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Gary Llama


Richmond, VA


1993-Present

Gary was born in Richmond, VA in 1979, and after a brief few years in Roanoke Rapids, NC, split his child hood between playing around the mines and woods of Midlothian, VA, and skateboarding. In his early teens, he discovered punk rock, forming the band Golden Llamas, with friend and fellow Boy Scout and Skateboarder, Patrick Daly. And when they discovered the local Richmond punk scene, the band became 500$FINE, named in protest of the cities enforcement of its curfew law at shows.

After playing clubs and house shows in his teens with the band in the RVA punk scene, and the passing of Patrick Daly, and coupled with his discovery of a love for audio engineering, he began writing and recording solo music in the tradition of american folk music, but with punk energy.

Gary’s music is reflective of a life-long belief in music as a method for examination of life, and a vehicle for social change, drawing on his experience over the years working as a political activist as well as an advocate for mental health awareness. Its also draws on the buddhist-influenced sense of balance he has applied to his own life, as a person living with a autoimmune disorder, and as a parent.

Since 2001, Gary has released dozens of releases under his own name, as well as instrumental music under various AKAs. He also began collaborating with other musicians: emcee Ben FM, emcee Timbo King (as Mineral Writes), as one half of Rival Kinds, as singer of 92FU, and since 2019, as singer and guitarist with a re-united 500$Fine. He has also written and published books, ranging from collections of his visual art, essays, and fiction, via the label’s publishing arm, OVORL! / Debackle.

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Albums

Taken
OV137
Anarchist At The Museum
OV106
Pathfinder
OV103
EXRRA
OV078
The Beauty of Music
OV044
New Folk
OV021

Compilations

Singles (2013-2018)
OV111
A Catalog of Around Me
OV040

EPs

Remixes
OV107
On Loss and Loneliness
OV065
A Culture Of: Extended Demos
OV046
Live From The House
OV034
V / V
OV014

Singles

Dancing In The Dark (Cover)
OV142
Song B
OV139
Song A
OV138
On The Floor
OV136
Separate Ways
OV131
When You’re Gone
OV125
Monday, Monday, Monday (Cover)
ov125a
A Different Feeling
OV105
…Something Better
OV101
On Saving Us Both / Heart Emoji
OV102
The Battle Home
OV097
Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
OV094
Eileen (Remix)
OV093
Fuck You
OV079
Breathe
OV076
World Of Hell
OV071
My Old Friend
OV066
Tough Shit Mickey (Cover)
OV064
Burn It All Down
OV055
Power!
OV050
Into The Hollow
OV045
Just Feel
OV039
W.T.F (Gary Llama Remix)
OV033
We Always Resisted
OV030
All The Punk Rockers
OV029
A Long Road Ahead
OV028
A Conversational Style Of Living
OV015
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