There are several artists named Grizzly: 1. Grizzly is a Hungarian stoner/sludge band. 2. Grizzly aka Grizzle Kid aka Grizz Is an up and coming grime artist who lives in Luton. Worked with Droke, Wrench, Grabbz, Sprayz, Merkules, Knuckz and Slewer. 3. Grizzly is a Swedish rapper from Malmö. He recently released a mixtape called Ursäkta min franska.
Founded in Los Angeles in the late 80's as part of the thriving hardcore scene, downset has evolved into an icon of sorts. As the original blenders of rap, funk, hardcore, punk, metal, and socially aware lyrics, they drew influences from Black Flag to Black Sabbath, Public Enemy to Bob Marley. Becoming a huge draw, the industry took notice and they caught the attention of Mercury/PolyGram Records and released their self titled debut in 1994.
There is more than one band with the name Mount Fuji. 1) Mount Fuji are a mathy 4-piece from Birmingham, UK. You may have known them previously as Conquistadors, but John law told them they had to change their name.
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Allison Weiss is an American guitar player and singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, NY. Weiss first picked up a guitar at age 14 in an attempt to become a punk rock star and impress her high school crush, and though the teenage romance died after one short month, her passion for music lived on. After moving to Athens, GA in 2005, Weiss spent the next five years in and out of various pseudo-relationships which fueled the fire for one infectious breakup song after another.
1) Loop was a South London band founded in 1986 by Robert Hampson and his then wife, Bex. Loop's sound was characterized by strong krautrock and avant-garde influences in addition to the minimalist mayhem of The Stooges and MC5. Their songs were almost uniformly harsh and repetitive, with indecipherable vocals buried under layers of noisy guitar riffs and metronomic drumming. Some of the records featured covers of Suicide, The Pop Group and Can as bonus tracks.
4 piece sludge band from Rotherham, UK.
Jackal-Headed Guard of the Dead are an instrumental doom band. Formed in Edinburgh in 2009, the band take their influences mainly from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, medicinal-grade marijuana and some of the worst films commited to celluloid. Enjoy.
Big Business is a stoner rock / sludge band formed in 2004. Originally from the Seattle area, the band relocated to Los Angeles in February, 2006. Band currently signed to Hydra Head Records. Big Business is a three-piece band composed of Jared Warren of Karp, The Whip and Tight Bros From Way Back When, Coady Willis of The Murder City Devils and Dead Low Tide, and, as of early 2008, Toshi Kasai.
Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single "Kept Between Trees" in 1990. Rolling Stone describes their sound as: "Super heavy and bass happy Detroit rock 'n' roll is totally deep-fried, fuzzed out, window breakin', pot sellin', sleepin-in-the-van, skater metal." Fu Manchu lyrics tend to focus on pinball, muscle cars, UFOs/Bigfoot, and skateboarding. They have featured on compilations from Tony Hawk and ESPN's X Games...
There are at least two artists with the name Dead River. 1. An Australian psychedelic rock band (active from 2011 to present)
2. An American hardcore band (active from 1999 to 2010) 1. Shaunagh Furlong, bartender and drummer, had only seen Bindi Masterson play with her old band, Killerbirds a couple of times when she was asked to start a new band with Bonnie on guitar. Shaunagh and Bindi had "some weird-ass kinda country & western" as their aim then, which wasn't exactly what Bonnie Mercer had been playing in her previous bands (like Grey Daturas & Breathing Shrine)...