Garbanotas Bosistas

Garbanotas Bosistas
Background information
Origin Vilnius, Lithuania
Genres Indie rock, Neo-psychedelia, Indie folk
Years active 2008 (2008)-present
Labels Pappa Goose Records
Website www.garbanotasbosistas.lt
Members
  • Šarūnas Joneikis
  • Mantas Joneikis
  • Kipras Pugačiukas
  • Jonas Narbutas
Past members

Augustinas Čobotas

Narimantas Besakirskas

Garbanotas Bosistas[1] (The Curly Bassist) is a Lithuanian Neo-psychedelia rock and Indie folk rock band which started playing in 2008. The band consists of four members, vocalist Šarūnas Joneikis, guitarist Mantas Joneikis, Bassist Kipras Pugačiukas and drummer Jonas Narbutas. Their first EP album, Venera, was released in 2012.[2] Their first album, Above Us, was released in 2015 on Pappa Goose Records.[3] In 2016 the band won the Best Alternative Act in the Lithuanian M.A.M.A. awards.[4] Garbanotas Bosistas mainly perform in their homeland Lithuania[5] but also toured around the Baltic states and Europe.

History

Šarūnas Joneikis and Mantas Joneikis are brothers and were both born in Vilnius. Both studied at Vilnius University. They started playing the guitar at a young age, and ultimately started creating songs in their 20's. The inspiration came mostly from Queen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Arklio Galia and Senas Kuinas. The band name came from an idea of a bassist with curly hair not because of his looks, but more about the personality and attitude towards music, also because the Joneikis brothers were jealous of people with curly hair when they were younger. Later Augustinas Čobotas and Narimantas Besakirskas[6] joined the band and soon they decided to use their own material which resulted in the release of their first EP album "Venera" in 2012.

After 2 years of live performances and also appearing in such music projects as "Kaunas acoustics", LRT Opus live, "Vilnius temperature", and also in Latvia's biggest music festival Positivus, Garbanotas bosistas started recording their new full length album called "Above Us" and before that, Kipras Pugačiukas and Jonas Narbutas joined the band replacing the previous bassist and drummer. The band's sound also changed from Indie folk to Psychadelic rock. Their first Lithuanian song "Gėlėta Suknia" came from the new album in the spring of 2015, and finally the album was released on may 4th 2015. The following year the band toured around Europe and the Baltics presenting their new album and played at the The Great Escape Festival, Liverpool Sound City festival, Sofar Sounds London and Oxford in the UK. And as of april 2nd 2016, Garbanotas Bosistas is the first lithuanian - indie psychadelic rock band to play at the Tallinn music week festival.

Members

Additional live members

Discography

Awards and nominations

M.A.M.A. awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2016 "Garbanotas Bosistas" Alternative act of the year Won

References

External links

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