The Graves Brothers Deluxe

Bio:

GBDLX performing "Vulture Sing" and "Splinters" on ANTHONY BOURDAIN'S NO RESERVATIONS:


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BACKGROUND:
Bela Lugosi and Elvis Presley both died on Stoo Odom's birthday. The GRAVES BROTHERS DELUXE, disembodied musical spirits from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, thus chose Odom eagerly when looking for host bodies to express themselves. A New Orleans native/ recovering archaeologist/ Pirate Cat Radio personality, Odom shares the current possessée duties with San Franciscans Willy the Mailman, Marco Villalobos, and Allison Lovejoy. Host bodies of GBDLX have put in time with THIN WHITE ROPE, SUBARACHNOID SPACE, THE RESIDENTS, GRANDADDY, and the late NOEL REDDING (yeah, him).

Since their formation in 1998, GBDLX have released a smoldering heap of albums, singles, and EPs, leading them to tours of Japan, Spain, Mexico, and the USA, plus international radio & TV appearances. Most recently, the Brothers were seen performing on ANTHONY BOURDAIN'S NO RESERVATIONS on the Travel Channel.

GBDLX also work in the world of film soundtracks ("Reeling," "Neurotique," and "Madalien the Small"), music videos (by award-winning director Nara Denning), and in 2009 released the self-titled MAHIKARI album, a collaboration with ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE's Kawabata Makoto and the BOREDOMS' Yamamoto Seiichi. Other collaborations are currently underway, including one with Eddie Shaw of '60's icons THE MONKS.

Other some-time host bodies for the Graves include Nolan Cook (the RESIDENTS, DIMESLAND), Drew Cook (DIMESLAND), Bap Pawiftni (TERRIFYING SICKOS), Jai Young Kim (SECRET CHIEFS 3), Sean Greaves (TSOL, JOYKILLER), Roger Kunkel (THIN WHITE ROPE, ACME ROCKET QUARTET), Jozef Becker (THIN WHITE ROPE, TRUE WEST, SIPPY CUPS), and more. Regardless of whoever happens to be possessed on any particular evening, the Graves Brothers Deluxe promise to scare your children into behaving.

Their newest release, SAN MALO, is a post-Hurricane Katrina re-telling of the true story of St Malo, Louisiana, a swamp village founded in 1763 by Filipino deserters of Spanish galleons. The village's struggles, isolation, and 1915 destruction by storm seem all the more relevant in 2010. Celebrated New Orleans artist BUNNY MATTHEWS and New Orleans native Bap Pawiftni provide cover art for the CD and LP respectively. "San Malo" was produced by the legendary GEZA X (Germs, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Elliott Smith) and PAUL ROESSLER (45 Grave, the Screamers).

DISCOGRAPHY:
* "Shotgun Silence"/ "Dirty Blue" 7" (Lather Records, 1998)
* Little Love Things CD/ LP (Munster Records, 2000)
* "Honey," track on Fuck the Millennium compilation CD (Munster Records, 2001)
* "I Hate You," track on 7" tribute to the monks (Electro-Harmonix, 2002)
* gonna happen to you CD (Unsafe at Any Speed, 2002)
* Filter Feeders EP (Good Forks, 2003)
* Cruzando La Pinche Frontera 7" split Picture Disc w/ LAS ULTRASONICAS (Munster Records, 2005)
* Light CD (Good Forks, 2005)
* Black Water Rising split CD w/ Boxcar Satan (Dogfingers, 2006)
* San Malo CD/ LP (Green Cookie Records/ Munster Records, 2010)

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Make sure to tune into Stoo Odom's weekly radio show, MISTER ODOM'S BOTTOMLESS PIT, every Wednesday from 4 to 6pm pacific time on Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9 FM in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Not in the area? Visit www.piratecatradio.com to listen live or enjoy a podcast anytime!

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DOWNLOAD GBDLX SONGS AT THESE SITES:
Yahoo Music
Real Rhapsody
Musicload.de
msn music
AND through the iTunes Music Store...

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Member Since:

February 18, 2005

Members:

STOO ODOM - vocals, bass (upright & electric)
WILLY THE MAILMAN - guitar, horns, megamouth
MARCO VILLALOBOS - drums, percussion, vocals
ALLISON LOVEJOY - keys

Influences:

food, nightmares, the weather, James Booker, largemouth bass

Sounds Like:

"Leonard Cohen playing Magazine and Neu covers with the Rolling Stones." - Ink 19

Record Label:

Green Cookie/ Too Long to Chew

Label Type:

Indie