Music:
Member Since: 09/01/2007
Band Members: Pauly Danyl (Russ) - Guitar and vocals
Paul (Flake)Westfahl - Percussion and screams
Paul (PJ) Pribyl - Bass Guitar and the deep voice
The Man, The Legend, The Videographer
Influences: We make no claim to sound like any of our influences, but we learn from many little things within the music they have made. In general we like to listen to as much music as possible and expand the sonic palette with which we work. As a result we can only list a small sampling of the bands and musicians to whom we have listened for inspiration, and they include:
AC/DC, Aerosmith, Al Green, Alanis Morisette, Albert King, The Alkaline Trio, The Allman Brothers Band, Ani DiFranco, Art Blakey (with or without the Jazz Messengers), B.B. King, Be Your Own Pet, Ben Folds, The Black Keys, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Melon, Blink-182, Blues Explosion, Bob Marley, Bon Jovi, Brilliant Geographers, Buddy Guy, Bush, Cat Stevens, Charlie Parker, Chuck Berry, Cream, Dashboard Confessional, David Bowie, The Decemberists, Disturbed, Dr. John, The Dresden Dolls, Drive-By Truckers, Duke Ellington, The Eagles, Elvin Jones, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Extreme, Flogging Molly, Flybanger, Foo Fighters, Four Letter Lie, Frank Zappa, Fugazi, Genesis, George Thorogood, The Gin Blossoms, The Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Guns n’ Roses, Hot Water Music, Incubus, Iron Butterfly, Jack Johnson, Jet Black Joe, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Eat World, Jimmy Page, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, John Coltrane, John Frusciante, John Lee Hooker, The Killers, Klipspringer (Milwaukee), The Libertines, Linkin Park, Lit, Live, Lucero, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marcy Playground, Matchbox Twenty, The Matches, Mayday Parade, Meat Puppets, Mike Doughty, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Muddy Waters, The National, The New Amsterdams, Nick Westfahl (The Doctor), Nirvana, The October, The Offspring, Ozzy Osbourne, Paramore, Pearl Jam, Pete Townsend, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, The Presidents of the United States of America, Prince, The Pulltops, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Rhys Chatham, Rilo Kiley, Rush, The Scarring Party, Semisonic, Shameless Place, Smash Mouth, Smashing Pumpkins, Son House, Soul Asylum, The Spill Canvas, Spiderbait, Spin Doctors, Steely Dan, Stone Temple Pilots, Styx, Sublime, Sum 41, Supertramp, Switchfoot, System of a Down, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Tenacious D, Third Eye Blind, Tiger Army, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex, U2, The Violent Femmes, The Wallflowers, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, William Elliot Whitmore, Willie Dixon, ZZ Top and countless others.
Grinning Glasses uses:
Sounds Like: Classic rock and pop/punk had a baby and its head popped off.
Record Label: Unsigned
