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OLLIE ON RIPPLE RADIO!!!
Ollie recently sat in with Pope and Racer on the Ripple Radio show to discuss all things Grifter and spin some tunes.
The interview starts around 30 minutes in for about 45 minutes…happy listening!!!
http://m.blogtalkradio.com/show.aspx?userurl=the-ripple-effect&year=2012&month=02&day=09&url=the-ripple-effect&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
ANOTHER KILLER ALBUM REVIEW TURNS UP!!!
Just found this awesome review of the album at Jukebox:Metal. Big thanks to Andy Lye for the kind words.
Following the mantra laid down in the title of their 2010 EP, The Simplicity of The Riff Is Key, UK stoner rockers Grifter build every one of their songs around monstrously grooving, simple riffs and smooth southern vocals. Something akin to Clutch jamming with Kim Thayil. Several songs, including opener Good Day For Bad News, Preacher And The Devil and Alabama Hotpocket and simply jammed with big riffs, and even when they go for an acoustic blues track to close with Gone Blues they can’t help but groove. Occasional references to their influences are dropped into the lyrics (for example a “yowza” at the end of Good Day For Bad News recalls Guns N’ Roses and Black Sabbath‘s Sweet Leaf is quoted during Strip Club), while obvious musical nods to Kyuss and similar are prevalent throughout. What gives the record such a impact soundwise is the flawless mix by Rich Robinson (not the Crowes one), which brings a rumbling bass and prominent drums fully up alongside the guitar, but without any one of them overpowering the other, which is something so many producers get wrong. Many of these tracks need not be taken too seriously, but that doesn’t stop Grifter from being just about the best stoner rock band in England right now, with no sign of running out of riffs yet. 4.5/5
Written by Andy Lye
http://www.jukeboxmetal.com/2011/grifter-grifter/
Grifter album…one of the best heavy rock albums ever???
Grifter may only be at number 774 but this is a list of the best heavy rock (not metal) albums of all time from Fast And Bulbous!!! Pretty chuffed to be on there with Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, the Stooges, Van Halen…and Budgie!!!
http://www.fastnbulbous.com/best-heavy-rock.htm
Ripple Music sign new distribution deal for North America
We’re very pleased to announce that our label, Ripple Music has signed a major distribution deal for North America with Nail Distribution. This means all our American brothers will be able to go to just about any record retail outlet in the States and order a copy of our album or any of Ripple Music’s other tasty releases by the likes of Stone Axe, Mos Generator, Poobah, JPT Scare Band, Iron Claw, Trucker Diablo…etc.
For more on the story check the link below
http://www.ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2012/01/ripple-music-signs-exclusive-north.html
GRIFTER MAKE THE TOP 20…AGAIN!!!
Reg at the awesome Heavy Planet blogspot has included our album in his Top 20 best albums of 2011.
http://www.heavyplanet.net/2012/01/regs-top-20-albums-of-2011.html
THE LOVE KEEPS ON COMING!!!
Stéphane at Temple Of Perdition blogspot has given the album an amazing review…check it out!
http://templeofperdition.blogspot.com/2012/01/enjoy-power-of-riff-with-grifter.html
THE REVIEWS KEEP ON COMING!!!
Big thanks to Amusing The Amazing blogspot for yet another killer review of the album!
http://amusingtheamazing.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/grifter-grifter-album-review/
AND ANOTHER YEAR END LIST!!!
Captain Beyond Zen was one of the first blogspots to give our album a killer review and now we’ve made number 15 in their top 40 albums of 2011!!!
http://captain-beyond.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-40-of-2011-11-20.html