New record "SUMMER TO FALL" available now:
https://linktr.ee/jeffdesira
Jeff Desira delivers hope and heartbreak with natural grace. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he has had a diverse musical career before coming into his own as a singer-songwriter, crafting honest and endearing pop songs and ballads.

Enjoy recording music, writing songs, singing.  Play the guitar, bass, and keyboard.  Member of "Overnight Sensations" and "Erratic Behavior".  

we uptown baby.

lyrics by kimineye for likklesong publishing 
marksmen guerilla production network

Making sure there's music I haven't heard before.

Debut album available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, your mom's underwear drawer, and other fine retailers.

Gaviotas have an aggressive yet melodic sound, combining elements of Alternative, Punk and Metal. They call it “Resistance Rock,” in the spirit of The Clash, and they believe that art thrives through and with struggle.  

Lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Simon Timony says, “We're politically left, and no matter how much adversity we/Americans/Humans face, nothing should take away our humor, happiness, and love. Our conversations do sound like a Seth Rogan/James Franco movie, written by Noam Chomsky.” 

Gaviotas have released two CDs: Unite!, produced by Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart, Pixies/Frank Black, PJ Harvey) and Assemble (self-produced at San Francisco’s legendary Tiny Telephone Studios). They recently completed their next project, a 7-song album called Skyline, which will be released in early August 2015. 

“A metal-punk hybrid with a flair for smooth melodies and political lyrics...check out three songs (from Assemble), each of them aggressive but tuneful.”  

— SF Weekly 

Timony is the former leader of The Stinky Puffs, a favorite band of the late, great Kurt Cobain, which featured Simon’s mother Sheenah on drums, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo’s son Cody on guitar, Half Japanese’s Jad Fair on effects, and Don Fleming on guitar. At the age of 11, Simon also fronted the Super Stinky Puffs, which featured Dave Grohl on drums, Krist Novoselic on bass and Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) on guitar.  

Timony and his current co-conspirators— Rafael Corral (Bass/Harmonies), Gabriel Gunns (Lead Guitar), and Andrew Yagjian (Drums) — wage war on war via music.  

Sometimes the war on war happens pretty close to home. In 2012, Timony was caught up in the riots in San Francisco after the Giants won the World Series for the second time. He was badly injured when he tried to protect a Muni bus full of people from the mob that torched it, and was recognized for his bravery by the City. Read more about that incident here: 

http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/11/08/simon-timony-the-guy-who-tried-to-stop-vandals-from-torching-a-muni-bus-has-a-metal-punk-band 

And here: 

http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/11/08/check-out-muni-defender-simon-timonys-metalpunk-band-gaviotas 

As if being a hometown hero, punk rock icon and political rabble-rouser wasn’t enough, rumor has it that Timony has a very special connection to legendary San Francisco art-rock pranksters The Residents, though he can’t say what exactly it is, other than he sees them ‘now and then.’  

“Really great combination of skill and energy.” — Stanton McCandlish  

“Inspiring, refreshing and recommended.” — thefacesofrock.com  

Contact gaviotasmusic@gmail.com 

Twitter: @gaviotasmusic 

facebook.com/gaviotasmusic 

soundcloud.com/gaviotas_SanFrancisco 

Reverbnation.com/gaviotas

Here are some of the pieces I have been working on over the last decade or two, most of them are completely unfinished rough ideas of which I may (or may not) finish later. It usually takes a specific project deadline to get me to finish something.

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