Jesse Valencia | GORKY

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The History of Jesse Valencia & Gorky in 40 Facts for Jesse’s 40th Birthday

Gorky Is (Probably) The Most Controversial Rock Band You’ve Never Heard Of

Every generation has one: a band too wild, too self-involved, and too chaotic for…

What more proof do you need that the Gork is a living relic of the Indie Sleaze era?! 

Way back in the MySpace days, there used to be a function where you could look up bands by genre, and you…

 

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I want to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Meara McLaughlin on her outstanding leadership of MusicPortland and on the City’s declaration of July 10th as Meara McLaughlin Day. It’s a richly deserved honor. Her…

Bonus: Read about how the Brian Jonestown Massacre nearly broke up Oasis in my book “Keep Music Evil: The Brian Jonestown Massacre Story”

The best thing about the 4th of July was the reunion of the UK’s greatest band. 

Man,…

Listen to the White Mountain Sound playlist on Spotify. 

So what is “the White Mountain Sound”? 

It's an undeniably authentically Southwestern sound, rooted in these Colorado Plateau small towns, where country twang, garage rock aesthetics, and songwriting techniques imported from…

THE PROPHETIC POLITICS OF GORKY IN FIVE SONGS.

People have always asked me about the name of our band, and wondered if there were political connotations. 

There weren't at first, but I leaned into it after a while. 

The name…

After months of development, I am ready to announce my new film project, “AMERICAN DREAMS”! 

This project has been several years in the making…

It began as my thesis at the David Lynch film school while I was attending there…

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High In The Low: The Story of Our First Record

Rock and roll mythology isn’t just about the records—it’s about the stories behind them. The chaos, the triumphs, the disasters, the choices that…