GRIDDLE

Bio:

If you want to play Griddle on a podcast, you can. You've slept on three albums to this point: the zero-budget Beak (2002), and then the big-budget Turning Violet (2004), and then back to zero-budget for our collaboration with painter Stephen Tompkins, Klimty Favela (2006). But that's okay, we'll love you anyway. It's never too late to catch up.


While writing continues on Album Number Four (working title: GRIZZLED), the boys in the band have been playing in New York City a lot as of late, and are continuing with the California love.


The four personalities of Griddle are still in full force: Kimo, the mysterious one; Fortier (he's French - it's pronounced "FOUR-tee-ay"), the flirtatious one; McGrew, the energetic one; Seal, the midwestern one. They hope to stroll the cobblestoned streets of your fair city, and sleep on your couches. Griddle loves you.


We're in the studio a lot, and not on MySpace much... it's much easier to find us on Twitter or Facebook. And if you want to stream all three of our albums for free, you can at Bandcamp. Even better, come buy those albums at Griddlemusic. Every purchased album comes with a free drink at our next show (martini, whiskey, coffee, green tea, water, your choice).


We're all broke-ass musicians, so we need other jobs. Kimo tours as a guitarist with Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. Seal writes and produces shows for Pandora. Forteeay is a touring soundguy (most recently with Booker T of Booker T & the MGs). McGrew is the founder of Mythic Links (more on that later).


Loss For Words


The video here is "Dr. Becky Bolanky," from the most recent album, Klimty Favela:

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Member Since:

January 17, 2005

Members:

Kevin Seal - vocals, keyboards

Xifer Fortier - vocals, guitar

Kimo Ball - bass, keyboards

Chris McGrew - drums, bacon

Influences:

profanity, checkers, phonics, making. goll min to folgum ar pon ti grepsoning, ron?

Sounds Like:

you've got some explaining to do.

Record Label:

Turkeyleg (Pasadena, CA) & Your Permanent Records

Label Type:

None