THE GR'UPS - SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP, 1992 IMMATURE RECORDS/ZAFIO RECORDS

 THE GR'UPS 

SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP 
1992 IMMATURE RECORDS / ZAFIO RECORDS 
IR-001 / Z-1 

BEFORE BLATZ AND THE CRIMINALS, THERE WERE THE GR'UPS.  FEATURING DUALING VOCALS FROM FUTURE BLATZ MEMEBERS JESSE LUSCIOUS AND ANNA JOY, THEY PLAYED A BLEND OF GARAGE PUNK AND ROCKABILLY, AND HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR RELEASES (INCLUDING THIS ONE, WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY THE SECOND RELEASE, FOLLOWING A SINGLE-SIDED CASSETTE, BOTH RELEASED IN 1992).  IT SEEMS THEY WERE ONLY ACTIVE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, UNTIL THE FORMATION OF BLATZ, AND LATER THE CRIMINALS, IN THE MID-1990'S.  EVENTUALLY THE GR'UPS REUNITED AROUND 2011 AND RELEASED A COMPILATION LP AND PLAYED A FEW SHOWS TO PROMOTE THE RECORD.  

THIS EP WAS RECORDED JUNE 13, 1992 BY KEVIN ARMY, BILL, AND LINT AT SOUND VISION, MIXED BY THE GR'UPS WITH KEVIN ARMY JUNE 19, 1992 AT DANCING DOG, AND MASTERED BY KEN LEE AT SONIC ARTS.  THE LINE UP CONSISTED OF JESSE LUSCIOUS AND ANNA JOY ON VOCALS,  DEB DISASTER (QUEEN MAB) ON BASS, MATT FREEMAN (RANCID, M.D.C.) ON GUITAR, AND KAMALA LYN PARKS (CRINGER, NAKED AGGRESSION) ON DRUMS.  THE TRACKS FROM THIS EP WERE LATER USED AS THE FIRST FIVE TRACKS ON THE 2011 COMPILATION LP, "A LI'L LOST."  THE LYRICS TO THE SONG, "OINK," WERE COWRITTEN BY JESSE LUSCIOUS AND ANNIE LALANIA FROM BLATZ.  

TRACKLIST: 

1. ALMOND TREE 

2. ROCKABILLY SONG 

3. OINK 

4. RED RIDING HOOD 

5. YER A JOB 

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THE GR'UPS - SELF-TITLED 7 INCH EP 1992