Background
Colin was born and lives in Columbus, Ohio. Colin was born 1969 in Worthington, Ohio.
Colin was born and lives in Columbus, Ohio. Colin was born 1969 in Worthington, Ohio.
Colin also has a solo career both with and without his backing band - Colin Gawel and the Lonely Bones. The first European Parliament Chemotherapy was released in 2009. The second European Parliament "Superior" was released in February 2010 and has already received airplay.
lieutenant has been played on Civil Defense-101 in Columbus including being featured in "The Five Spot" for the five most requested songs of the day several times.
His band, Colin Gawel and the Lonely Bones, performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the Bruce Springsteen Fanfest Weekend for their second ever show They have also performed at Columbus" ComFest,
In first grade he was exposed to the record KISS Alive and shortly thereafter purchased his first guitar, a Gibson Melody Maker with money saved up from his Columbus Dispatch paper route. All three entered Ohio State together and after receiving an encouraging phone call from Chris Blackwell at Island Records, decided to drop out of school and pursue music full-time.
The trio changed their name to Watershed and began relentlessly touring the eastern United States of America opening for established regional acts like Dash Rip Rock, Cowboy Mouth, Hootie and The Blowfish et cetera Producer Jim Steinman heard a cassette version of "How Do You Feel" and soon after convinced Richard Griffiths to sign the band to Epic Records with Frankie LaRocca acting as A&R. The band recorded their Epic debut "Twister" at the Powerstation in New York City 1994.
Watershed released CDs and continued touring with bands ranging from the Smithereens to the Insane Clown Posse through 2009.
They have plans for a new Civil Defense and tour in 2010. Beginning in 2007 Colin began recording solo material with producer Mike Landolt (Maroon 5) at Mike"s Curry House in Columbus, Ohio. The pair have decided to bypass the full-length Civil Defense will be releasing the new material as extended singles every 6 months on Curry House Music.
The first, "Chemotherapy" was released May 9, 2009 and as of fall that same year was generating interest as it inserted itself into the national debate on health care as a rallying cry for reform.
Colin owns a local coffee shop called Colin"s Coffee in Columubs, Ohio. Colin was a featured character in Joe Oestreich"s critically acclaimed memoir, "Hitless Wonder - A life in Minor League Rock n Roll" released by Lyons Press in June 2012.
The book wasfeatured on National Public Radio weekend edition In 2013, Colin founded the website Pencilstorm.com and it replaced Colingawel.com as his primary creative writing outlet.
