First heard: 26 January 2024
Guv'ner were an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1993 following a relationship between members Charles Gansa and Pumpkin Wentzel. Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth discovered the band when he was handed a demo of theirs by Julia Cafritz of Pussy Galore, who had known Wentzel since school. Cafritz knows Moore through her other band, Free Kitten, in which Moore's ex-wife Kim Gordon also plays guitar. Moore put out Guv'ner's debut album Hard For Measy For You on his label, Ecstatic Peace. Read more on Last.fm