小简介
来自盛产阳光、海滩、比基尼的南加州流行庞克部队，在Green Day、Offspring这些90年代深具代表且横冲直撞的在流行最后防线中，杀入一道光明前程，接着Blink-182、Sum 41、New Found Glory等洋溢活跃气息，踩着流行庞克音韵的乐团们，接棒的在摇滚领域中，画出鲜艳生动之色彩！加入更为摇摆的Ska声调，如同No Doubt、Sublime、Rancid、Real Big Fish等团，Goldfinger不仅是相当重要的乐团之一，更是提携、制作后起新秀的关键之匙！
乐团的灵魂人物John Feldmann(吉他/主唱)，在80年代金属/摇滚兴盛时期，可是蓄着长发飙玩着Metal/Funk的摇滚客，也组织过名为Electric Love Hogs的乐团，随着重金属热潮退去，John便邀来贝斯手Simon Williams与鼓手Darrin Pfeiffer，在1994年转换跑道，把玩着庞克乐，组织起Goldfinger，短短一年的光阴，便被主流公司赏肆签入旗下，在环球音乐集团发行首张同名专辑，高居热门潜力榜冠军！接着分别于1997年发行“;Hang-Ups”;；2000年转投效Mojo/Jive公司推出“;Stomping Ground”;与2002年的“;Open Your Eyes”;等畅销作品，这期间更在八部之多的电影原声带中助唱献艺，极限游戏中也频出现他们的歌声，更在Duran Duran、Misfits等画不太上等号的致敬专辑中出现！
虽然团员上有着小幅变动，但是乐迷对Goldfinger支持的热情依然不减。能写、能唱、能制作、混音、弹奏等全能要角的John Feldmann，更是协助The Story Of The Year、Mest、Unloco、The Used、Good Charlotte等这些后起新秀专辑制作完成，或是穿针引线的与主流唱片公司签约发行专辑的伯乐！
by Greg Prato
Along with No Doubt, Sublime, and Rancid, the Los Angeles quartet Goldfinger helped contribute to a mini-U.S. ska-punk movement in the mid- to late 90s. The group was originally formed in 1994 by ex-Electric Love Hogs guitarist/singer John Feldmann and bassist/singer Simon Williams (who were both working at the same shoe store at the time), in addition to drummer Darrin Pfeiffer and an unnamed second guitarist (who would leave the group before any recordings could be issued and later become a pro surfer in Costa Rica). A friend of Feldmanns, Charlie Paulson, signed on shortly thereafter, playing his first show with the group just a day after being given a tape of their songs to learn. A six-track demo EP, Richter, was issued in 1995 and received favorable reviews and a substantial amount of airplay on college radio, leading to Goldfinger signing a major-label contract with Universal. Their self-titled full-length debut hit the record racks a year later, spawning the popular single/video Here in Your Bedroom (a track which originally appeared on their EP) and toured alongside the Sex Pistols, No Doubt, Reel Big Fish, and the multi-band festival the Vans Warped Tour.
1997 saw the release of their second full-length, Hang Ups, which failed to live up to the expectations set by their debut, although the group kept their profile in the publics eye by donating a cover of the Spiral Starecase song More Today Than Yesterday to the soundtrack of the hit Adam Sandler movie The Waterboy. Williams left the band in 1998, replaced by a former bandmate of Feldmanns from Electric Love Hogs, Kelly Lemieux, and Goldfinger debuted their new lineup with the eight-track all-covers live EP, Darrins Coconut Ass: Live, a year later. The quartets third studio release, Stomping Ground, was issued in 2000 as the group thoroughly toured both Europe and the U.S. (during their tour of England, Goldfinger recorded one of their sets, issuing the live Foot in Mouth, available only at shows and through the bands official website). Come 2001, it was Paulsons turn to jump ship, replaced by Brian Arthur (formerly of the Texas alt-metal outfit Unloco), as Goldfingers first studio album for their new label, Jive/Zoomba, was issued in 2002 with Open Your Eyes. Disconnection Notice from 2005 found the group switching to the Maverick label.
来自盛产阳光、海滩、比基尼的南加州流行庞克部队，在Green Day、Offspring这些90年代深具代表且横冲直撞的在流行最后防线中，杀入一道光明前程，接着Blink-182、Sum 41、New Found Glory等洋溢活跃气息，踩着流行庞克音韵的乐团们，接棒的在摇滚领域中，画出鲜艳生动之色彩！加入更为摇摆的Ska声调，如同No Doubt、Sublime、Rancid、Real Big Fish等团，Goldfinger不仅是相当重要的乐团之一，更是提携、制作后起新秀的关键之匙！
乐团的灵魂人物John Feldmann(吉他/主唱)，在80年代金属/摇滚兴盛时期，可是蓄着长发飙玩着Metal/Funk的摇滚客，也组织过名为Electric Love Hogs的乐团，随着重金属热潮退去，John便邀来贝斯手Simon Williams与鼓手Darrin Pfeiffer，在1994年转换跑道，把玩着庞克乐，组织起Goldfinger，短短一年的光阴，便被主流公司赏肆签入旗下，在环球音乐集团发行首张同名专辑，高居热门潜力榜冠军！接着分别于1997年发行“;Hang-Ups”;；2000年转投效Mojo/Jive公司推出“;Stomping Ground”;与2002年的“;Open Your Eyes”;等畅销作品，这期间更在八部之多的电影原声带中助唱献艺，极限游戏中也频出现他们的歌声，更在Duran Duran、Misfits等画不太上等号的致敬专辑中出现！
虽然团员上有着小幅变动，但是乐迷对Goldfinger支持的热情依然不减。能写、能唱、能制作、混音、弹奏等全能要角的John Feldmann，更是协助The Story Of The Year、Mest、Unloco、The Used、Good Charlotte等这些后起新秀专辑制作完成，或是穿针引线的与主流唱片公司签约发行专辑的伯乐！
by Greg Prato
Along with No Doubt, Sublime, and Rancid, the Los Angeles quartet Goldfinger helped contribute to a mini-U.S. ska-punk movement in the mid- to late 90s. The group was originally formed in 1994 by ex-Electric Love Hogs guitarist/singer John Feldmann and bassist/singer Simon Williams (who were both working at the same shoe store at the time), in addition to drummer Darrin Pfeiffer and an unnamed second guitarist (who would leave the group before any recordings could be issued and later become a pro surfer in Costa Rica). A friend of Feldmanns, Charlie Paulson, signed on shortly thereafter, playing his first show with the group just a day after being given a tape of their songs to learn. A six-track demo EP, Richter, was issued in 1995 and received favorable reviews and a substantial amount of airplay on college radio, leading to Goldfinger signing a major-label contract with Universal. Their self-titled full-length debut hit the record racks a year later, spawning the popular single/video Here in Your Bedroom (a track which originally appeared on their EP) and toured alongside the Sex Pistols, No Doubt, Reel Big Fish, and the multi-band festival the Vans Warped Tour.
1997 saw the release of their second full-length, Hang Ups, which failed to live up to the expectations set by their debut, although the group kept their profile in the publics eye by donating a cover of the Spiral Starecase song More Today Than Yesterday to the soundtrack of the hit Adam Sandler movie The Waterboy. Williams left the band in 1998, replaced by a former bandmate of Feldmanns from Electric Love Hogs, Kelly Lemieux, and Goldfinger debuted their new lineup with the eight-track all-covers live EP, Darrins Coconut Ass: Live, a year later. The quartets third studio release, Stomping Ground, was issued in 2000 as the group thoroughly toured both Europe and the U.S. (during their tour of England, Goldfinger recorded one of their sets, issuing the live Foot in Mouth, available only at shows and through the bands official website). Come 2001, it was Paulsons turn to jump ship, replaced by Brian Arthur (formerly of the Texas alt-metal outfit Unloco), as Goldfingers first studio album for their new label, Jive/Zoomba, was issued in 2002 with Open Your Eyes. Disconnection Notice from 2005 found the group switching to the Maverick label.
