THE
GRIP WEEDS (USA) Their sound is like one of
these old, old castles: Beautiful, mysterious, ornate and totally in the tradition
of all their ancestors: Lord Beau Brummel, King Neil Young 1 and the knights of
the Ramones, whose pictures are placed at the famous gallery of ancestral portraits.
If you are holding a candlestick pass it. It seems as if it winks at you. "The
Grip Weeds" are keeping this heritage in their House of Vibes. They are fascinated
by this kind of culture which they read. They got to know certain psychedelic
legends in their huge library. There they are necromancing by simply using their
electric instruments. There they are blowing up the context of space and time.
At such a tournament they are letting compete the knights of the British invasion
with their power pop spears against the warriors of grunge with their swords of
rock. The first prize one can win at this tournament is the psychedelic banner
which was belonging to "The Grip Weeds" for generations and with which they always
move off to find the Holy Grail. They tell us of its mind-expanding old mare in
all their street ballads. | MUSHROOM
MUSIC MONOLITHS  Swamp Room Records (LP)
Germany
Price includes US postage. "May
The Sun Shine Upon Your Ways
Willem Kucharzik somewhere lost in space!"
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