Goudie

Goudie was an American glam rock band from Austin, Texas, fronted by Johnny Goudie. Goudie started in 1996 as a solo project of frontman Johnny Goudie. In 1997 Johnny's friend Einar Pedersen joined on bass and Bill Lefler replaced the original drummer Kyle Schneider, and Jimmy Messer was brought in as lead guitarist. In the Spring of 1998, after only being together nine months, and still without a band name, the group played a showcase during the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. Rather than playing a single showscase at a traditional venue, the band rented rehearsal space and played seven showcases throughout the day. The strategy proved successful, and they caught the attention of Dan McCarroll, who was working with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich to scout for bands to sign to a new record label Ulrich was forming as a subsidiary of Elektra Records. After a second showcase in Los Angeles, California, Ulrich quickly signed the band, making Goudie the second band to be signed to the label. The band decided to simply call themselves Goudie and the label decided to call itself "The Music Company" or TMC. In July 2000 Goudie released their debut album, Peep Show. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudie_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)