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▀██████ RELEASE DATE ...: Jul-26-2003 ██████▀
▀█▓██▓ STORE DATE .....: Mar-00-2000 ▓████▀
▀███ ARTiST .........: grotto ███▀
▓█▌ LABEL ..........: Modern radio ▐█▓
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[01] Get A Hustle [03:08]
[02] No Cure [02:22]
[03] 3000-500 [02:03]
[04] Side Projects [02:30]
[05] Area Code 320 [03:09]
[06] Adolescent Lessons [03:04]
[07] 98 Point 4 Degrees [05:09]
[08] Creeps and Cheats [03:21]
[09] Small Talk [02:34]
[10] Breaking My Law [03:12]
[11] It Burns [04:22]
[12] Like Father Like Son [18:57]
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[53:51]
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GROTTOs
Grotto began in the Winter of 1995 during their
first year of high school. They played their
first show in the Winter of 1996. After playing
scattered local shows, things paused in the
Spring of 1999 as Mike traveled. Chris played
and sang with the short lived Pushbutton 3.
Jeff played drums for the Hidden Chord along
with recording with them on their first two
7"s. Jeff also played with Sean Na Na for a few
shows and ended up playing on the song
"Princess and the Pony" that was on the Sean Na
Na split with Mary Lou Lord on Kill Rock Stars.
When Mike returned, Grotto regrouped and
recorded their full length, Get A Hustle, with
Mike Wisti. Around that same time Jeff left the
Hidden Chord. Get A Hustle was released in
January 2000. Since then, they have toured the
east and south in the summer of 2000. In
December of 2000 they recorded for an CDEP that
was released by Double Indemnity records out of
St. Paul in the Summer of 2001. After
sporadically playing over 2002, they broke up
in the Spring of 2002. Jeff continues to play
with different local artists including Sean Na
Na, Askeleton, and Monarch.
Members
Chris Mishek - vocals / guitar
Mike Dombrowski - bass
Jeff Brown - drums
Discography
1. Self-titled 7" released by the band, Spring
1998
2. Get A Hustle CD on Modern Radio, January
2000
3. Compilation on Pencil Neck records, Spring
2000
4. Twin Town/City Pages compilation, Spring
2000
5. 651 Experiment comp 7" on Sector 7G records,
Fall 2000
6. Sicker Liquorr CDEP on Double Indemnity
records, Summer 2001
Email : grotto_666@hotmail.com
Website: www.grotto666.com
*** MRRL004 Grotto "Get A Hustle" (CD) ***
Title: Get A Hustle
Format: CD
Released: March 2000
Recorded: June, August 1999
Engineer: Mike Wisti
Studio: Albatross
Mastering: Doug Wild
One of the best of the younger bands carving
out the new terrain of rock music in the Twin
Cities, Grotto's debut album is rocking me
harder than just about anything else in recent
memory. And if the hordes of people who seem to
be flocking to their shows these days is any
indication, their musical chops are only
getting better.
Stylistically heavy rock in the Amphetamine
Reptile vein (particularly reminiscent of
Guzzard), Grotto twists - or more accurately,
throttles - the normal three-piece rock/punk
conventions into something that manages to
somehow be angrier and catchier at the same
time. At the beginning of "Side Projects" when
Chris Mishek rasps out "He's on a train/She's
on a plane/They're in a car..." you know that
he really fucking MEANS it, but but it also
kind of makes you want to dance. You know the
feeling. With one of the members having just
finished high school, Grotto is pissed-off,
insane, drunk, and ready to take on the world -
but with a lotmore melody and talent than most.
Music to drive to your next drive-by to.
(milk magazine review)
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