Gerling are an alternative guitar and electronic act from Australia. They
formed in 1993, and are based in Sydney.
History The band formed in 1993 with the line-up of Darren Cross (guitar,
vocals), Presser (real name Paul Towner, drums) and Brad Herdson (guitar,
vocals). With an instrumentation of only two guitars and drums, the group
initially focussed on creating experimental guitar pop, with their debut
release, Sedatives For Dead Radars, being released in 1995 on Steve
Pavlovic's Fellaheen label. This was followed by the mini-album, A Day of
Research, in 1996.
Early 1997 saw the departure of guitarist Brad Herdson, who would go onto
form Sonic Emotion Explosion with Liz Payne from Spdfgh. He was
temporarily replaced by Ben Lee for their show at the Sydney Big Day Out,
before a permanent replacement came in the way of Canadian Burke Reid.
February 1998 saw the band emerge from the studio with the 7" sing
Gerling,