gripweed.

gripweed. is an electro-rock band from Italy. Their story begins some time before they decided to name themselves after the character performed by John Lennon in How I won the War, a movie by Richard Lester. In the shadowy and empty corners of a small village in the Italian far south, the band realized they had to raise their game musically. Comprised of vocalist Cristian Rosa, guitarist Alberto la Riccia and bassist Lucantonio Pignataro, gripweed. made their live debut in 2002. Scoring with an intimate style, a view on autobiographical features and movie fascinations, they self-produced in 2004 their first demo, A Solid Castle of Sand, and in the same year they released a videoclip for Fatty. Later, they went straight to last rounds of Music for eyes contest in Perugia. In 2005, gripweed. struck the chords' audience by The Unexpected e.p., their new sparkling self studio production featuring a special remix from Appleyard College, Luigi Porto's one-man-band project. During their many local gigs, they had the chance to share the stage with Client (a gem of Andy Fletcher's) and Chikinki, the electrobeat band signed with Island Records. Got ready for a new recording by now, gripweed. are working on showcase demos about their new incoming production. Thrice. is the first issue, a three-track-ep not for sale but available on the web for a free streaming sample. Their myspace is: https://root.theworkpc.com/music/preview?img=http://www.myspace.com/gripweed Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.