Yeah but the end of "The Sweetest Thing" may be their most gorgeous moment.
― Evan, Monday, 19 April 2010 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i am
the mambo king
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 April 2010 05:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Wrapped tight in my tarantula skin
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 19 April 2010 06:45 (fourteen years ago) link
their most gorgeous moment = gotta be something off the Eureka EP. maybe Founder's Day Parade.
― dmr, Monday, 19 April 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Dragoon (Tripp and Stan from the Grifters + Bobby from Trusty) has something out now:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FF8860/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_mp3a
Dragoon is still slugging through.
myspace.com/dragoonmemphis
trying to get the first record done. Everything's recorded just need to mix a few things. And get it mastered. And do all the art.. it'll never get done..
― griftertripp, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 10:41 AM
― dmr, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
their most gorgeous moment = gotta be something off the Eureka EP. maybe Founder's Day Parade.[
Founder's Day Parade is indeed a gorgeous tune.
The Grifters are still one of my favourite bands ever along with Ramones, Buzzcocks,Du, Mats et al - 'famous' bands if y'like
― Fer Jessie the Drunk Dutch Mountain Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i think "wonder" is a pretty song
― 69, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
friend of mine just ripped a Grifters live show from cassette
http://soundcloud.com/dan-lehr/the-grifters-cha1994
live in Chattanooga, November 4th, 1994, at the Barking Legs Theater
Snake OilBronze CastWonderMaps of the SunHolmesSainDead Already (incomplete)SideSteamthe Casual YearsTatSkin Man PalaceCorolla HoistGroundReturn to Cinder10,000EncrustedFelt Tipped OverShark (incomplete)You Don't Miss Your WaterLove X (incomplete)
― dmr, Monday, 10 September 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
I <3 this thread
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 10 September 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
Reformed?Reunion shows for you lucky Memphibians
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 17 November 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
dammmmmn
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 November 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
!
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 November 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
Already happened. Video at http://www.rocketscienceaudio.com/ (you have to register)
― Wandering Boy Poet, Monday, 18 November 2013 13:11 (ten years ago) link
Yeah but... I want to see them on the east coast :(
― Evan, Monday, 18 November 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Wandering Boy Poet - thanks so much for the almighty link.
Given that they won't be visiting Ol' blighty again, any clues as to how to save this vid in case it walks?
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
It's some annoying new format. I've grabbed the (literally) 1000 or so fragments, but the methods for joining them don't seem to work for me (& I haven't got anything that'll play the fragments). Need to get back onto researching it.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
Cheers WBT. please keep me updated. Not been lazy there, I'm just not tech and too fucking burnt out to learn
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
I haven't tried it, but the Firefox "Download Helper" add-on might work. It doesn't catch on to every web player but you can get lucky.
― Evan, Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
Evan. Thanks. Hopefully you have e mail?
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Saturday, 23 November 2013 10:25 (ten years ago) link
i just dug out the eureka ep for the first time in…a decade?
some observations just because i wonder what this sounds like to other people almost 20 years on
eureka iv -- i still like this song, although what was up with gold boys and ray guns in the 90s? it sounds weird now. his jesus song -- awesome, still love this and i would not mind being in this bandx-ray hip -- what the fucking fuck is going on with the singing/lyrics in this song. awful. otherwise it's fine but not memorablethere's also a song that sounds like an alex chilton impersonator
i guess part of it held up ok. that's not bad! the only song i could really get into was his jesus song. this video is pretty awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=995hAm-wcys
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Relistened to it, still think it's their most solid release, though other albums contain some better songs.
I've always linked Eureka with Urge Overkill's Stull EP from a few years previous. Comes right between the promising/catchy/eccentric minor league album and the major label jump. Features an eclectic bunch of stuff, some much more accessible than anything previous, some out-there. Like a last-minute housecleaning before getting more focused. Actually there's a bit of similarity between the two bands' career arcs, probably due to the state of the music business at the time more than anything else, I'd guess. Especially:
Supersonic Storybook/Crappin You NegativeEureka/StullAin't My Lookout/SaturationFull Blown Possession/Exit The Dragon
― dlp9001, Thursday, 1 May 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
One Sock Missing is my favorite Grifters album, and one of my favorite albums from the 90's.
I only saw them once at a small bar around '95? They were good and sloppy or sloppy good I guess.
I still remember some drunk from the back kept yelling out, "Rolling Stones!"
I guess I could see them covering a couple of the 'Exile' songs.
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
mmhmm
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Grifters show in September at Gonerfest and two in November in NYC
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/08/memphis_legends.html
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― dmr, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
got my tickets for Glasslands already. thinkin I'll go to both of the new york ones. one of my favorite live bands of all time.
― dmr, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 02:09 (nine years ago) link
see u at mercury lounge
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 August 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
high five
― dmr, Saturday, 23 August 2014 13:29 (nine years ago) link
I need to get on this.
― Evan, Saturday, 23 August 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link
awesome, got glasslands tickets.
― adam, Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
I just saw this, and it was too great not to mention. Bunch of blue-collar guys just jamming on the street. I'm guessing they'll do a Bad Company cover...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL6ctSaNQVg
― dlp9001, Friday, 8 April 2016 22:23 (eight years ago) link
Oh, to be, the state of the art, of boho/alt
― calstars, Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
nobody loves babies in barsbetter than yourself
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link
Still salty I missed the NYC show in 2014.
― Evan, Saturday, 9 March 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
Cool jerkNo particular sloganSigns are for the bottomless pitWhere nobody's going
― earlnash, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:57 (three years ago) link
love that song so much
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:12 (three years ago) link
― mookieproof, Monday, April 19, 2010 1:31 AM (twelve years ago)
― CaptainLorax, Monday, April 19, 2010 2:45 AM (twelve years ago)
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 July 2022 23:20 (one year ago) link
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― earlnash, Sunday, 4 September 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link