The Grifters was a nationally popular and influential 1990s indie rock band based in Memphis who released albums on Doink, Sonic Noise, Shangri-La Records, and Sub Pop Records. The band originally formed in the late 1980s as A Band Called Bud, with vocalist/guitarist Scott Taylor, bassist Tripp Lamkins, and drummer Dave Shouse. After being renamed the Grifters by 1990, Shouse joined Taylor on guitar, with Stanley Gallimore taking over on the drums. Songwriting duties were shared between Shouse, Taylor and Lamkins. For several years in the 1990s they recorded primarily at Easley McCain Recording and were closely affiliated with Memphis' Shangri-La Records label for a time. The Grifters' albums and cover artwork expressed a concern with a highly subjective, gritty (and arguably heroin-drenched) personal experiential viewpoint and overflowing with a wide array of likeminded musical influences not yet totally digested, out of which The Velvet Underground emerges somewhat predominantly.

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  • The Grifters was a nationally popular and influential 1990s indie rock band based in Memphis who released albums on Doink, Sonic Noise, Shangri-La Records, and Sub Pop Records. The band originally formed in the late 1980s as A Band Called Bud, with vocalist/guitarist Scott Taylor, bassist Tripp Lamkins, and drummer Dave Shouse. After being renamed the Grifters by 1990, Shouse joined Taylor on guitar, with Stanley Gallimore taking over on the drums. Songwriting duties were shared between Shouse, Taylor and Lamkins. For several years in the 1990s they recorded primarily at Easley McCain Recording and were closely affiliated with Memphis' Shangri-La Records label for a time. The Grifters' albums and cover artwork expressed a concern with a highly subjective, gritty (and arguably heroin-drenched) personal experiential viewpoint and overflowing with a wide array of likeminded musical influences not yet totally digested, out of which The Velvet Underground emerges somewhat predominantly. (en)
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