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Death Grips ist eine amerikanische Hip-Hop-Gruppe, die im Jahr 2010 gegründet wurde. Zur Band gehören der Rapper MC Ride, der Schlagzeuger Zach Hill und der Produzent Andy Morin. Die Musik von Death Grips wird von Kritikern oft dem experimentellen Hip-Hop zugerechnet. Im Jahr 2014 gab die Gruppe ihre Auflösung bekannt, in der Folgezeit erschienen allerdings dennoch weitere Veröffentlichungen. Death Grips stammen aus dem kalifornischen Sacramento und wurden ursprünglich von MC Ride (bürgerl. Stefan Burnett) und Zach Hill gegründet. Ihr im Jahr 2011 erschienenes Mixtape Exmilitary erreichte zunächst im Internet große Verbreitung und wurde in der Folge auch von der Kritik...

Born in a family with a singing mother and a radio producer father and a brother. Since early childhood I’ve been told that I spent late evenings as an infant under a grand piano, thus consuming lots of lieder by Hugo Wolf and Franz Schubert. I would think that this type of immersion into music must some way alter the state of a person. With this musical coating I was soon presented to the recorder, an instrument that was considered the entrance tool for music exploration. After some years I was given the possibility to play cello, and this instrument...

'The natural progression from the Who to the Jam to Oasis' -Village Voice... “Sparkling, insanely catchy psyche-pop”: The Grip Weeds are a critically acclaimed Psychedelic Rock /Power Pop quartet consisting of brothers Kurt and Rick Reil (on drums and guitar respectively), Kristin Pinell (guitar) and Michael Kelly (bass). Surrounded by their vintage equipment, this talented four-piece band records slices of perfect, radio-friendly guitar-pop, psychedelic enough to appeal to record junkies and Sixties-retro fans, but edgy enough to fit into a modern rock set. Strange Change Machine, the new Grip Weeds double CD/LP, is a 24-song tour de force that sees...

Pistol Grip is a street punk band, formed in Los Angeles in 1997. Their sound has been described as a mixture of the UK and LA styles of punk fused with anti-religious and quasi-political lyrics. The band built up a strong local following through playing shows with The Adicts, Agnostic Front, The Generators, Youth Brigade and The Unseen. Their first release was a split album with fellow LA street punk band Fully Loaded. The album caught the attention of BYO Records, who signed the band in 2001. They have since released three full length albums on the label, including 2004's...

gripweed. is an electro-rock band from Italy. Their story begins some time before they decided to name themselves after the character performed by John Lennon in "How I won the War", a movie by Richard Lester. In the shadowy and empty corners of a small village in the Italian far south, the band realized they had to raise their game musically. Comprised of vocalist Cristian Rosa, guitarist Alberto la Riccia and bassist Lucantonio Pignataro, gripweed. made their live debut in 2002. Scoring with an intimate style, a view on autobiographical features and movie fascinations, they self-produced in 2004 their first...