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Grifters
Clockwise from top left: Scott Taylor, Stan Gallimore, David Shouse and Tripp Lamkins
Clockwise from top left: Scott Taylor, Stan Gallimore, David Shouse and Tripp Lamkins
Background information
Origin Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock
Art rock
Post-rock
Years active 1989 – 2001
Label(s) Shangri-La Records
Sub Pop
Darla Records
Simple Machines
Doink
Associated acts Bob[1]
Champ!
Dragoon [2]
The Hot Monkey
Those Bastard Souls
Blood Thirsty Lovers
Members
Stan Gallimore
Tripp Lamkins
David Shouse
Scott Taylor
Former members
John Stivers
Roy Berry
Notable instrument(s)
Guitar, Distorto Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Moog

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 (after the novel by Jim Thompson) 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.

Contents

[edit] The Grifters Discography

as A Band Called Bud:

  • Dad full length cassette (Doink Records, 1989)
  • Shark 7" Flexi Split 7" with The Martini Age (Kreature Comforts,1989)


[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

[edit] Various-artist compilation appearances

  • "She Blows Blasts Of Static" on Altered States Of America, cassette, (Lime Lizard, UK, 1993)
  • "Black Fuel Incinerator" on Why Do You Think They Call It Pop? 10" (Pop Narcotic,1993)
  • "Make It Happen" on Ten Cent Fix CD (Jiffy Boy, 1993)
  • "Spaceship" on A Day in the Park CD (Now Sound, 1994)
  • "Look What You've Done To Me Now" on The Smitten Love Song Comp. CD (Karate Brand, 1994)
  • "Under The Ground" on Working Holiday! CD (Simple Machines, 1994)
  • "The Want (live)" on Half-Cocked: The Motion Picture Soundtrack CD (Matador, 1995)
  • "Roadside Monument" on Mike McGonigal's Chemical Imbalance: 1984-1996, Vol.3, No.1, (Chemical Imbalance, [3], 1995)
  • two songs on Barristers: Two Years In The Alley CD, 1996
  • "Empty Yard" on Red Hot + Bothered: The Indie Rock Guide Book to Dating CD (Red Hot/Kinetic, 1995)
  • "Corolla Hoist (live at WMBR)" on MAGNET/Darla Single 7" (Magnet Magazine/Darla Records, 1996)
  • "Wicked Thing" on Spring Lineup - A Compilation Of Sub Pop's Heavy Hitters Promo CD, (Sub Pop, 1997)
  • "Holmes" on The Basement Recordings: Live at Cicero's, CD (On The Clock, 1997)
  • "The Muffin Man" on Rudy's Rockin' Kiddie Caravan [4] CD (Bloodshot Records, 1997)
  • "Radio City Suicide" on Chicago Cab Soundtrack CD (Loosegroove Records, 1998)
  • five singles on Shangri-La: 10 Years CD (Shangri-La, 1998)
  • two singles on Darla 100 CD (Darla Records, 2000)
  • "Hits Keep Comin" on The Unaccompanied Voice: An A Capella Compilation CD, (Secretly Canadian, 2000)
  • "Confidential" on Shangri-la Projects: B-Sides, (Shangri-La, 2006)

[edit] Bootlegs

  • No Particular Slogan 2xCD Singles Compilation
  • That's Not French CD, Live At The Bottleneck, Lawrence, Kansas, 2000

[edit] Other formats

[edit] Video

  • "Banjo" & "Whatever Happened To Felix Cole" - VHS video single (Shangri-La Records,[5], 1995)
  • "Last Man Alive" (directed by Russell Bates[6], 1996)

[edit] Film Appearances

  • 'Half-Cocked' directed by Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky. Appear as themselves and perform "The Want" live[7]


[edit] References

Bush, John. All Music Guide band biography

discogs.com Discogs.com's Discography (incomplete)

[edit] External links



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