Rob Gallagher (* 1966, alias Rob Galliano alias Earl Zinger). The band was a loose association of musicians.

Band history

In 1988 Galliano joined the newly founded label Talkin 'Loud , where the debut single Frederick Lies Still appeared a year later . In addition to Gallagher, singer Constatine Weir, drummer Crispin Robinson, Mick Talbot from Style Council and other changing musicians belonged to the formation.

The British had their most successful period in the early 1990s, when they were represented in the British charts with two albums and six singles and performed in front of 100,000 spectators at festivals such as Rock am Ring or in Montreal. Her greatest success during this time was the top 10 album "The Plot Thickens", which sold over 300,000 times, with her interpretation of the Crosby, Stills and Nash classic Long Time Gone , which made it to number 15 on the charts as a single came.

After four studio albums as well as a remix and a live album, the project broke up in the late 90s with the decline in the popularity of acid jazz. The various musicians devoted themselves to other projects. Since then, Rob Gallagher has continued to perform as a solo artist under the name Earl Zinger .

The former Galliano members Rob Gallagher, Valerie Étienne and Ski Oakenful founded the Nu Jazz project Two Banks of Four in 1998 together with the music producer Demus (including Young Disciples, Numbers) and, since 2008, 2bo4 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1991	In Pursuit Of The 13th Note	-	AT36 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	First published: March 25, 1991
1992	A Joyful Noise Unto The Creator	DE52 (9 weeks) DE	AT20 (2 weeks) AT	CH40 (1 week) CH	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	First published: June 8, 1992
1994	The Plot Thickens	DE51 (9 weeks) DE	AT12 (7 weeks) AT	CH18 (10 weeks) CH	UK7th silver (13 weeks)UK	First published: May 27, 1994
1996	: 4	DE67 (5 weeks) DE	AT46 (1 week) AT	CH39 (4 weeks) CH	-	First published: August 19, 1996

more publishments

• 1993: Until Such Time
• 1994: What Color Our Flag
• 1994: A Thicker Plot
• 1997: Live at Liquid Rooms

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1991	Nothing Has Changed In Pursuit Of The 13th Note	-	-	-	UK88 (1 week) UK	First published: February 1991
1992	Skunk Funk A Joyful Noise Unto The Creator	-	-	-	UK41 (2 weeks) UK	First published: May 1992
	Prince Of Peace A Joyful Noise Unto The Creator	-	-	-	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	First published: July 1992
	Jus' Reach Recycled A Joyful Noise Unto The Creator	-	-	-	UK66 (2 weeks) UK	First published: October 1992
1994	Long Time Gone The Plot Thickens	-	-	-	UK15 (5 weeks) UK	First published: May 1994
	Twyford Down The Plot Thickens	-	-	-	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 1994
1996	Ease Your Mind : 4	-	-	-	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 1996
	Roofing Tiles : 4	-	-	-	UK81 (1 week) UK	First published: September 1996

More singles

• 1988: Frederic Lies Still
• 1989: Let The Good Times Roll
• 1990: Welcome To The Story
• 1991: Power and Glory

swell

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.pauseandplay.com/galliano.htm
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

Web links

• Entry on allmusic
• Musicline