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Aaron Grote

I'm putting the Cuss back into Custom.

About Me

I suppose this is where I am supposed to lie and tell you how awesome I am. Well whatever, I am a goofy dork that likes to build cars and help my buddies build cars. That about sums it up. The "Scene" for me is out in the garage. Oh, and I also have one of the best collections of obscure 80's "Hair Metal" CD's in Central Illinois. I rock out to them almost every evening in the garage.
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My Interests

Hot Rods, Kustoms, Metalshaping, Welding, Motorcycles, Automobiles, Yard Art, Metal Sculpture, Art, Vintage Cars, Choppers, Classic Cars, Horticulture, Farming, Agronomy, dogs, Landscaping, Hair Metal

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I'd like to meet:

People who actually build hot rods instead of just talking about it.

Music:

Guns and Roses, AC/DC, Van Halen and Van Hagar, Johhny Cash, Junkyard, Misfits, Pretty Boy Floyd, Every Mother's Nightmare, Iron Maiden, Junior Brown, The Four Horsemen, Murderdolls, Bang Tango, Metallica, Demolition Derby, Ramones, Great White, Britny Fox, Social Distortion, Cinderella, Cramps, Sweet F.A., London Quireboys, Tesla, Ramones, KIX, 80's hair metal, the more obscure the better, rockabilly, psychobilly.....many,many, more

Movies:

Goodfellas, The Usual Suspects, Super Troopers, Spinal Tap, American Grafitti, Mad Max Trilogy, Smokey and the Bandit (1 and 2), CONVOY, Dazed and Confused, The Punisher, Hellboy, American Grafitti, any movie that makes you think, or a lot of the ones that are just plain stupid.

Television:

The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, 24, The Wire, Deadwood, Nip/Tuck, the CSI's. I occasionally watch Monster Garage if they are building something cool or if someone I know is on there. I like watching the fabrication on the biker buildoff series. American Chopper, American Hot Rod, because they are usually worth a laugh.

Books:

I rarely get to read any books. I spend most of my time working on a project. I am a sucker for some good old Carl Sagan though.

Heroes:

Davey Lohr, Jimmy Shine, Bill Baker, Melvin Lawyer, Ed Roth, Bill Hines, Gilby Clarke, The Alexander Brothers, Ray Farhner, Izzy Stradlin, Fay Butler, Darryl Starbird, Carl Casper....basically any metal fabricator or 80's metal rockstar worth their salt.

My Blog

In My attempt to take over the automotive fashion world, I now have hats.

Jimmy Shine has been giving me some more marketing lessons and now he says I need hats.  Well, here you go....these are some top notch embroidered units.  These ain't no 2's kids, these are ...
Posted by Aaron Grote on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:01:00 PST

Check out this event: Chanute Air Museum Car Show

Hosted By: Hal LoebachWhen: Saturday Jun 14, 2008 at 10:00 AMWhere: Octave Chanute Air Museum1011 Pacesetter DriveRantoul, IL 61866United StatesDescription:Hal Loebach Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Aaron Grote on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:40:00 PST

Get yourself a New Atomic Punk T-shirt!!!

Well, I am broke from finishing up the new car, help a brotha out and get yourself a spiffy new T-shirt.  I also still have the Blue ones if you desire.  The white has the Atomic Punk d...
Posted by Aaron Grote on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:13:00 PST

Get yourself a bitchin T-shirt

I have a limited number of the now world famous "Hot Rods From Uranus" Grote Rod Shop t-shirts.  Get yours today! sizes XL-XXXL 18 bucks plus $5.50 shipping and handling $8.50 fo...
Posted by Aaron Grote on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:02:00 PST

Evolution

Have you ever wondered why humans are the only animals that need to wipe their ass after they poop? Is this because we evolved this way because we had the ability to wipe, or do we have the ability to...
Posted by Aaron Grote on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST

Cabo Wabo

I recently went down to Cabo San Lucas for a bit of a vacation.  Of course it goes without saying that I visit the famous Cabo Wabo cantina.  The place was a lot nicer than I had expected, b...
Posted by Aaron Grote on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:28:00 PST