Early years Gould was born on April 24, 1963, in
Los Angeles and is of Scottish and Hungarian descent on his father's side. He began playing bass while attending
Loyola High School in Los Angeles with future Faith No More keyboardist
Roddy Bottum. His first band during this time was named "The Animated," a genre-bending
new wave group described as a cross between
Buzzcocks,
XTC, and
Michael Jackson. The band also featured future Faith No More vocalist
Chuck Mosley on keyboards and Mark Stewart (aka Stew) on guitar, later known for his work with The Negro Problem. In the early 1980s, Gould moved to San Francisco to pursue his studies and became involved with several
underground bands. During this period, he met drummer
Mike Bordin and guitarist
Jim Martin. Shortly thereafter, Gould formed a band with Bordin, keyboardist Wade Worthington (quickly replaced by Roddy Bottum), and guitarist/vocalist Mike "The Man" Morris named Faith No Man, which later became Faith No More after Morris left the group. In the mid-1990s, Gould began working as a producer, and in 1997 he co-produced Faith No More's
Album of the Year with former
Swans drummer
Roli Mosimann. Since then, he has become the CEO of
Koolarrow Records and has worked on various projects as a producer or guest musician. In February 2009, it was announced that Faith No More would reform for a tour and possibly new recordings. In 2015, after their longest gap between albums, Faith No More released their seventh studio album,
Sol Invictus.
Other collaborations In the 1990s, Gould was part of the original line-up of the Los Angeles-based
grindcore band
Brujeria. He was also involved in several
supergroups, including
Shandi's Addiction (with
Maynard Keenan,
Brad Wilk, and
Tom Morello) and
Black Diamond Brigade (with Norwegian rock musicians
Euroboy,
Torgny Amdam,
Tarjei Strøm, and
Sigurd Wongraven). In addition, he performed with
Wayne Kramer and
Fear Factory, and produced
CMX's
Vainajala album. His guest appearances include recordings for the Romanian band Coma, as well as production work on
Living Targets by the German group
Beatsteaks, projects for Slovenia's Elvis Jackson, and the album
7 for the German rock band
Harmful, with whom he also toured throughout 2007 as a guitarist. In 2007, Gould joined the all-star band
Fear and the Nervous System, formed by
Korn guitarist
James "Munky" Shaffer. The band also featured
Bad Religion drummer
Brooks Wackerman. That same year, Gould became the bassist for
Jello Biafra's new band,
The Axis of Evildoers, alongside Ralph Spight (
Victim's Family) on guitar and Jon Weiss on drums. They debuted at Jello Biafra's 50th birthday celebration on June 16 and 17, 2008, at the
Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. The band was later renamed
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, and their album
Audacity of Hype was released on October 20, 2009. In 2011, Gould released an experimental album titled
The Talking Book, a collaboration with sound artist Jared Blum, known for his various projects on the Gigante Sound label. In 2012, he worked with
Charles Hayward of
This Heat and Mads Heldtberg on a project and release titled
House of Hayduk. Also in 2011, Gould contributed to the production of the soundtrack for the documentary
The Sequential Art, directed by Norwegian filmmaker Espen J. Jörgensen. In 2013, Gould reunited with Espen J. Jörgensen to provide synth, edits, recomposing, and beats for a "groovy and experimental" EP titled
Fugly. In 2018, Gould joined
Wayne Kramer's MC50 band, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the
MC5 album
Kick Out The Jams. This line-up also featured
Kim Thayil of
Soundgarden,
Brendan Canty of
Fugazi, and Marcus Durant of
Zen Guerilla.
Koolarrow records Since 1999, Gould has operated the independent record label
Koolarrow Records, which has specialized in international acts and unconventional artists such as Los Angeles'
Flattbush, Seattle's
Kultur Shock,
Brujeria,
Hog Molly (featuring
Tad Doyle), Bosnia's
Dubioza Kolektiv, San Francisco's
La Plebe, the German rock band
Harmful,
Alexander Hacke (of
Einstürzende Neubauten),
Como Asesinar a Felipes from Chile, the former Danish experimental group
Durefursog, and
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