Grifters

Grifters
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Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock
Group Members: Stanley Gallimore, Tripp Lamkins, Dave Shouse, Scott Taylor
Biography: If Guided by Voices are the Beatles of the mid-'90s lo-fi scene, then the Grifters' big, bluesy racket could certainly qualify as the Stones. Deliberately noisy, sloppy, and out-of-tune, the band masks their melodies under a heavy static fuzz of distortion. Based in Memphis and definitely influenced ...Read full biography
Crappin' You Negative
Released: 1994
Label: Shangri-La, Inc.
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Among the best albums to come out of the '90s lo-fi D.I.Y. scene, Crappin' You Negative ebbs and flows on oceans of spliced and diced vocal melodies and noisy guitar effects. The band's songs are confessional ...Read full review
One Sock Missing
Released: 1993
Label: Shangri-La, Inc.
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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 immediate predecessor, So Happy Together, but that doesn't mean it's ...Read full review
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