Finding comfort in performing under many different names , C. Gibbs ( aka Lucinda Black Bear, He Arrived By Helicopter, Motherwell Johnston, Christian Gibbs) is the primary nom de plum Gibbs returns to for releasing and performing the bulk of his creative output.

Gibbs past musical credits have seen him experimenting with more instrumental textures, open tunings, synthesizers and found sound with He Arrived By Helicopter , He also fronted the band Lucinda Black Bear which has garnered accolades for their album “ ‘Capo My Heart’ and other Bear Songs” on NPR, Paste, and WFUV. Gibbs performed in The Broadway Rock Musical Passing Strange and the movie directed by Spike Lee of the same name. Before he was of drinking age the songwriter also had a brief stint as a lead guitarist for a “one hit wonder” 4AD English band while living in London. After an US tour and being refused admission back in the UK he moved to NYC where he started the seminal post punk rock trio Morning Glories. Gibbs then signed to Atlantic Records as The C. Gibbs Group but kept releasing albums post Atlantic on other labels eventually starting his own Eastern Spurs Recordings which he runs to this day.