Matt

Matt "The Kid" Groll

Tennessee whiskey and Texas weed, just don't give me the thrill I need

About Me



You may know me as the drummer for Highspeed Hayride or from my brief (albeit tragic) attempt at net- free trapeze art. I like the simple life that the road affords. I love what I do, do what I love, and will never apologize for it.That is all... I like to remain as mysterious as possible at all times.
If you aren't confused you aren't paying attention...
Be careless-
Matt

Send me a message before requesting me as a friend. If I met you in a random place you would probably engage in some sort of conversation before you would consider me as a "friend", right?

For the full list of shows go to www.highspeedhayride.com or www.myspace.com/highspeedhayride.

My Interests

Movies, books, music that doesn't suck, Jim Beam Rye, observing people, random comments, useless facts, rock bottom, history, getting paid (meagerly) to do what I love, historic dancehalls, travel, real people, motorcycles, sleep, greasy food, watching the sun set and rise in the same day, anything dangerous that could possibly kill you, anything thats not boring or fake. Anything that reminds me that there are still a few good folks left in this world.

Quotes-
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -Hunter S. Thompson
"No human thing is of serious importance." -Plato
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him." -Mark Twain
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done." - George Carlin
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." - Eleanor Roosevelt

I'd like to meet:

People who can take a joke, tell great stories, just chill out, kick back, and let the petty things slide. Anyone full of random, useless facts. Mike Rowe. I want to get stoned with Willy. People who actually watch the Special Features of their DVDs. I want to meet "real" people.

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Music:

Generally anything that doesn't suck. Buck Owens, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, Cash, Steve Earle, The Doors, Waylon, Shaver, The Captain Legendary Band, Blackhawk, Stray Cats, Foo Fighters, Little Texas, The Outlaws, Gary Stewart, The (late) Great Divide, The Britt Lloyd Band, The Stragglers, The Lost Gonzo Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Ricky Skaggs, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard (the original pimp), Marty Robbins, Faron Young, the Hanks', Shooter, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Beatles, Lamb of God, Alabama, Sublime, Lyle Lovett... oh, too many to list. You get the idea.

Movies:

Before I really got into the music scene my first dream was to go to film school. I admit it, I watch quite a few movies. I prefer intelligent/ witty comedy, true stories, and historic documentaries over todays shitty horror and action flicks. I wish someone would make a scary horror film again.

Television:

Modern Marvels, How It's Made, VH1 Classic, Classic albums, Histories Mysteries, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Colbert Report, Futurama, Metalocalypse, Adult Swim, mostly anything I can TiVo and fast-forward through the commercials. Commercials anger me.

Books:

Louis L'amour, Stephen King's older stuff, Tom Clancy, Hunter S. Thompson, George Carlin, Terry Brooks, J.K Rowling, Ernest Hemingway, William Golding, Robert McCammon, Upton Sinclair, Robert Frost, Maxim, Stuff, FHM, Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain, Alexandre Dumas, C.S. Lewis, Glenn Beck, John Stewart. Anything that keeps you reading. If the story starts to flesh itself out too soon I usually move on to another book.

Heroes:

No one has impressed me enough to be called a hero. Maybe that dog that saved the kid from the well. What was it's name? Anyway, it's a hero dog.

My Blog

Rated E for Everyone

Hey kids, welcome back. Jeff Hager once told me that you can buy hermit crabs with pimped out shells. He said he saw shells of all sorts including some with Texas flags and stars painted on them. I...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:34:00 PST

Louisiana and Shrimpless Shrimpfests

   THE "BEFORE YOU READ THIS RUBBISH" RUBBISH:       To all of you out there constantly hounding me for another ranting blog- Quit harassing me or I'll put the fucking l...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:23:00 PST

Three Inch Adult Hissing Cockroaches and Pooducks

Well, well. It seems blogging has become my favorite pastime when intoxicated. I can..t help it. Thoughts on paper. I promise to give you 100% pure Matt Groll thoughts and nothing less (but maybe more...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:58:00 PST

A Little More Cohesion Than Normal

Ah, another day, another blog. What a fun filled evening it has been. I love nothing better than to sit around and drink whiskey with old long lost friends. I rode a four-wheeler that went incredibly ...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:36:00 PST

In eleven years I will expire and give up the ghost.

Taking advice from trusted friend and faithful road manager Mario Perez I decided to get a glimpse of the future to see how I Will Die. The conclusive evidence that this randomly- generated algorithmi...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:50:00 PST

Fragment (Consider Revising)

The Matrix has you. Reeves has the acting skills of a 3rd degree black-belt panda bear that's too stupid to screw to save its species. The planets must be aligned correctly again for me to be blogging...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:51:00 PST

Drunken Meaningless Rambing

Whishey. Beam. Wiggy. I never post "Blogs" so you should be very Pleased. Just got done putting the finishing touches on my Atom Smasher. Hopefully I survive the test run.....Renuzit Super Odor Neutra...
Posted by Matt "The Kid" Groll on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:29:00 PST