Just when it seemed things had cooled down to a comfortable post-midnight temperature, The Bad Trips fired off a batch of stage-melting psychedelic nightcaps to round out WFMU's SXSW showcase in Austin last Friday night. This Ventura, CA, instrumental outfit is the new project of Grady Runyan, formerly of mid-90s Bay Area psych-punk riffers Monoshock. Grady plays electric/ebow/delay guitar backed by Jeff Grimes on guitar/bass, Gordon Roberts on bass/viola, and drummer Bob Anderson.
The Bad Trips: live at WFMU's SXSW showcase at Sprio's
Setlist:
1. Hemlock
2. B & D
3. Backwards (MP3)
4. First Priority (MP3)
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photo credit: Brian T
Can't wait to check this band OUT. Well, it's about time this city girl had a reason to live here in Ventura, CA. Ironic I find this band through WFMU. Or maybe not. Love from the beach.
Posted by: Becky | March 21, 2008 at 04:40 PM
such a great band.
rumour has it that a Grady Runyan retrospective might hit WFMU in the near future...can't wait to get my hands on a bunch of rare Liquorball/Monoshock/BadTrips/Abominog/CardinalSin/etc/etc/etc.
thanks for keeping the word out on all of these bands.....WFMU is never wrong.
Posted by: roblivian | July 28, 2008 at 09:04 PM