Video: You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story

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Gary Wilson emerged from New York's DIY movement with 1977's proto-New Wave masterpiece You Think You Really Know Me, an extraordinary record which has been known to suck unprepared new listeners in like a drug and never let go. Shortly after its limited release its creator simply vanished. In the 25-year wake before he was found again, Gary's small-town opus had spread by word-of-mouth and indie radio to inspire a whole new generation of musicians and producers with his bizarre songs and personal musical vision. His cult following includes Beck, who shouts him out [...]

I've heard alot about the Gary Wilson film from a number of different people over the years and looks like it's now available on a proper DVD release. Succinct summary blurb below from the one and only Atomic Records . You Think You All Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story DVD+CD (Plexifilm) Championed by the likes of Beck and Matt Groening and obsessed over by record collectors, Gary Wilson's album, [...]

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When I interviewed James Pants about his new album, Welcome , last week, he made the following remark in passing: "I have three favorite Garys: Gary Wilson, Gary Davis, and Gary Numan." Gary Davis is the electro-funk genius behind cult favorites Chocolate Star – and one of the featured guests on Welcome. And UK pasty-face Gary Numan recorded some of the best synth-pop jams of the 1980s: "Cars," "Are 'Friends' Electric?," "I Die, You Die," and many others. But who the heck is Gary Wilson? In short, he was a D.I.Y. crackpot from [...]