CERTAIN GENERAL

Certain General is an American post-punk band formed in the very early 1980s by singer Parker Dulany (East Village poet and painter), guitarist Phil Gammage (17-years old when the band was formed and fresh off the bus from Colorado), drummer Marcy Saddy (drummer with Toronto girl band legend the B Girls), and Russell Berke (enigmatic music svengali/faith healer). BOMP! Records has called them "NYC's 80's cult favorite," while Rock & Folk identified the band as "the bridge between Television and Radiohead. In the liner notes for Introduction to War (2001), their former manager, the late Stephen Graziano, called them "...the baddest, craziest, most misbehaved but mind bendingly brilliant band that was walking the Earth." This coincides with Mojo magazine's assessment that "the story of Certain General is one of triumph, tragedy, and often dazzling music." Drawing on a tradition established by New York rock bands such as the Velvet Underground, Certain General has recorded and performed extensively in the United States. Their notoriety would eventually extend to Europe, where they would release November's Heat in 1984. Considered a seminal album of the 1980s and one of the defining New York rock records, November's Heat would earn the band many accolades, especially in France. In 1995, Rock & Folk called it "one of the most important albums made between 1965 and 1995." Although various personnel and label changes have occurred over the years, Singer Parker DuLany, guitarist Phil Gammage, Kevin Tooley, and Andy Heermans continue to record and perform. Their latest album release "Live it Down" was released in 2013 on World Wide Vibe Records.