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of Vibes Revisted | Giant
On The Beach Summer of a Thousand Years | The Sound Is In You | |||||
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Bursting with terrific songs. -USA Today "We like to mix it up in Jersey and The Grip Weeds are a great example. A touch of John Lennon (and an appropriation of his character's name in "How I Won The War"), a bit of The Byrds, A dash of The Kinks, pinch of The Who, and a dallop of more muscular Zombies and you get something quite original actually. And quite cool." -Little Steven Kurt is featured in Modern Drummer’s April 2008 issue (Look for the cover featuring Levon Helm and Steve Jordan) in a very cool interview
by journalist and rock critic Gail Worley. The natural progression from the Who to the Jam to Oasis -Village Voice "The Grip Weeds mow over their pre-Woodstock love-and-peace vibe with a treble-heavy, early 70s guitar attack." -Havoc Television (Havoc TV is a music channel available nationwide by Comcast and Adelphia digital cable service providers.) "This
is a band of four distinct individual talents that superbly blend together as
one, creating a "The Grip Weeds have a palpable group chemistry that so many bands boast of but so few actually possess." -Magnet Mighty fine trip. -Rolling Stone (Germany) If you prefer out-of-tune guitars and adenoidal vocals or retro punk, the Grip Weeds will simply annoy. For everyone else, fall down and worship. -Harp The sumptuous guitar sounds are the Grip Weeds glory... -Q Magazine (UK) Glistening harmonies, deliciously jangly guitars and tightly constructed songs make [The Grip Weeds] the genuine article in a crowded field of power pop wannabes. Pop Culture Press They offer the shock of the new. -Logo (UK) "Their musica swirling, 60s-era melange of pop, psychedelia and straight rockevinces a more robust set of influences." -Entertainment Today This is a group with a vision for great hooks and harmonies One of this years true diamonds in the rough. " -David Weiss, writer for Drum!, Mix, Remix and Tape Op Good garage rock, huh? Check out the White Stripes, Green Hornes, Grip Weeds, Contrast, maybe the Hives (listen to a couple tracks first)... for starters. -Ken Barnes, USA Today.com The title track
is the kind of slow-burning, snake-charming, psychedelic vamp nobody writes anymore,
and maybe never did. If this quartet got a chance to open for Wilco on a national tour, the buzz would quickly become deafening. -Fufkin.com "It is easier to describe this band-- which gets its name from Private Grip Weed, John Lennon's character in the film How I Won The War-- as being on a mission to capture what is best about '60s group music for a new audience in the coming millennium." Goldmine Wah-wah wonderful. -Uptown Magazine "NJs Grip Weeds have bridged the gap between old and new..." -Graffitti The Grip Weeds wear their influences like badges of honor. -Pop Matters "Giant on the Beach is power-pop par excellence..." -Splendid A near-perfect slice of vintage psychedelic pop. - Buckettfull of Brains (UK) There is a certain depth and something uniquely yearning inherent in the Grip Weeds' music that sets it apart from any power-pop that has come before or after. -All Music Guide "This is not your fathers (or grandfathers) drowsy, zen-positive hippie music. I would imagine Paul Weller and Andrew Loog Oldham might listen to this stuff while pouring themselves Sunday morning black and tans." - My Space Review | |||||
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