Grifters

...1980s as A Band Called Bud , with vocalist/guitarist Scott Taylor, bassist Tripp Lamkins, and drummer Dave Shouse. After being renamed the Grifters (after the novel by Jim Thompson ) by 1990, Shouse joined Taylor on guitar, with Stanley...

In this article: Shangri-La Records, Sub Pop, Disfigurehead, Memphis, and Cicero

One Sock Missing is the second album from the Grifters released in 1993 on Shangri-La Records . "Certainly the most low-key (if not lo-fi) of the Grifters' early records, 1993's One Sock Missing is less noisy and aggressive than its...

In this article: One Sock Missing, Pussy Galore, So Happy Together, Shangri-La Records, Captain Beefheart, and Crappin' You Negative

...with hooks and melody, observations which in turn led to comparisons to similarly hard to define bands such as Polvo and Grifters. The band achieved a certain amount of success by embarking on a tour of the U.S. in 1996 with Karate , Archers...

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...into More Than Lazy. Like other Hot Monkey releases, Lazy features song elements and lyrics that would later be recorded by the Grifters. The short instrumental "4 Eyes" features the lead guitar riff of Crappin' You Negative's "Cinnamon",...

In this article: Lazy, Hot Monkey, Shangri-La Records, Crappin' You Negative, One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, and More Than Lazy

One year before taking on a real drummer and the name the Grifters , Tripp Lamkins, David Shouse and Scott Taylor played and performed under the name 'A Band Called Bud'. Because no one who answered the ad Shouse had placed in the then...

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...with "Red Face," one of those instantly, insanely catchy rock songs that is endearingly rough around the edges: Think Guided by Voices, the Grifters, and Bricks (Mac of Superchunk's early side project). Then comes "Car Crash," with its...

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The Kingdom Of Jones is the second 7" EP by Memphis indie rock band The Grifters . Shangri-La Records re-released the first two Grifters singles in 1996 as the The Doink Years 10" and again on CD in 2006. The song "Snake Oil" features the...

In this article: Shangri-La Records, The Grifters, and Memphis

...album by Memphis indie rock band The Grifters , and their first for Sub Pop Records. While Sub Pop released the Compact Disc, the Grifters remained true to their old home, Shangri-La Records, which was able to receive the licensing for...

In this article: Ain't My Lookout, Sub Pop, Radio City, Compact Disc, Jim Woodring, Shangri-La Records, Joan Wasser, and The Grifters

...and from Sebadoh to Phish. How did you link up with him? JW: I was playing in a band called Those Bastard Souls that Dave Shouse from the Grifters put together. We were making the second record, "Debt and Departure," and we had Bryce mix...

In this article: Joan Wasser, Bryce Goggin, Police Woman, Real Life, Boston University, Sebadoh, Antony Hegarty, Lou Reed, and Dambuilders

...pop, and Krautner's guitar-- even muffled under some suitably swampy production-- sounds absolutely vicious. --Nate Patrin Grifters: "Queen of the Table Waters" [1994] By now, everyone knows just how much was lost on the relative...

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