Gee Davey

Gee Davey is an American alternative rock band, formed on Long Island, New York in 2002. The band has released four studio albums and one EP, their latest album being "She Sells Smiles".

As of 2009 they are available on iTunes.

Gee Davey posts updates daily on Facebook and Myspace

Gee Davey mainly plays regional festivals in the Northeast and local venues on Long Island. Shows are usually 21+ and 18+ but once in a while there is an all ages show which makes it possible for the Gee Davey Street Team to watch the band play.

On January 12, 2009 Gee Davey was announced The Band of the Week by The Rock and Roll Report.

In January 2009 Gee Davey performed multiple showcases at multiple venues in and around the 13th annual Millennium Music Conference (MMC13) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Influences

In The Rock and Roll Report DJ Pearlman stated the bands that have influenced Gee Davey

"Well I was certainly raised on the classic influences. My parents had me listening to Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple before I could even walk. And then in my childhood I found AC/DC and Ozzy on my own (in fact, Ozzy’s “Blizzard of Ozz” was the very first album I bought with my own allowance). But I’d have to say that over my MusicAL career the biggest influences I’ve had were bands that, in my opinion, just laid out some of the best songs, possibly, ever. Bands like Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus and Green Day, I Mother Earth and Our Lady Peace are really the bands that I can credit with most of Gee Davey’s style and sound. But there are so many good bands out today, that influence is really everywhere and I find constant inspiration in the works of other bands like Weezer, The Killers and the All American Rejects, to name a few. And just because they deserve the mention, unsigned bands that we’ve worked with over the years like Colour Cold and The Headie Berrie have definitely been influence and inspiration to us, more than they probably know."

History of the name

In the Rock and Roll Report DJ Pearlman stated how the name Gee Davey was found:

"'Gee Davey' comes from the Sunday morning claymation classic “Davey and Goliath”. Basically the only thing that was on for kids on Sunday morning (pre-cable), it was a morally-correct show about a boy, Davey, and his dog, Goliath. Their adventures always landed Davey in a situation where he would have to choose the “right” thing, and whenever he would waver towards the wrong choice, Goliath –he talked by the way– would always utter something like “Gee, Davey… maybe you shouldn’t do that.” And that’s were “Gee Davey” came from. If you check out our CDs, websites, t-shirts, stickers, etc. you’ll notice the stick figure dog, affectionately known as Goliath, on everything we do here."

Clothing Line

As of 2009 Gee Davey has produced 2 shirts. The first one issued in 2008 is the ...LOLing shirt and the second shirt issued in 2009 is the Rock Your Dog shirt.

Discography

• 2002: Gee Davey
• 2003: Dear Theo
• 2005: Sparticle EP
• 2006: Sparticle
• 2008: She Sells Smiles

Band members

• DJ Pearlman - Lead vocals, Guitar
• Ray Kuhner - Bass guitar, Backing vocals
• Michael Bontempi - Drums

Trivia

Gee Davey is the band used as the example of how to build a "band page" on facebook in the book Facebook for Dummies.