Argyle Goolsby was born in Bluefield, Virginia and coinceidentally shares the same birthday as Doyle. Goolsby went through his formative years learning to paint, draw and skateboard.
Blitzkid was Argyle's first band, and throughout their career, Goolsby has been one of the driving forces of the outfit. Often times handling all of the band's booking, art direction, live show aesthetics and countless hours of promoting, Goolsby is truely a workhorse and has been driven ever since the band began to help it succeed. They have toured relentlessly since 1999, all over the U.S. and Europe.
Goolsby has gone from being just a bass player onstage to being a sheer force of nature in recent years. Onstage, he will flail around and jump, play the bass behind his back, hang from rafters, stand atop the drumkit or lash himself with any objects nearby. Goolsby even wields the bass as an instrument and a weapon simultaneiously. It is an extension of who he is and what he does live. Some call it maniacal, some call it catharsis through music, and some call it pure energy. All of these things encapsulate his onstage presence.
All that can be said about Goolsby isn't simply derived from stage show or live energy though. Over the years, Goolsby has purposely made himself into a very prolific and engaging songwriter, writing some of Blitzkid's catchiest and most memorable songs that have easily become some of the biggest fan favorites. He has evolved from straight up punk rock in the time Blitzkid has been a band to include influences such as dub reggae, old country, rockabilly, doowop and goth in his compositions, sometimes within the space of the same song. With a distinct and prevalent knowledge of art, this has certainly helped Blitzkid remain at the forefront of horror rock and it's constituents.
In 2005, Goolsby was asked to join Gorgeous Frankenstein, ex-Misfits guitarist Doyle's new band. Together with Doyle and newly recruited ex-Misfits drummer DR. CHUD, the capable trio are writing new songs that will appear on the follow up to 2007's self-titled Gorgeous Frankenstein album. Goolsby is indeed an asset to the band, with his seething basslines and competent croony/raspy vocals and diverse musical palette. Widely respected all over the world, he is ever the consumate professional.
ARGYLE GOOLSBY SELECT DISCOGRAPHY-
BLITZKID-
Revisited EP 1999(self released)
Terrifying Tales 2000(self released)
Let Flowers Die 2001(self released)
Trace of A Stranger 2003 (Antidote Records/re-released in 2004 via Fiend Force Records)
Exhuming Graves and Making Dates split 10" w/Mister Monster 2004 (Fiend Force Records)
Everyday Is Halloween split 7" w/The Spook 2004 (Fiend Force Records)
Trace of A Stranger 2006( re-released via Horror High Records)
Let Flowers Die 2006 (re-released via Horror High Records)
Terrifying Tales/Death By Jersey CD/DVD 2006 (released by Cinema Sky Productions)
Five Cellars Below 2006 (Fiend Force Records)
Blitzkid/Cryptkeeper Five split 7" 2007 (No Balls Records)