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'''The Gomers''' are an American comedy rock, experimental music, and progressive rock band from Madison, Wisconsin. Former Madison mayors Dave Cieslewicz and Sue Baumann both proclaimed February 1 as "Gomer Day"<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142534/http://beeftone.com/GomerDayMayoralProclamationMP3.mp3 Audio of Mayor Dave proclaiming February 1 Gomer Day in Madison WI]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thedailypage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19646 Text of the official Mayoral proclamation] in Madison, WI</ref> in Madison. Their name was taken from Gomer Pyle.
==Career== In April 2006, ''Maximum Ink''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=946 |title=Maximum Ink Cover Story by Mike Huberty |access-date=February 28, 2007 |archive-date=April 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422121536/http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=946 |url-status=dead }}</ref> noted the "longevity, durability, or diversity" of the band, and the mayoral Gomer Day Proclamation.<ref>[http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=917 Maximum Ink September 2002 Article on The Gomers by John Noyd]</ref>
''Madison Magazine'' did a film feature in 2006 of karaoke in Madison, and documented the Gomers' 'Gomeroke'<ref>[http://www.madison.com/post/postproduction/karaoke/ Madison Magazine documents The Gomers Live Karaoke Show]</ref> live karaoke show.
The group got its start playing weekly at Madison's popular but ill-fated Club De Wash,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://madison.com/club-de-wash/image_4703d3b1-457c-514e-9cf1-27a1ad0fab83.html | title=Club de Wash | date=17 April 2015 }}</ref> formerly located in the Hotel Washington (Madison, Wisconsin),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/24807/ | title=Fire and Ice: Remembering the long-lost Hotel Washington | date=20 June 2023 }}</ref> and currently plays eight times or more monthly with its live band karaoke show, 'Gomeroke', at the High Noon Saloon.<ref>[http://www.high-noon.com High Noon Saloon Calendar]</ref>
Wisconsin Public Radio did an episode on the phenomenon of "Rockstar Gomeroke" in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUEETstBP8I|title=Rockstar Gomeroke episode on Wisconsin Public Radio's "To The Best Of Our Knowledge"|via=YouTube}}</ref> The band went on hiatus in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://captimes.com/entertainment/music/the-gomers-to-hit-the-pause-button-on-gomeroke-at-the-high-noon-saloon-in/article_d508d8e2-15fc-5b4d-abd8-22eacac5c881.html | title=The Gomers to 'hit the pause button' on Gomeroke at the High Noon Saloon in July | date=4 May 2016 }}</ref>
The group also spawned the parody band The Zombeatles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://isthmus.com/arts/music/the-zombeatles-have-a-hard-days-night-in-madison/|title=The Zombeatles have a hard day's night in Madison|date=October 31, 2007|website=Isthmus|accessdate=April 23, 2026}}</ref>
==Awards== The Gomers have won several Madison Area Music Awards: 2006 Unique Artist, 2006 Unique Song, 2005 and 2007 Best Cover Band, 2008 Unique Album and Unique Artist.<ref>[http://www.themamas.org/bio documentation of The Gomers being given 3 MAMA awards in March 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301002104/http://www.themamas.org/bio |date=2007-03-01 }}</ref> The reader poll of Madison weekly newspaper, ''The Isthmus'' has awarded them "Madison's Favorite Cover Band" and "Madison's Favorite Dance Band" from 2000 to 2009.<ref>[http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=5152 Spending New Year's Eve 2006 in Madison? – Isthmus {{!}} The Daily Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Guest stars== The Gomers played with Les Paul at his Wisconsin Foundation for School Music Lifetime Achievement Award dinner, on October 27, 2004.<ref>[http://www.wsmamusic.org/foundation/news/achievement_award.html "2004 Lifetime Achievement Award"] – Wisconsin Foundation for School Music documents Les Paul and Steve Miller playing with The Gomers as well as the band providing music for the Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner on October 27, 2004. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930010448/http://www.wsmamusic.org/foundation/news/achievement_award.html |date=September 30, 2007 }}.</ref>
==Members== *Dave Adler (Willy Porter, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, Zombeatles, Sigtryggur Baldursson) *Biff Blumfumgagnge (Reptile Palace Orchestra, Zombeatles, Sigtryggur Baldursson) *Geoff Brady (Madison Symphony Orchestra, Zombeatles) *Stephen G. Burke (Zombeatles) *Mark Hervey (Dog the Bounty Hunter, Parking Wars) *Gordon Ranney (Zombeatles) *Gregg Rullman (Zombeatles) *Andy Wallman
==Discography==
===Singles=== *"Joey Saturn & Bob Uranus - Like the Planet" (Adler/Blumfumgagnge, ASCAP/BMI 1992)
===Albums=== *''Comin' Atchya'' (US, 1988) *''Basement Tape'' (US, 1991 *''Sofa King Good'' (US, 1999) *''Live Gome Boot'' (US, 2001) *''Live at The Witz End'' (US, 2002) *''Salt & Sugar'' (US, 2003) *''Basement Tape CD'' (US, 2005) *''Mike Zirkel The Album CD (with Adrian Belew & Robert Fripp)'' (US, 2008) *''Meat The Zombeatles'' (US, 2009)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://beeftone.wixsite.com/thegomers Official Site] *[http://www.folklib.net/index/wis_poprock.shtml#N-Gomers The Gomers entry in the FolkLib Index] *[https://soundcloud.com/beeftone/sets/the-gomers Official Soundcloud Page]
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