G.U. Medicine are a heavy rock band formed with the intention of getting free booze for playing music. They play loud, fast hard rock with stoner rock and stoner metal elements, and they develop an individual sound within that style.

Career

The band records its first album in 2004 and releases it through Undergroove. The self-titled G.U. Medicine album receives strong reviews in the music press in the UK and elsewhere. The group also records sessions for BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show and Ian Camfield’s XFM show.

In 2006, G.U. Medicine releases its second album, Saints of Excess, again on Undergroove. That record also draws critical acclaim. Two videos accompany the album: one for “A Meeting With Foul Play,” directed by Rod Thomas, and one for “Saints of Excess,” filmed while the band tours with The Wildhearts in May and June 2007. The “A Meeting With Foul Play” video wins the New Blood competition on Scuzz with 48% of the viewers’ vote.

Touring and associations

The band tours extensively in the UK and Europe and plays with The Wildhearts, Nick Oliveri and his Mondo Generator, My Ruin, Open Hand, Viking Skull, The Almighty and Left Side Brain. Along the way, it gains fans, broken-down vans and hangovers.

Line-up changes and later plans

In November 2007, founding drummer Pete Williams leaves the band because of family commitments. Murray Medicine then joins on drums. The band later writes a new set of songs for a third album, planned for recording with producer Jason Sanderson, whose credits include Errander, The Plight, Send More Paramedics and D-Rail.

Style and label

G.U. Medicine work in heavy rock, hard rock, metal, stoner rock and stoner metal, and release their early albums through Undergroove.