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Grifter...dirty heavy rock and roll from the South West of the UK...kind of like Black Sabbath jamming with early ZZ Top!!! Currently signed to Ripple Music based in California (home of Stone Axe, Mos Generator...etc) with an album released in 2011 and a new one coming in 2013 Grifter have been going since 2003 and have released stuff on various labels over the years. Since signing to Ripple Music in 2010 the band have toured the UK as special gfuests to Orange Goblin, played the inaugural Desertfest in London (headlining the Black Heart stage on the Saturday night) and the inaugural Freak Valley Festival in Germany, appeared on cover mounted CDs for Metal Hammer and Classic Rock, appeared on the soundtrack to Dog The Bounty Hunter and received reviews and radio airplay worldwide. Grifter - Ass Kickin' Booty Shakin' Whiskey Rock 'n' Roll http://www.facebook.com/grifterrock download free stuff Grifter listen to stuff Grifter ? Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm Grifterrock's sounds on SoundCloud - Hear the world?s sounds buy stuff Grifter ? Home Cheers

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Grifter...dirty heavy rock and roll from the South West of the UK...kind of like Black Sabbath jamming with early ZZ Top!!! Currently signed to Ripple Music based in California (home of Stone Axe, Mos Generator...etc) with an album released in 2011 and a new one coming in 2013 Grifter have been going since 2003 and have released stuff on various labels over the years. Since signing to Ripple Music in 2010 the band have toured the UK as special gfuests to Orange Goblin, played the inaugural Desertfest in London (headlining the Black Heart stage on the Saturday night) and the inaugural Freak Valley Festival in Germany, appeared on cover mounted CDs for Metal Hammer and Classic Rock, appeared on the soundtrack to Dog The Bounty Hunter and received reviews and radio airplay worldwide. Grifter - Ass Kickin' Booty Shakin' Whiskey Rock 'n' Roll http://www.facebook.com/grifterrock download free stuff Grifter listen to stuff Grifter ? Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm Grifterrock's sounds on SoundCloud - Hear the world?s sounds buy stuff Grifter ? Home Cheers
Here's Hey Ron...our little tribute to Ron Jeremy...enjoy!!!
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We have decided to put the two Grifter tracks that appeared on the Heavy Ripples double split 7" 2 years ago up for download. This was originally released by Ripple Music and featured Grifter plus Stone Axe, Mighty High and Sun Gods In Exile. None of these tracks have been available for download but now Hey Ron and Small Man Syndrome are. http://grifterrock.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-ripples-grifter-only

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We've been sitting on this one for a while now but the cat is finally out of the bag. Grifter play the Hard Rock Hell festival which will take place this year at Haven Holiday Park, Pwllheli from November 28th to December 1st. The first bands confirmed...apart from us are: Black Star Riders (Thin Lizzy) Nazareth Gentlemans Pistols The Answer Paul Dianno Blaze Bayley Love/Hate Enuff Z'Nuff Lawnmower Deth Crucified Barbara Chrome Molly Exciting stuff!!!

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Our album may be nearly 18 months old but it's still getting some amazing reviews. This 10/10 review comes from Destructive Music (Destructive Music » GRIFTER | GRIFTER) Rock music isn’t a genre that we feature very often here on Destructive Music as were usually up to our eye balls in Bestial Black Metal and the likes! However some bands are just too damn good to turn down and that is most certainly true when it comes to the UK’s own GRIFTER! The bands self titled album is nothing short of a masterpiece and I assure you that this is no exaggeration. Opening track ‘Good Day For Bad News’ will tell you all you need to know about what’s to come with it’s blues soaked Stoner riffs, endearing sing along vocals and it’s all round fuzz fueled sleazy vibe! If that isn’t enough the very next song is a pure southern rock anthem dripping with a plethora of sleaze, down tuned tones and the chance to shout Hot Pocket at the top of your lungs every other moment. As I’ve mentioned it’s a superb blend of Southern Rock and the Blues that Grifter so enigmatically and wonderfully produce but with a seriously large dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll thrown into the pot for good measure. ‘Strip Club’ for example is just a pure example of fast enjoyable Rock goodness to get your body moving and grooving to the beat whilst ‘Young Blood, Old Veins’ is one of the catchiest tracks on offer and one of the most satisfying lyrically as is ‘Bucktooth Woman’ which raises the bar further in the enjoyment stakes as well as the hilarity stakes!An unbelievably good album then this and well worth it’s place amongst the Black and Death Metal on this site. Actually any fans of Stoner Doom or even Traditional Doom are going to really dig this album but wait… don’t tell your momma… Cos Grifter are so bad for you, and they know it! [10/10 - LUKE HAYHURST]

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