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Grimace Federation
Progressive / Jungle / Metal

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Member Since7/6/2005
Band WebsiteWhere is fancy bread, in the heart or in the head?
Band Members*Wes Schwartz- guitars *Christopher Wood- drumset-percussion-vibraphone, *Jonny Wood- drumset, *Tim Conley- guitars, *Zack Zweig- vibraphone- rhodes- keyboards-percussion, *Ian Vos- basses* ,*Erik Malmgren guitars- electric bass- theramin-samples. The band features from time to time, horns, strings, vocals from : Drake, Aesop Rock, Antibalas, West Philadelphia Orchestra, Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, As Human, East Hundred, and more.
Influencespolish jazz-rock, david axelrod, gong, neu, can, isotope 217, fela kuti, king crimson, magma, pfm, weldon irvine, hall and oates, stereolab, bill frissel, johnny cash, tortoise, pat metheny, bjork, outkast, fourtet, john coltrane, amon tobin, aphex twin, dylan group, mice parade, broken social scene, talking heads, madlib, kraftwerk, king tubby, queens of the stone age, the beach boys, sam prekop, the beatles, jeff parker, burt bacharach, pinback, zombi, stravinsky, yesterday's new quintet, euphone, silver apples, jaga jazzist, kim hiorthoy, roger roger, luke vibert, lars and martin horntveth, sven libaek, freddy hubbard, five style, need new body, explosions in the sky, tristeza, the flaming lips, michael mcdonald, do/make/say/think, greg and duane allman, aesop rock, dosh, kraan, laboratorium, minotaur shock, tony allen, sonny shorock, pharoah sanders, buffalo springfield, bad plus, moroder, jeff beck, beck, wayne krantz/keith carlock, donald byrd, cymande, john carpenter, ennio moricone, cluster, idris muhammed, gil evans, magma, egg, bad brains, tool, bob james, afro rican, bo hannson, trans am, gong, marc ribot....black sabbath
Sounds Likelush and cinematic, jazzed out, prog rock played and enhanced by vibraphones, two drummers, electric guitars, samples, and bass. soundtrack-ish movements that dip into the funky, melodic, psychedelic, 70's/80's hip hop dance party now and again. something like that.
Record LabelBarn Burner
Type of LabelIndie


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Willie

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Jan 4 2010 8:20 PM

Hey, I can't wait to see you guys @ Johny Brendas!
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Jan 3 2010 9:19 PM

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Dec 5 2009 12:55 PM


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Dec 3 2009 12:19 AM

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Nov 13 2009 7:35 PM

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