Steve uses Fender guitars and Ampeg amplification.
Greg uses Gibson guitars, Marshall heads, and Orange cabs.
Priest bashes on Ludwig drums with ProMark Oak 2S Tommy Aldridge Signature sticks.
Influences
Sex, sleaze, and debauchery.
Led Zeppelin, Clutch, Kyuss, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Yes, Nick Drake.
stoner rock, 70's glam, classic rock, progressive, metal, jazz, funk, 80's wave.
authors: Chuck Palahniuk, Ray Bradbury, JD Salinger, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Allen Poe, Piers Anthony, David Sedaris, Stephen King
film: Todd Solondz films, Alfred Hitchcock films, Christopher Nolan films, Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly ("Enter the Dragon"), Jack Spade, Junebug aka "OG" aka "Over Gold", John Slade, Hammer, Slammer, Flyguy, Kung Fu Joe
alchemy, heresy, nihilism, historical revisionism, serial killers, religious/war history, crazy Korean chicks, the Terracotta Army, historical figures, Raphael, Carvaggio, Da Vinci, Botticelli, Bernini, Michelangelo, Poussin, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac "fucking" Newton, The Gallery of Maps, Sistine Chapel, Flemish art.
StonerRock.com, Man's Ruin, Frank Kozik, tattoos, ATHF, Family Guy,
Sealab 2021, Ren & Stimpy, Beavis & Butthead, Law & Order, Animal Planet, Belgian beer, porn, vodka, honey, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Golden State Warriors, Cal Bears, UCLA Bruins, hot chicks, cheerleader outfits, thongs, edible panties, silk stockings, garter belts, corsets, cats, waterfalls, raw foodism, veganism, fruitarianism, freeballing, "Favorite Indian Restaurant", Korean BBQ, kimchee & other pickled products, McDonald's milkshakes, sushi, Amsterdam, and buddha.
Formed in April 2007 within the nether regions of Oakland, California, GRISSOM is a musical fusion of GREENHOUSE EFFECT and BRNR members Steve W Lee (vocals/bass/keys), Greg Randolph (guitar) and Priest (drums).
Co-mingling blazing metal/rock/jazz riffs with acoustic guitar, vocal pop sensibilities, keyboards, and Bonham-esque thundering drums, GRISSOM culls influences from a wide variety of artists and musical styles...creating vast aural pleasures for girls and boys and animals of all types, ages, shapes, and sizes!
Envision a musical 3-ring big-top circus, complete with whip-wielding contortionists, burlesque strippers, spinning plates, and a fire-breathing elephant teetering precariously on a silk tightrope...highly unpredictable, ever-changing, and ready to slay!
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CREDITS:
All music written by Greg Randolph, vocals & lyrics by Steve W Lee, held together by Priest's thunderous backbeat!
NOTES & NEWS: New Grissom CD Completed!
GRISSOM just finished recording "Legend of Jim Kelly" at Sonic Room Studios in Livermore with Tim Narducci (Systematic, Spiral Arms). The music ranges from acoustic interludes, jazz to balls-out rock!
- The band name GRISSOM comes from the TV character "Gil Grissom" of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
LIVE SHOWS:
2/29/08: Eli's Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, California 94609 with Greenhouse Effect, Big Blue Whale
12/13/2007: Fat City
314 11th Street, San Francisco, California 94103 with the Resurrection (The Golden Gods), Medieval Knievel, Swig
12/06/2007: Grant & Green
1371 Grant Ave, San Francisco, California, 94133 with Disastroid, Big Blue Whale
11/30/2007: Daytons Bar-N-Grill (aka "Shorty's")
2368 Pacheco Blvd, Martinez, California 94553 with Wildside, Destroyer
High GRISSOM! Pablo here, reporting in from Inner Space to wish you Happy February & a great 2009! (we interrupt this comment with a brief announcement: Pablo's first new album in 5 years,"Take Two," Is Here & Now! -16 tracks of sugar coated insanity-available on iTunes, CD Baby, etc.) - Stop by my page to hear 4 new songs! God bless!!! P (P.S. the new album is best appreciated on a higher plane....;))
Right on! Hope everything is going well with you. We had a killer year, and looking forward to 2009. We appreciate your support. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!! LID
Thanks for the add! Be sure to stop by our page sometime to give us a listen and drop us a line if you want! Our ears are always open to you and anyone who supports us! Also be sure to snag a banner to throw up on your page if you like what you hear!
Hope your having a kick ass summer. LID will be hitting the road til October, if we don't see ya at one of our shows, we will talk to ya when we get home. Have a great rest of the summer. LID
McGreetings GRISSOM, Cheers for being my friend on myspace and I sincerely hope you enjoyed our music. Please Keep in touch as we value your friendship and support very much! All the very best to you and yours, from McDave and the boys of Pegasus in Bonnie Scotland. ROCK ON! and have a great weekend.
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