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Infobox musical artist | name = Grand Buffet| image = 2003-11-17d-03.jpg| caption = Left to right: Jarrod Weeks, Jackson O'Connell-Barlow| image_size = 240| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania | genre = Alternative hip hop , Experimental music|Experimental | years_active = 1996& ndash;2011| label = Self Produced Fighting records|Fighting Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.grandbuffet.com/ www.grandbuffet.com| current_members = Jackson O'Connell-Barlow Jarrod Weeks| past_members = "G-Rude"| notable_instruments = Grand Buffet is a Hip hop music|hip-hop funk duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , made up of Jackson O'Connell-Barlow (stage names: Iguanadon, Grape-a-Don, Plaps, Nate Kukla, and Mr. Pennsylvania) and Jarrod Weeks (stage names: M-Dog, Lord Grunge, Viceroy, Matt Kukla, Fred Durts). Their music is a unique brand of humorous, often satirical rapping|rap . They have toured several times with notable artists such as Gil Mantera's Party Dream , Sage Francis , Of Montreal , Cex , http://rocksellout.com/2007/08/04/an-interview-with-grand-buffet/ rocksellout.com interview Sole (artist)|Sole , Magnolia Electric Co. , http://www.fightingrecords.com/index.php? thispage=artists& id=12 Fighting Records bio pageStreetlight Manifesto , http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/2334/4 Lumino Magazine article and the late Wesley Willis . They have also toured the USA and Europe extensively. In 2005 they finished a European tour with Sage Francis , Cleveland Scene http://web.archive.org/web/20050616080633/www.clevescene.com/Issues/2005-06-08/music/scout2.html article at http://www.archive.org archive.org and an American Tour with Of Montreal and MGMT in 2006. They toured with Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk in 2008, and Third Eye Blind in 2009.
History
Grand Buffet has been together since 1996. They have released two self-produced, full length LP's, Scrooge McRock (1997, out of print) and Sparkle Classic (2000), as well as a "Trilogy of Terror": 3 EP's - Undercover Angels (album)|Undercover Angels (2002), Cigarette Beach (2002), and Pittsburgh Hearts (2003). Each of these releases has included different names for Jackson and Jarrod in the liner notes; the stage names are listed chronologically from Scrooge McRock to Cigarette Beach - Pittsburgh Hearts attributed them by their real names.
On May 8, 2007, "The Haunted Fucking Gazebo" EP and on January 8, 2008, "King Vision" were released, both on Fighting Records.
Abandoned and unreleased material
The band has distanced itself from Scrooge McRock in at least one interview, dismissing it as more of a retrospectively-viewed collection of demos than a proper album. http://www.thephiller.com/features/2004/02/grand-buffet-interview/ The Philler Interview For the following two years, they worked on material for an album that was to be called Peter Weller (after the Peter Weller|actor ), which ultimately was never released, culminating in an abandonment in 1999.citation needed|date=August 2008 (Several tracks from these sessions were released on Dicer ). Sparkle Classic is the first album they consider part of the official discography.
Grand Buffet have hinted at a children's album entitled Gorilla and Fox , New Times Broward-Palm Beach http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/content/printVersion/135346 article but there has been no official release date announced.
Height (musician)|Height - Title to be announced - 2005, Guest appearance on "Going Down Big"
A Night of Laughin& #33; Volume 1 - 2006, Contains various stand-up comedy sets with Jackson and Jarrod making fun of the comics in the background. Signed, limited edition run of 100; available only at shows. Disc itself labeled "A Night of Laughs!" Sold out.
Circuits of Steel II -2007 Jackson and Lord Grunge contribute solo songs, "Holy shit& #33; Yikes!" and "Frosty Anchors"
'' Escape From Anthony Baboon's Nautical Playhouse The Sample Based Remixes - 2008
Gorilla and Fox - Unknown release date, children's album
Videography
"Candy Bars" (2000)
"Pink Deadly" (2002)
"Cool As Hell" (2004)
Five Years of Fireworks DVD (2005)
Grand Buffet are featured in the 2003 German documentary Golden Lemons http://www.goldenlemons.de Golden Lemons a documentary roadmovie by Jörg Siepmannimdb title|0384138|Golden Lemons by Jörg Siepmann about a Wesley Willis tour supported by the German band Die Goldenen Zitronen (The Golden Lemons) and Grand Buffet .
External links
http://www.grandbuffet.com/ Official site
http://www.myspace.com/grandbuffet Myspace account for Grand Buffet
http://www.myspace.com/lordgrunge Myspace account for Lord Grunge
http://www.myspace.com/mrspaintbrush Myspace account for Jackson
http://www.mustburn.com/video/grandbuffetcoolashell.mp4 "Cool As Hell" music video
References
reflist Category:American hip hop groups Category:Musical groups from Pennsylvania Category:Musical groups from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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