A partial transcription of a gnarly tune from Gruvis Malt called "Aggression" from their album ...With The Spirit of a Traffic Jam.
If you haven't heard of this band, seriously scope them out.
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Grüvis Malt
The debut album from Philadelphia's own progressive-agressive spazz-rock group. Yeah, oh yeah. Our first - and only - full length album. Recorded over the course of a couple years, this album was a labor of many things for The March Hare. Featuring:
Zack Guy-Frank - guitar, vocals
Jon Hafer - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Alicia Ritter - violin, vocals
Ryan Hyde - bass, vocals
Charlie Heim - drums, percussion
The March Hare wants to make you laugh, cry, dance, clap your hands, and occasionally sit back and say 'woah.' We're silly when we're sad, and crazy when we're on stage. We make our music with our hearts and our minds. We make music because we can't imagine not making music, because without it we'd burst at the seams with sorrow, rage, love, and limitless joy and awe at the living world. We are explorers, experimenters, gatherers of new influences, and we do not sit still. The March Hare of yesterday is not The March Hare of today, is not The March Hare of tomorrow. We will have failed only if we have ceased to grow. You have found The March Hare. If you like it, tell your friends. If you hate it, tell your enemies.
The band lived from 2004 till 2009, and culminated in the release of this album and its accompanying video:
ust cos you're a diehard fan, here's an EXCLUSIVE live recording from our CD release show on February 6, 2009. This is raw, unedited audio that captures the frenetic energy of a March Hare show.
Rumor has it there might even be a newer recording in the ether...
From Wikipedia:
Prophecies of War is the cinema-concert that explores the realities of war through live music, projected video, and audio clips. Centered on Dwight D. Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex speech given in 1961, Prophecies of War explores America's political use of war, economics, and media to influence foreign policy and its military past. Musically, Prophecies of War has been described by Shockwave Magazine at times similar to Deep Purple[1]
Sound Track
Personnel
The first recording from The March Hare, completely self-produced in every way. At the time, the Philly spazz-rock madpeople was a four-member band: Zack Guy-Frank on guitars and vocals, Jon Hafer on keys, guitar and vocals, Chrissy Tashjian on bass and vocals, and myself hitting things with sticks. Featuring 5 songs that would later be re-done on Mister Nimbus , this EP is a great introduction to the unique and fervent energy that TMH brings.
Check out the review from AbsolutePunk here. Thinking about posting the rest of the EP and/or the 3-song demo we did back in '04, btw...