Those free full moon beach parties ushered in an era of Acid House hysteria that ripped through the west coast and spread into the heartland. The Wicked crew are credited widely with having kick started the city's dance scene in the early 90's furthering its reputation as the red headed step child of Disco.
Scoring a custom designed Turbosound rig and a 1947 Greyhound bus whose previous owners were a gospel choir, Wicked hit the road spreading their own gospel to seekers across the States being first to set up renegade sound at Burning Man & Reggae on the River festivals.
The same bus provided inspiration to start his own record label in '98. With over 50 singles under the belt Grayhound has been a constant thorn in the side of predictable House fodder whilst documenting the edgier sound of Cali's thriving underground.
His breakout anthem 'Twenty Minutes of Disco Glory' shook things up internationally & he now has more than 40 singles to his name. He has worked with or remixed artists as diverse as Faithless, Darryl Pandy, Markie Mark, ETI, Jeno, The Glimmers, Ray Mang, Dada Munchamonkey, Perry Farrell (Janes Addiction), Yabby You, Robbie Shakespeare and Tribe Called Quest. He's recorded collectable mix CDs for Om, NRK, Thrive & Grayhound.
More recently he and old mate/collector James Glass fronted the Golden Goose re-edit label, raiding their record collections & respectfully placing Disco/Rock obscurities under the knife as King & Hound.
As well as regular guest spots DJing around the States including Harvey's ThirtyNineHotel in Hawaii, he plays many of the world's best clubs lugging his favorite vinyl to Japan, Korea, Spain, England, Greece, Portugal, France, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Singapore, even Indonesia & Malaysia, turning parties out upon request.
On the home front in San Francisco he throws celebrated monthly shindig Back2Back with his right-hand man Jeno. Nobody gets hurt.
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