Sun City Girls
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: 1981 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Died: 19 February 2007, Seattle, Washington, United States
- Active: 1981 - 2007
Biography
Sun City Girls was an American experimental rock band, formed in 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1981, the group consisted of Alan Bishop (bass guitar, vocals), his brother Richard Bishop (guitar, piano, vocals), and Charles Gocher (drums, vocals). Considered a neo-mystic melting pot of free rock, demented surf, ragas, Arabic folk songs, free-form freakouts, gamelan percussion and Dadaist poetry, their name was inspired by Sun City, an Arizona retirement community.
Genres
Sun City Girls Discography
- Sun City Girls (1984) - Album - rated 3.4/5
- Grotto of Miracles (1986) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Midnight Cowboys From Ipanema (1986) - Album - rated 3.27/5
- Tibetan Jazz 666 (1988) - Album - rated 3.22/5
- The Multiple Hallucinations of an Assassin (1989) - Album - rated 3.83/5
- Torch of the Mystics (1990) - Album - rated 3.89/5
- Dawn of the Devi (1991) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- Bright Surroundings Dark Beginnings (1993) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- Kaliflower (1993) - Album - rated 3.48/5
- Valentines From Matahari (1993) - Album - rated 3.54/5
- Jacks Creek (1994) - Album - rated 2.56/5
- 330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond the Rig Veda (1996) - Album - rated 3.92/5
- Dante's Disneyland Inferno (1996) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Box of Chameleons (1997) - Album - rated 3.71/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 1: Cameo Demons and Their Manifestations (2000) - Album - rated 3.31/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 2: The Dreamy Draw (2000) - Album - rated 3.75/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 3: Superculto (2000) - Album - rated 3.43/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 4: A Bullet Through the Last Temple (2000) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 5: Severed Finger With a Wedding Ring (2000) - Album - rated 3.5/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 6: Sumatran Electric Chair (2001) - Album - rated 3.69/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 7: Libyan Dream (2001) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Flute and Mask (2002) - Album - rated 3.19/5
- Wah (2002) - Album - rated 2.84/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 9/10: High Asia / Lo-Pacific (2002) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Carnival Folklore Resurrection 11/12: Carnival Folklore Resurrection Radio (2004) - Album - rated 3.7/5
- Funeral Mariachi (2010) - Album - rated 3.87/5
- Cloaven Theatre / That Old Western Sieve (2026) - Album - rated 3.71/5
Members
- Alan Bishop - bass, vocals (1981–2007)
- Richard Bishop - guitar, piano, vocals (1981–2007)
- Charles Gocher - drums, vocals (1981–2007)