Bleeding art: Steve van Gelder is Joe Fool
Steve van Gelder is more than just a double for and Howard Stern Show favorite Robert Schimmel.
Separated at birth: Steve van Gelder (l) and Bob Schimmel
In fact, he’s a versatile and accomplished talent who’s achieved notice as a tasteful Canuck rocker, and self-hating corporate .
Now, Steve is following the lead of other indie musicians who have given up on making money with their art by dumping his entire catalog on the Web via his new site, .
A history in music
Steve’s oeuvre includes six albums, ranging from 1992′s (recorded in Steve’s native Toronto) to the 2008 Dallas solo production .
In between, Steve released three Joe Fool albums, (1996), (2000) and (2001) and teamed with Dallas pals Brandon Higgins (of Kicked In The Nuts fame) and Charlie Begue as the Karolinas for (2004).
Steve’s perhaps most notable, however, for his oversized acrylic on wood art work Love Hurts, featuring my own stylized portrait, adorned with an audaciously bleeding heart.
Sample a few SVG tracks here. Then visit for a whole lot more.
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