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Fifty Pounds of Grits

somehow, our fake band got a real gig.

About Me

We're drifters who met up down by the railyard.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/4/2006
Band Members: PEOPLE:
Rachel "Toast It" Wolther
Jackie "Toast It" Doherty
Paul "Scon" Kruse
Adam "Adaam Price" Price
Jake "Dirtbag" Campbell
Jackie "Shakes & Malts" Silvestri
Nathan "Warlock" Edwards
Fran-o-rama
Mittens "Matt" Weir
Anna "Banoonjar" Beno
Stacy "Facey" Peterson
Telly "Karova" Ramos
Michael "Pig" Fuchs
Shannon "Water Ice" Camperson
Ben "CPK" Solomon

INSTRUMENTS:
Everything we've got that is or isn't broken, which often includes guitars, baby drums, tambourine, harmonica, bongos, rhythm board, ukulele, clarinet, glockenspiel, keyboard, tin flute, concertinas, recorder, burger king/pizza hut sampler, voices, hunting gun, bloodshed.

BUT REALLY LET'S BE PERFECTLY CLEAR:
Our members include everyone ever in the world, living and dead, except for Garry Marshall. He's just too busy.

Influences: Carly Simon, Jake Campbell, Peaches
Record Label: We're not at liberty to say right now.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

DUCK HUNT limited release single!!!

MULTI-COLORED FLOPPY DISKS.VERY FEW COPIES WILL BE MADE!!!IT IS VERY COMPRESSED TO FIT ON SAID DISK.BUT WE BELIEVE IT ONLY MAKES THE QUALITY THAT MUCH BETTER.LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT ONE. THERE MAY OR ...
Posted by Fifty Pounds of Grits on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:02:00 PST

Guess what?

As any of the h-core fans who came to our last gig at Optima Shithole know, Fifty Pounds of Grits has put out a new album (FINALLY sheesh): Behind the Scenes on the Set of A League of T...
Posted by Fifty Pounds of Grits on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:15:00 PST

wheeeew

Well everyone, that concludes our two-night, half-mile tour of Evanston, Illinois! And let us be amongst the many to say: THE GRITS ARE ALWAYS AWESOMEOur new unreleased tracks "Duck Hunt", "Nobody Doe...
Posted by Fifty Pounds of Grits on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:08:00 PST

We may have caved on the M&M's, but that was for the fans.

Whew! Well, as you all are well aware, things have been in a whirlwind of insanity for Fifty Pounds of Grits lately -- so much so that we haven't even been able to update our blog, or record our EP. S...
Posted by Fifty Pounds of Grits on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PST

Our first show, and some news

Set list from last night's performance (for all the fans out there who couldn't make it to Evanston in time): Matador Never Wash the Pants Nobody Does It Better I'm Gonna Eat All of You Bitches and Ho...
Posted by Fifty Pounds of Grits on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:37:00 PST