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Kevin Gilbert biography
Kevin Gilbert was born in Sacramento, California on November 20, 1966. For the first 13 years, he lived a nice, comfortable life - first in California, then in New Jersey, and then back to Southern California. But then something changed. No one's been able to figure out exactly "what" changed, but according to his brother Greg, "he ate less, slept less, read more, and composed more." His first set of compositions that are worth mentioning were released in 1984 under the moniker NRG. Kevin was still in high school at the time. Working with Jason Hubbard, this progressive rock LP showed a full range of material, from the sarcastic "Welcome To Suburbia" to the introspection of "Staring Into Nothing." Several albums of additional material were recorded at that time, but none have been released to date.

After realizing that progressive rock and flashy keyboard solos weren't his thing, he spent years working at TRS Studios in Sunnyvale, California, soaking in as much as he could about the inner workings of how to make records. Through his association with TRS Records, he met Stan Cotey, Scott Smith and Chris Beveridge - and the band Giraffe was born. Originally a project between Kevin and singer/songwriter Robert Ferris, Giraffe ("Gi" from GIlbert and "raf" from Robert A. Ferris.as the story goes) made its' home at TRS and recorded 2 studio albums - "The Power Of Suggestion" in 1988 (which was self-produced) and "The View From Here" in 1989. Released as a very limited run of only 500-1000 copies each, both CD's sold out almost immediately after they were released. They are now highly sought-after collector's items.

After the release of "The Power Of Suggestion", Kevin entered Giraffe into the "Yamaha Soundcheck Competition" in Los Angeles - a contest designed to help unsigned bands gain visibility in the music industry. The band won first prize. The next year Giraffe flew to Tokyo to go to the contest's finals - the Yamaha "Band Explosion" contest. The band took second prize. Although they didn't win, the show in Tokyo was not only special in the fact that it got Giraffe to be in the spotlight but one of the judges - Patrick Leonard - took a liking to the Giraffe front man. Patrick, known for his workings with Madonna and Julian Lennon, was impressed with Giraffe and immediately wanted to work with Kevin. He agreed and disbanded Giraffe soon after the Tokyo show.


 Thud Live At The Troubadour

 the kaviar sessions

 The Shaming of the True ( 2 cd )

 Bolts

 giraffe - giraffe 

 rarities

 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (live ProgFest '94)  

 thud ( deluxe edt. 2015 ) 3 cd,s

 toy matinee special edition

 no reason given

 Nuts


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