Goldbug

Goldbug are a British group from the United Kingdom, active from 1995 to the present. The band is best known for its cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”, which reaches number 3 in the chart and remains there for five weeks in 1996.

Activity and recordings

The group is associated with the 1990s and with acid jazz, jazz, funk and dance. One line-up reference identifies Richard Walmsley as a member. Another project title, The Seven Dreams, is linked with Goldbug and names drummer Eric Slick, Theo Travis, bassist Barry Meehan and guitarist Tim Motzer.

Style and personnel

The available information places the group within groove-based, textured and orchestral musical territory. The band’s best-known recording remains its charting version of “Whole Lotta Love”, which gives Goldbug their main place in popular music history.