Geoff Westen is an American musician, songwriter, artist, producer and graphic designer. He was a member of the seminal San Francisco rock group The Other Half with guitarist Randy Holden, and was subsequently a founding member of Epic Records' recording group C.K. Strong with lead singer Lynn Carey. Recording as The Balls in London, he released the single "I Love The Balls" on Towerbell Records,The Balls; discogs and the follow-up release "I Never Dress Right" under the name The Scoop.The Scoop; discogs
As a graphic designer, Westen designed the album cover for Steely Dan's album, Aja. As a songwriter he co-wrote "Lovin' You," a solo single for Shocking Blue singer, Mariska Veres and "Leather Boots" recorded by Alice Cooper on the album Flush the Fashion. The album was distributed by Warner Bros. RecordsLeather Boots; allmusic in 1980 and re-released on Rhino RecordsFlush the Fashion; Rhino Records in 2011.
Since 2002, he has released seven albums on Disturbing Music. The pop albums, The Pigs Oink!The Pigs; allmusic was named by indie-music.com as one of the "Top Indie Albums of 2006, Vidiots Tune In!Vidiots; allmusic was released in 2008 and I'm Not CrazyI'm Not Crazy; "Salt Lake Underground Magazine" in 2015. His rock/ambient instrumental albums are Xmas Vol. 1Holiday Music; "USA Today" in 2003, BirthBirth; all music in 2004 and ActivateActivate; all music in 2011.
Discography Performer The Other Half GNP/Crescendo Records – 1966 C.K. Strong Epic Records - 1969 The Balls/The Scoop Towerbell Records - 1981
Albums Digital Activity Xmas Vol. 1 Disturbing Music – 2003 Digital Activity Birth Disturbing Music - 2004 The Pigs Oink! Disturbing Music - 2006 Vidiots Tune In Disturbing Music - 2008 Activate Disturbing Music - 2011 I'm Not Crazy Disturbing Music - 2015 Random Acts of Music Disturbing Music - 2021
Songwriter Mariska Veres - "Lovin' You" - 1976 Alice Cooper – "Leather Boots" - 1980
References
External links Disturbing Music homepage