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Singer of Rock
A.k.a. Aka Ry Gretsch
Ryan DelGaudio is a singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist most reknowned for his band The Cult Of Dom Keller. Ryan began playing guitar in Derby, Uk garage rock band The Psychotic Reaction before forming John Peel favourites Terrashima : a high octane garage rock band influenced by The Stooges and Mudhoney who recorded a John Peel session and one album. In the early 2000s DelGaudio was exploring more psychedelic and experimental sounds and formed Derby experimental rock band The Swarm : a dark Birthday Party/Jesus Lizard hybrid who released one album ‘Red paint on the Odessa Steps’ on the Fightme label. In 2007 Delgaudio formed The cult of dom keller with Jason Holt, Neil Marsden and Dave Biggs. The band has become a cult underground staple of the psychedelic / experimental rock scene and have released 4 albums and various eps and singles as well as leaving an indelible print on the neo-psych scene having released albums on the scene’s most important labels : Austin psych festival (levitation)’s Reverberation Society Record label in the USA and in the UK, Cardinal Fuzz and Fuzz club records. DelGaudio also releases solo albums under the guise of Cathode Ray Eyes which he has released 2 albums and various singles through the Cardinal Fuzz record label. In 2017 Delgaudio released an experimental soundtrack album with his fellow cult of dom keller songwriter partner Neil Marsden under the moniker ‘Monumentals’ whose album ‘Irregular Heads’ was released by Eggs in Aspic. DelGaudio continues to perform and release music with cult of dom keller , Cathode Ray Eyes and Monumentals.