Gus Black

Gus Black
Also known as	Gus
Origin	Los Angeles, United States
Genres	Rock
Years active	1996?–present

Anthony Penaloza, better known by his stage name Gus Black, (formerly known as Gus) is an American singer-songwriter and producer from Los Angeles.

He signed to Almo Sounds, a subsidiary of A&M Records, and released two albums on the label, 1996's Gus and 1999's Word of Mouth Parade. The label disbanded in 2000. Since then, Black has released 3 albums, all of which were released internationally before seeing domestic distribution. His album "Autumn Days" was selected by iTunes as Top 10 "Best Indie Singer/Songwriter" releases of 2006. The 2008 release "Today Is Not The Day..." was critically acclaimed in Europe.

He covered Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" for the Scream soundtrack. The same cover was also featured at the end of the 19th episode of season 2 of Smallville. His cover of "Paranoid" appeared on the Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder episode of the TV show Californication. His work has been featured in several other TV shows as well, including: Alias, Brothers and Sisters, One Tree Hill, and Grey's Anatomy.

Gus is also an accomplished video director. In addition to directing videos for his own songs, he directed the documentary "Tremendous Dynamite: The Making of Hombre Lobo" for Eels as well as several music videos clips for the band.

He recently completed work on his 6th full length recording entitled "The Day I Realized..." (released in 2011)

Discography

• Gus (Almo Sounds, 1996)
• Word of Mouth Parade (Almo Sounds, 1999)
• Uncivilized Love (Wild Abandon Records UK, 2002/Immergent Records US, 2003)
• Autumn Days (Olinda/India Records, Europe, 2005/Cheap Lullaby Records, US, 2006)
• Today Is Not the Day to Fuck with... (Cheap Lullaby, 2008)

External links

• Official Website
• Allmusic profile
• Review of Word of Mouth Parade by Pif magazine
• Review of Word of Mouth Parade by University of New Brunswick
• Review of Uncivilized Love by In Music We Trust