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The Ichthyologist - CD (Translation Loss Records)
The Ichthyologist - 2xLP Triple Gatefold Vinyl (Vega Vinyl) - PREORDER NOW! (ships in December 2009) Available in extremely limited sets of beige/blue marble, orange/green marble or all black 180 gram wax. Order quick!!
The Ichthyologist, self released version - available only at Stonerrock.com. Click button below to buy.
Like Black Holes In The Sky: The Tribute to Syd Barrett - $14
Sutter's Fort split 7" with Grayceon - available only at stonerrock.com. Click button below to buy.
Metridium Fields The End Records Digipak CD - $10
Monster In The Creek EP - SOLD OUT
Metridium Field - original self released version - $10
Ernst Haeckel Full Color Starfish T-Shirt - $15
Full color on black Fruit of the Loom Lofteez 100% Cotton shirts. Available in all sizes, including AMERICAN APPAREL girly-T!!
Ernst Haeckel Medusa Starfish T-Shirt - $15
White and grey ink hand pulled onto black Fruit of the Loom Heavy 100% Cotton shirts. Only Large left!!
White Anatomical Shark on Black Shirt - SOLD OUT
White and red ink on black shirt.
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Influences
All things with down tuned strings. Creatures with gills, though vertebrae are not necessary. Monterey Bay Aquarium. Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni. Symbiotic relationships. Tectonic shift. El Niño. Paleoichthyology. Cryptozoology. Anadromous leviathans. Time travel. The Internationl Shark Attack Files. The Gold Rush. Aquatic animal echolocation. Shark Week. Liars, lovers, and the few things in between. Subhumans records. Albums engineered by Billy Anderson and Matt Bayles.
Fans of artistically intelligent and organically heavy indie/stoner/post/doom rock/metal and ambient whatever music, in the vein of such bands as Amber Asylum, Isis, Grayceon, Pleasure Forever, Black Heart Procession, God Speed You Black Emperor, Agalloch, Torche, Intronaut, Mono, Boris, Unsane, Tarantula Hawk, Bongzilla, Mastodon, Earth, My Bloody Valentine, Goblin, Om, Minsk, Pelican, Mogwai, Neurosis, Tarental, Blonde Redhead, Unwound, Melvins, Sleep, High on Fire, Tone, Grails, Acid King, Zombi, avant-gard/experimental/progressive rock/metal such as Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum, Priest Bird, Secret Chiefs 3, and Estradasphere, classic rock like Black Sabbath, King Crimson, Rush, The Doors and Pink Floyd, as well as progressive punk the likes of Subhumans, Citizen Fish, Bad Religion and Dead Kennedys, should appreciate Giant Squid's worship of raw guitar overdrive, deliberate delicateness, barbed riffs, somber interludes, tide-like build ups, lyrical scientific jargon, pretty guitar amps, and bad in between song banter at gigs.
Sounds Like
Lots of down tuned pretty things.
Record Label
Translation Loss, Vega Vinyl
Type of Label
Indie
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About GIANT SQUID (New Album Available on CD and Vinyl!)
Based on a graphic novel of the same name and currently in the works, written by Giant Squid founding member, Aaron Gregory, The Ichthyologist is a grand scale adventure through the bottomless waters of regret, revenge, and redemption. Through the increasingly delusional thoughts of a man of science, stripped of his humanity and left with nothing but the churning sea in front of him, comes a time hopping tale about adapting in inhuman ways, to survive the shock of the most tragic aspects of human life, transforming oneself in to something else entirely in the process.
Incoming praise for the 2009 self released version of The Ichthyologist. Quotes are linked to their source when available:
"An encompassing and engrossing sensory trip." - Terrorizer Magazine
Metridium Fields, the band's debut album on The End Records, was released as a gorgeous digi-pak in August of 2006, and quickly garnered rave reviews around the world. Quotes are linked to their source when available:
Acclaim for Metridium Field, the self released version on the band's own, Tyrannosaurus Records, 2004. Quotes are linked to their source when available:
"La Brea Tar Pits" live at 924 Gilman, Berkeley CA.
"Throwing a Donner Party at Sea" live at 924 Gilman, Berkeley, CA with Karyn Crisis!!
Recording guest appearances on The Ichthyologist, with Billy Anderson, at Shark Bite Studios, Oakland, CA.
Aaron and Jackie vocal/overdub session tidbits from Red Room studio, Seattle, WA with Matt Bayles for The Ichthyologist.
"Revolution in the Water" live at the hardrock/metal showcase for the 2007, SAMMIES Awards in Sacramento CA, with Scotty on drums.
"Neonate" live at Emo's, Austin TX opening for ISIS, Sep 2006, from the Scotty (drums) / Kimberly Freeman (keyboards) era.
"Age of Accountability" live at Old Ironsides, Sacramento, CA, Oct 2005, from the Monster In The Creek era.
Mississippi fan, John Hopper, jamming along to "Metridium Fields." Dude also has one of him jamming to "Ampullae of Lorenzini". John rules, and gets fan of the year award. Now get to work on the Sutter's Fort video, dude! :)
Giant Squid is endorsed by legendary guitar amp manufacturer, ORANGE. Aaron bought the loudest one they make. Click the logo above to see all the ORANGE gear we use.
Aaron Gregory is proudly endorsed by MATT RAINES GUITARS. Raines had two semi-hollow, baritone (27"), seven string beasts hand made exactly to Aaron's designs - with Sevengill shark teeth fretboard inlays as well as other little sharky nuances. Matt Raines can make you a Sevengill too, or check out his other amazing seven string guitars.
A couple handsome boys in La Fin Du Monde make gorgeous guitar cabs under the name, Monolith. They didn't flinch when I told them I wanted a 2x12 guitar cab loaded with an additional 15" speaker. The end result was the perfect compliment to my Orange Thunderverb 200, so now I'm having them make me another one, more or less just as an excuse to drive up to Chico and drink beers with them again. They liked the cab so much too, they built one for themselves afterwards.
Giant Squid is lovingly endorsed by the Denver, CO based, boutique drum and cymbal company, Po Boy Drums. Po Boy made us a beautiful monster of a kit. Hands down some of the greatest sounding and looking drums available, and you never have to step foot in a fucking Guitar Center.
Go here to buy the incredible collection of heavy bands covering the madcap songs of the late, great Syd Barrett. Other than our own big rock version of "Octopus", the album contains tracks by Intronaut, Jesu, Jarboe, Dredge, Pentagram, and Kylesa amongst others.
The name, GIANT SQUID, federally registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2004. All rights reserved.
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hey dudes. been checking your stuff recently. TOTALLY digging it, and I just wanted to commend you guys for being so original and inventive. Keep it disunreal :)
find a way to play a show in Indiana so I can be the only one of my friends who comes to see you. Then brag about it to friends who don't care for at least a month. Then silently await the next time you play a show in Indiana.
US Tour w/ Between The Buried And Me, Cynic & Devin Townsend! Jan 18th @ Slims in San Francisco! Be there! Pre-sale tickets are also now on sale, if you plan on coming I highly suggest getting them now! Available at ticketmaster. Links on our page!
Please play some Bay Area shows. I couldn't go to the SF show due to it being 21+ and apparently you played in Petaluma this year and I missed it somehow. I need me some Giant Squid!
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