and The Souls of the Faithful Departed:
Pete Griffin - drums, ebow guitar
John Toljanic - bass, vocals
Mike Przygoda - guitar
Influences
Beatles, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Brian Eno, The Who, Pink Floyd, Badfinger, Harry Partch, King Crimson, Can, Bob Wills, Hildegard Von Bingen, Cheap Trick
Sounds Like
Wilco and Radiohead dress up like Ziggy-era Bowie and set out to re-record The White Album...
Joe Griffin writes hooky, odd guitar pop/rock inspired by and recalling the work of such giants as The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty and Ziggy-era David Bowie. Praise from the Illinois Entertainer spanning the last decade includes such laudatory phrases as "truly talented" and "rich, strong vocals," as well as slightly puzzling ones like "intelligent guitars."
Joe Griffin has been playing guitar and performing music for thirty years. During his musical career he has performed and/or recorded with numerous Chicago bands including the Others, Question of Honour, and The Radio Hour. He is currently a member of the garage-experimental duo Donny Who Loved Bowling and the lead guitarist for his brother Pete's band Braintree. Joe's full-length CD, "Rough Cut Love," will be released September 3, 2006 on Toxic Bag Records.
You can order "Rough Cut Love" now from Toxic Bag Records. (If the page shows up just code/text, refresh your browser--we're working on it!)
Just stopping by to listen to some of your new music. Looks like you're crazy busy as usual. Love "I am stretched on Your Grave." I also like the new version of "Cold Hands Warm Heart" but I'm still partial to the original. Keep Rockin'!
Thank you for the opportunity to promote "ROUGH CUT LOVE" on our show. The free copies are going like hotcakes and just this morning I awoke with "Cold Hands Warm Heart" stuck in my head. It's infectious!
We had ourselves a Donny Who Loved Bowling/Joe Griffin/Christopher Petkus segment on last night's show to prove our love. There's pudding there if you wanna sift through it. Mmmm puddin'.
