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BUY YOUR COPY OF BEDLAM NIGHTS AT ITUNES TODAY!
"Tom Waits + Nine Inch Nails + a BAD attitude = one cool ass, mutha f*cking CD!" --Dee Snider in regards to Bedlam Nights--
"Welcome to the dark side of the singer/songwriter mantra... The long awaited doom laden tunesmith approach that harkens the mysterious & haunting mood driven atmosphere... Any way you look at it, Brian Grosz shows profound artistry with Bedlam Nights, sparking intrigue with his distinct musical showmanship." --Tommy Hash, ytsejam.com--
"Deliciously dangerous... Bedlam Nights isn't a CD for everyone -- and I'd be really scared if it was." --Music Connection Magazine--
"a unique vision that is beyond bleak... 3.5 stars" -- popsyndicate.com--
It's always darkest before dawn: the narcotic warmth is turning cold, the hangover is knocking on the front door and the miserable tendrils of reality begin gripping tightly beneath your skin. It's a liminal moment that Brooklyn's BRIAN GROSZ doesn't seem to want to leave; ever.
Usually seen fronting DOGS OF WINTER, the NYC hard-rock power-trio (or heard on radio and television as a professional voiceover artist), BRIAN GROSZ has been basking in these moments of painfully fleeting clarity to bring forth the collection of naked and delicate material seen on his debut LP as a solo musician, Bedlam Nights (Exotic Recordings).
At face value, GROSZ has traded in the "Marshall Amps On 11" for an acoustic guitar to play the sensitive singer-songwriter routine. But a second glance shows that even his softer side is calloused and scarred.
Combining the ramshackle snarl of Tom Waits with the methadone nod of Mark Lanegan and the storm clouds that loom above P.J. Harvey, GROSZ steeps his songs of masochistic sentiment in a tumbler of whiskey and then stirs it with the relic of a straight razor.
Reveling in the imperfections of passion, GROSZ brings us murder-suicide ballads, crippled lullabies and endlessly dark hallways filled with the lingering, metallic scent of ill-fated liasons. As a whole, his songs reveal a family portrait of fractured, motherless children set free in an imperfectly sterile world.
GROSZ's full-length debut is a low-fi, rock/alt-folk album that was cobbled together in attics, bedrooms, stairwells and kitchens. Drawing from years of classical theater training and a decade in the radio/TV voice-over industry, Bedlam Nights reveals GROSZ howling like a caged animal one minute and floating on a papery whisper the next.
Captured with neglected equipment and laid over the rattle of vinatge organs, snarling guitars and the clang of cast iron cookware, these 11 songs of desperation roll the stone back from the mouth of the cave and lurch wounded into the impending twilight.
The listener can hear the space around the notes and the texture of the environment (not to mention passing traffic, ringing phones, radio intererence and other perfect blemishes). It's an outpost of organic imperfection in a world of digital sterility.
And while his live shows are always punctuated with witty banter - people go to his shows for the pontification as much as the playing - it's always humor from the gallows.
"DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell." Bill Margold, Cinema Seen, L.A. X..Press
Brian Grosz...love your default. You are ridiculously sexy, but you don't tour the PacNW often enough. Would love to catch your show in Portland or Seattle.
Thank you for your friendship. Please check out the my flyer for the great lineup of musicians I’m going to be working with at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 16th. I am so excited! Peace and love, Pat Holley
A special DVD set of the February shows is now available to pre-order at the wire-sound shop
This strictly limited edition 2 disc, region free, PAL format DVD set will be shipped in June.
The ‘Real Life + Thereafter’ DVD contains the entire concert filmed at Manchester Academy …
PLUS … Extra features include ‘Feed The Enemy’ filmed at the rehearsals, an alternate take of ‘A Song From Under The Floorboards’ and exclusive images from the period …
PLUS … On the second CD disc, you get an audio recording straight from the desk of 11 songs from the show at The Forum, London …
PLUS … In the package, you get a free tour T-Shirt in any size you like ranging from Super Small to Mighty XL and all stops in between.
VICKTORY MEGA PACK, 4 total discs!!! Feature Film- VICKTORY to the UNDERDOG 2 Companion Discs Soundtrack for VICKtory to the UNDERDOG!
VICKTORY TO THE UNDERDOG HELL AND BACK "Vicktory: To The Underdog" takes an in depth look at world renowned tattoo artist "Brandon Bond" and his dog rescue efforts - particularly rescuing the infamous Michael Vick fighting dogs.
Rather than focusing on the dog fighting problem, the movie sheds light on solutions leading to "Vicktory" for all the underdogs in the movie - tattoo people, pitbulls, parolees and all the other people in this world that society has turned their back on through ignorance and racism.
The movie also examines the life of Brandon Bond and his struggle with balancing fame, fortune and the Rock-N-Roll tattoo lifestyle with a more fulfilling life that focuses on the betterment of both animals and society as a whole.
Featuring celebrities like Debbie and Danny Trejo, Michael Berryman, Pixie Acia and Donal Logue, the movie takes you on an incredible journey you will never forget!
2 COMPANION DISCS
This TWO DISC collection is made to accompany the feature documentary "Vicktory to the Underdog" produced by Stranglehold Publications.
Disc 1 is a completely different 2 hour version of the film, created by Scott "El" Haney, and Brandon Bond
Hello from Finland! It's a name-dropping FRENZY!!! I just released my new cd featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Lanegan, Steve Berlin (los lobos), Chris and Carla from the Walkabouts, Peter Case, Scott McCaughey (YFF, REM)and Jim Roth (built to spill). CD has liner notes by Biographer Charles R. Cross (BackStreets-Springsteen...Heavier than Heaven-Cobain...Roomful of Mirrors-Hendrix...etc. Also I have finally put "Passing Thru" on my site as well for you to hear...this is the one with Eddie Vedder, Victoria Williams, and Carla Torgerson trading verses with me...it has not been availablé for a long time, and I also have it on i-tunes, etunes, amazon and rhapsody. Okay...I hope you are doing well!
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