Sometime early in 2008, gaggle of cocks (GOC) mainstays Pat Harrington (guitar/vocals)
and Freddy Villano (bass) teamed up with guitarist Chris Goercke (Kelly Osbourne, Queen V, The X’s)
and drummer John Macaluso (Ark, TNT, Yngwie) at Threshold Recording Studios in NYC to record a 5-song EP.
Engineered by AJ Maltese (RIP) and produced and mixed by Harrington, these sessions laid the
groundwork for what would become GOC’s sophomore effort, and Sliptrick Records debut, Low Class Trendsetter (LCT).
Two tunes from the Threshold sessions, specifically, “Low Class Trendsetter” and “Sexmusic,”
illuminated the way forward and gave birth to the LCT record. “Low Class Trendsetter” and “Sexmusic”
were eventually re-recorded for LCT, but these original versions are equally potent.
And so, in an effort to provide audiences with as much Cock as possible, Harrington and Villano,
along with Sliptrick’s support, decided to open the GOC vaults and unleash this previously
unreleased 5-song EP under the title Married To The Gun. In addition to the aforementioned,
earlier versions of “Low Class Trendsetter” and “Sexmusic,” Married To The Gun features the
songs “Seems to Me,” “Wanted” and a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Born on the Bayou”
Starr Tucker from NY Waste magazine was the only journalist to ever hear Married To The Gun
(at the time simply dubbed the Threshold Sessions) and had this to say about the EP:
“gaggle of cocks send me their latest sampler, the Threshold Sessions, to rule your world.
Cinderblock heavy rock and roar that is hungry for your daughters… no filler here.
100% pure U.S. beef. Too kool. I’m telling’ ya!”