The Gufs Duo with guest Zach Steinbach

since 1988

Started on the gritty but thriving Milwaukee music scene in 1988, Morgan Dawley (guitar), Dejan Kralj (bass), Goran Kralj (vocals, piano, guitar), and Scott Schwebel (drums) - later joined by Brian Pettit (percussion) - The Gufs began in a college dorm room, then into a basement, and a garage. Writing and rehearsing, eventually landing their first gig at The Unicorn, a legendary Milwaukee rock club.

The band’s early years of filling clubs, then theaters and large festivals around the Midwest, in combination with recording a handful of indie albums made significant waves on college radio, eventually leading The Gufs to sign a major label recording contract with Atlantic Records in the mid 90s.

After two albums (“The Gufs” 1995, “Holiday from You” 1999), radio hits “Smile,” "Crash into Me,” singles “Lost Along the Way,” and “Stuck,” coupled with extensive national touring the band decided to part ways with Atlantic and went into relative musical seclusion.

The Gufs – all four original members - have reunited only selectively since the early 2000s. In 2006 they released their only post-Atlantic studio album “A Different Sea” on Red Submarine Records, followed by a series of outdoor concerts with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (2007), a 20th retrospective performance (2008), and an induction appearance into the Wisconsin Music Hall of Fame (2012).

In 2018 The Gufs returned for THIRTY, two sold-out nights at Milwaukee's iconic Pabst Theater in December, celebrating the band's 30th year, followed by an encore performance in December of 2019 and continued popularity.

During the pandemic of 2020/1 the band found innovative ways to stay connected to each other and music by writing, recording, and releasing a series of new singles without ever being in the same room.