The 1990s was plagued with the emergence of rap-rock as a popular form of music. Lucky for us we can look back on it and laugh and viscously judge those who fell into the Incubus/Linkin Park/Some other poorly named horrible bands not worth remembering trap. But, out of that blackness there was a band, Grüvis Malt from Providence, Rhode Island.The shame of Grüvis Malt was that, despite their overwhelming talent, they came on the heels of the rap-rock shitstorm, which meant their particular brand of jazz/hip-hop/rock (which they dubbed "futurock") went relatively unnoticed. I saw them as rapper Sage Francis' opening/backing band in 2002. In my opinion, their masterwork was 2002's ...With the Spirit of a Traffic Jam... a multi-genre opus with a message (these cities are gonna kill us). A sample:
Grüvis Malt - Destination by BubbleWolf
After Grüvis Malt broke up, their frontman, Gavin Castleton started doing his own thing. I hope you enjoy having you mind blown.
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It's a shame bands that people would most likely like, and like a lot, can fall by the wayside so easily.
Dig what you dig,
Erik
