Arts
Gavin Gold was born in Cape Town, South Africa. After high school he immersed himself in the Johannesburg music scene; writing, recording and performing at hundreds of venues nationwide. In the 1980’s he was guitarist and lead vocalist in the successful South African punk pop band, “Switchtalk”.In the early 1990's when apartheid was still in the air, he joined keyboardist, singer and producer Abe Sibiya to form a multi racial duo. Gavin Gold’s 2016 album release 'Neatness' and EP release 'World Upside Down launches were held at the popular Cape Town venue, The Alexander Theatre. Gavin Gold has recently relocated to New York City. He is currently writing songs with Off Broadway hit singer songwriter, Steve Schalchlin and is performing and growing his following.He also teamed up to form the geek rock band, “The Rebel Nerds” with multi instrumentalist Jake Adams and they are ready to resume playing live as soon as the covid coast is clear.