Gregg Yeti. Past & Present Best Lights: Sean Trinkaus, Frank Hanyak, Jehn Cerron, Bobby Budd, Christoph Ennis, Ryan McDaniels, Lincoln Tubbs, David Lester, Jessica Rudy, Robert Kane, Andrea Lee Higgins. Plus Doug White & Jocko are invaluable for studio help!
Influences
henry darger, helium, the duckhills, nick cave, the go betweens, the rolling stones, ride, my bloody valentine, pavement, jesse sykes, bob mould, sugar, lou reed & velvet underground, dandy warhols, vetiver, belle & sebastian, brian jonestown massacre, guided by voices, slowdive, landspeedrecord!, pete krebs, leatherface, grant lee buffalo, the jesus lizard, birchville cat motel, lifetime, goner, pj harvey, rocket from the crypt, dcfc, the boo radleys, aviso hara, big boote', chapterhouse, fledgling death, the dwarves, the wallmen, bleach, the nightblooms, lush, gerty, oasis, the frogs, fat day, ashley cox, built to spill, ambulance ltd, black tambourine, arcade fire, husker du, galaxie 500, jawbreaker, ned's atomic dustbin, guitar, hot water music, eric's trip, enon, cardiacs, dinosaur jr, latimer, lilys, stereolab, snfu, smile, velocity girl, teenage fanclub, the church, snowpony, cursive, worm quartet, flake music, the spells, social distortion, longwave, U2, majestic twelve, modest mouse, elysian fields, mogwai, nada surf, eazy-e, sonic youth, robyn hitchcock, sebadoh, face to face, descendents, guitar wolf, dionne warwick's psychic soldiers, flying saucer attack, codeine, david bowie, ccr, damon & naomi, low, blur, massive attack, the black keys, diamanda galas, godz, glenn branca, mazzy star, echo & the bunnymen, doves, hot hot heat, iggy pop, elliot, the smiths, field mice, espers, sun kil moon, four tet, felt, futureheads, jesse sterling harrison, yo la tengo, brittle stars, do make say think, ll cool j, fugazi, nation of ulysses, the who, coldplay, east river pipe, eagles of death metal, primal scream, down by law, charlatans, smashing pumpkins, supertouch, dEus, neil young, pretty things, samiam, stone roses, clap your hands say yeah, can, polvo, bloc party, spiritualized, promise ring, queens of the stone age, jon spencer, elliott smith, swirlies, beat happening, this afternoon, chavez, clawhammer, hayden, the circle stars, pacer, bongwater, red house painters, chameleons, electric chick magnets, laika, dracula jones, beulah, lookwell, ted leo, less than jake, cocteau twins, pinhead gunpowder, calla, gybe, rich kids on lsd, the sames, sleater kinney, slapshot, sloan, jawbox, clinic, hot snakes, big star, long since forgotten, secession movement, the creation, a silver mt zion, skip spence, all speakers are microphones, velvet elvis & the pimp-slap snorting corpse fuckers, american analog set, brmc, animal collective, amon tobin, broken social scene, bruce springsteen, firehose, drive like jehu, idlewild, iggy pop...
This video for Laughter Be Your Slave was by Randy Tallo.
The above video is by Elliott Mattice (www.elliottmattice.com) who is one of the coolest guys in Syracuse.
"With the abundance of forgettable indie music these days, it's always a pleasure to find something that I'll remember, like this keeper." - Big Takeover Magazine
"It's nice to know a dude can be at this game for a really long time and still make interesting music that continues to be inventive and clever." - Hanging Like A Hex
"An extremely joyful record" - Whiskey From A Wire
"Classic lo-fi alt.American creativity and such a pleasure to have this album arrive this week and find he's sounding better than ever." - Organ, UK
"Official Collection of Words Interconnected To Create A Composite Identity Of Gregg Yeti, 2008"
From underground 'zine publisher and promoter, to musician, to running his own record label, Gregg Yeti has been a fixture in the Syracuse, NY music scene since the mid-90s. It’s only over the past few years that he began performing solo, however, primarily a result of the 2002 breakup of his former band The Flashing Astonishers (New Red Archives/Substandard).
Had you visited Gregg’s myspace page shortly after FA’s demise, you’d have seen the following self-penned description of his new project: “Gregg Yeti plays all of the instruments on his recordings, writes and sings the lyrics and music, records it all at home on his ancient PC, produces and reproduces the releases, arranges the cover art, and lives the d.i.y. ethic because he trusts no one to ever do anything right."
Gregg did eventually entrust a few friends to help piece together his first proper full-length release (which is a culmination of work from his earlier EPs along with a few new gems), namely Shawn Stoyle (Gracer, Sleepaway) on drums for four tracks, and most notably Jessica Rudy on lead & backing vocals. Rudy sings on the epic opener “Deal With You Perfect” with Syracuse friends Ashley Cox & Lisa Romano, and she leads with her lilting voice on the tragic “Half On The Way” (a song originally written by the great Massachusetts songwriter Jesse Sterling Harrison) and the airy “Colonize Your Eyes.” “I love women’s voices and I fully intend to include them whenever I can, even if it means giving up the singing spotlight,” he says.
Highlights such as “Laughter Be Your Slave” and “My Narcoleptic Sara” indicate that as a songwriter, Yeti’s years of paying his indie-rock dues have paid off in spades. And with songs like the dreamy “Deal With You Perfect” and the upbeat, shared guy/girl vox in “Adventures in Bad T-shirts” on to the ever-endearing “Brighter Than The Sky,” and “Erase Her Eraser”, Heart Palpitations… never ceases to entertain fans of intelligent lyrics and good hooks.
Preproduction studio work & mixing was done by Doug White of Watchmen Studios in Buffalo (Gym Class Heroes, Lemuria, Tearwave, Psyopus, Earth Crisis), and Jocko at Syracuse’s More Sound Studio (John Brown’s Body, Ed Gein, From A Second Story Window) handled final mixing & mastering.
A compilation of Gregg Yeti’s earlier EPs is planned for later this year, to be called Wonder Buckets.
5 eps are available: "The Liver Is The Eater" ep (2007) "The Star Off Machine" ep (2006) "The Ender's Mind" ep (2005) "Leper Pony" ep (2005) "A 32 Branched Candelabra Of Evil" ep (2004) send me a message if you want one!
Thank you for adding up & coming reggae/dub/rock trio The Roast Beef Curtains from LI, NY! Please check out our Summer Of Pleasure '09 tour calendar to catch a show nearest you!
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Hey Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - hope all is well in your world.
All of our music is up on iTunes (and a bunch of other online music distributors). It would be awesome if you wanted to download a couple of our tracks - help us fund our next album! :)
Hey Gregg Yeti & The Best Lights - hope all is well in your world.
All of our music is up on iTunes (and a bunch of other online music distributors). It would be awesome if you wanted to download a couple of our tracks - help us fund our next album! :)
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TORTUGA BAR - STORM EP (VIERSIEBEN RECORDS/FINETUNES) OUT NOW!
This online EP release (5 Tracks & Artwork) is not just an appetizer for the album which follows on June 26 - among the album versions of "Storm" (feat. Evan Dando) and "Feel the Love" it contains a remix of "Storm", made by labelmates Monocular, the track "Cavallo Pazzo (Song For Mondo Fumatore To Sing)" feat. Werner Kureinski, former member of Aheads and "Do It Right", a nice version of the Daniel Johnston song performed by Tortuga Bar and Navel.
FLEDGLING DEATH IN ROCHESTER THIS SATURDAY! PREPARE FOR THE CRUNCH!
6/13/2009 8:00 PM at Lovin Cup 400 Park Point (near RIT), Rochester (henrietta, New York Cost: 5.00 Eddie Nebula and the Plague, Dirty Wings and Fledgling Death. All ages 9:30 PM
Hello, Hey Greg Hope all is well. I keep meaning to call and chat but I don't know where the time goes.. Makaras Pen has two new songs up and a whole new line up. We are excited to be back at and creating what we love. Hope you might stop in for a listen. We sure appreciate the support over the years. Sure would love to hear from you.
Gregg Yeti & The Best Lightsasaurus our lost bretheren.....Oh when can we eat delicious leaves and roam the plains again like in the days of yore?
'Tis us Bossasaurus with more remix hotness excavated from the hottest volcanoes around. This time we've got a Redman and Method Man remix of "Dangerous MC's". Please come on over to our page and check it out. We will be making it available for free download very soon.
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