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Grimace Federation
Progressive / Psychedelic / Afro-beat

"NORTH STAR. THURSDAY JULY 10TH. 9PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

PHILADELPHIA,
United States

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   Grimace Federation: General Info
Member Since7/6/2005
Band WebsiteWhere is fancy bread, in the heart or in the head?
Band Members*Wes Schwartz- guitars *Christopher "c dubbs" Wood- drums-percussion-vibraphone, *Jon Wood- drums, *Erik Malmgren Samuel aka "ralphie"- guitars- electric bass- theramin-samples, *Xack Xweig- vibraphone- rhodes- keyboards-percussion *Ian Vos- electric and upright basses* the band features from time to time, horns,strings,vocals from : Drake, West Philly Orchestra, East Hundred, As Human(ex- kilo) and more GEORGE CARLIN 1937-2008
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.
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Type of LabelIndie








   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 10 2008 9:00P
NORTH STAR W/ OUD BLUES, MATT DAVIS’ AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH,HURRAH DJs PHILA, Pennsylvania
Jul 13 2008 4:00P
SIREN RECORDS SAVE SIREN DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania
Jul 19 2008 1:00P
CAMP BISCO W/ SNOOP DOGG,MSTRKRAFT,AND DISCO BISCUITS MARIAVILLE, New York
Jul 26 2008 9:00P
Ab n Jax Festival.SNIPES FARM. MANY GREAT BANDS. SNIPES FARMS, Pennsylvania
Aug 14 2008 8:00P
Galapagos Brooklyn, New York
Sep 10 2008 8:00P
Silk City Phila, Pennsylvania

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   About Grimace Federation
trio of philly acid jazzers turned quintet, then sextet, of the massive sonic nature. the group offers a boom of sound packed with odd meters, psyched out tones and beautifully spooky melodies. "philly's secret weapon" A.D. AMOROSI CITY PAPER Jan 2007 .. .. ALSO OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.OUD BLUES.

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The Room





Jul 3 2008 3:51 AM

Morning

We are The Room

We are currently looking for gigs in the Nottingham area so if you here of owt then let us know please

Anyways other than that wishing you the best.

The Room
Daniel Kwon





Jun 21 2008 8:15 PM

hello jon and grimace federation...
can we open for you guys sometime?

take care

~FUNTOWN~ [is psyched for camp bisco!]





Jun 18 2008 12:27 PM

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A FREE TICKET TO CAMP BISCO 7!

Enter the Funtown Featured Resident Contest and we'll send you to Camp Bisco 7 for FREE!



Send us your best photo of YOU having fun and maybe you'll be our next featured resident. Email your pics to matt@funtownproductions.com and we'll let you know if you won.
We'll put you on the Camp Bisco 7 guestlist and publish your photo in Pulse Weekly, a free weekly paper with more than 75,000 readers in seven counties in PA and NJ!

Don't forget to answer these questions:

Age:
Hometown:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Motto:

And feel free to submit multiple FUN photos! The deadline for submissions is Monday, July, 14.


Good luck! :D

Love,
-Your friends from Funtown
Shawn Ryan





Jun 16 2008 2:17 PM

Adriana





Jun 11 2008 11:28 AM

fun seeing you guys at Snipes for Awesometown... this festie will be a fun one... come check it out!
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DuBs





Jun 6 2008 5:47 AM

OMFG. you guys ruled so hard last night.

thank you for a fantastic show at millcreek. nice work.
As Human





Jun 4 2008 11:31 AM

small back

small front
its the james





Jun 2 2008 10:46 AM

You haven't been to the Dirty South since Echo Project

Come to North Carolina!
Tim Conley





May 29 2008 9:48 AM

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BAGHEAD





May 28 2008 7:29 PM

seriously i have been saying this for like a year and a half at the very least. catch22 is the dopest track ever. i love the rest of your all tracks but that one is special. i would cut a thousand throats to rap over one of your tracks.
hope all is well
TRiBE 193





May 22 2008 10:03 AM

for sale @ jam on the river

Death For Glory





May 16 2008 11:10 PM

Dear Grimace Federatioin,


So Good...

Love Matt
Circles





May 14 2008 8:50 AM

James Dallas





May 13 2008 11:35 AM

Thanks, I appreciate the add & friendship...JD
The Healthy Hippie Magazine





May 11 2008 5:25 PM

Awesometime at awesometown this weekend.
Great set. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Jiglet





May 11 2008 12:36 PM

You guys put on a great show at Awesometown last night - I'd say it was the best set of the weekend.
Excited to see you at Camp Bisco!
Etienne





May 7 2008 4:27 PM

You are the best band that I'seen during my week in NY!
With love,
EV

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Highbrid





May 7 2008 6:46 AM

World Cafe Live Poster
Erica





May 4 2008 9:14 PM

Yo see you guys at Awesometown.

When are you going up? Will you be there on Friday? We should have a camp out party
JESSE





May 4 2008 7:16 AM

Check you guys out.
Tight!
Grimace Federation @ Siren Records 5-03-08
John





May 4 2008 6:48 AM

NICE JOB FELLAS.
Erik Malmgren





May 1 2008 11:25 AM

4.24 Erik on Washboard #5
4.24 Erik on Washboard #3
The Yellow Tiger





Apr 27 2008 11:06 AM

Very Nice....HOping to finally catch you guys in Doylestown this weekend.
:)
The SEA Trio





Apr 23 2008 11:14 PM


the walk ons





Apr 21 2008 8:47 AM

Absolutely incredible stuff, guys. We're honored to have opened for you (and would never want to have to follow you!). Looking forward to your next new york show.
mondo primo





Apr 18 2008 11:22 AM

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~FUNTOWN~ [is psyched for camp bisco!]





Apr 16 2008 4:03 PM

Come spend Earth Day with us! This year it falls during a full moon on 4/20! We're starting the day off with a 2pm pillow fight at Love Park and ending the evening at the Trocadero to see the Heavy Pets!



Let us know if you wanna come have fun with us so we can keep an eye for out for ya! This Sunday is gonna rock!!!

For details go to - www. funtownproductions. com

Love,
Your friends from Funtown
Fall Philadelphia Tattoo Invitational





Apr 15 2008 10:00 AM

........
nowhere





Apr 15 2008 7:45 AM

Yo Guys,
want to join us for a brew?
come hang out with us at
doc watson's pub this thursday night, april 10th.
216 s.11th st. phila, PA 19107
215.922.3427 or docwatsons. net
awesome food, cheap parking lot, good friends,
and of course... rock & roll !!!
Tha Itis





Apr 12 2008 12:00 PM

Grimace Peoples! Jim here...tossed Ian our new demo disk - hopefully it got tossed around a little bit! Sorry our convo in the coffee house about the bass effects got cut short, looked like you had much work to do haha...anyways, would love to catch up with ya'll soon.
See you at awesometown
its the james





Apr 10 2008 1:42 PM

Bring the Grimace back to the South!

Echo Project was not enough

later
nowhere





Apr 9 2008 6:58 AM

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Awesometown