Earl Greyhound

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Earl Greyhound formed in 2002 with the collaboration of songwriters Matt Whyte and Kamara Thomas. Living and working in New York City, the pair began performing regularly as a duo. All along, they were crafting the sound and songs that would form the foundation for a colossal rock band influenced by the strident English three- and four-pieces of the 70’s, the dark pop and heavy grooves of the 90’s, and the transcendental, noisy acid sounds of modern rock.

The band’s first full-length album, Soft Targets, was recorded in Los Angeles and Brooklyn in 2005. However, they were loathe to release the album without a permanent drummer—tellingly, a constant snag since EG’s inception. Taking a leap of faith, Matt and Kamara vowed to play a gig every week until their dream drummer found them. One fateful evening, a gig at Brooklyn’s Southpaw brought them a friend in guitar player Kirk Douglass (of The Roots). Douglass became a fan and brought his friend and Gold Crowns bandmate Ricc Sheridan to gigs for the next few weeks. Ricc says, “I awoke from a dream one night, and knew that this was my band.” A rockneck-inducing jam confirmed that the band had found its holiest trinity. They hit the ground running with Big Ricc Sheridan on drums, and the world has been rocking their faces ever since!

Released in October 2006, Soft Targets earned loads of fans and critical acclaim from publications including The New Yorker, SPIN, Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Vegan and Pitchfork.

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Andromedarise wrote:
July 2009

I saw them at the Afropunk festival in Brooklyn, NY on July 5th, and fell head over heels!

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hollyy___x wrote:
July 2009

I just got recommended these guys, anyone wanna throw me a track? You can have whatever from my library. :)

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Luginess wrote:
February 2009

Seen them live, thats right *flex

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naviculamusic wrote:
February 2009

fucking awesome!!!

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yeoldstinkeye wrote:
February 2009

I'll have to check them out.

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Grumsfc wrote:
January 2009

Does anyone know where I can download the 'Earl Greyhound' album? I think iTunes wont distribute it in the UK....not sure but I can only seem to get 'soft target'.

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Caponera wrote:
January 2009

FUCK they are good. :)

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doiscareyou wrote:
January 2009

fucking brilliant.

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dominiqueminor wrote:
November 2008

To me, the best to way describe Ricc's drumming is like listening to the heartbeat of Thor. ...Absolutely amazing. I interviewed them last month. EG is a very cool, very chill band. It was pretty awesome to meet them because I've been a fan for over a year now. I can't for their new album in the spring. They played some new tunes, and they rocked!!!

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adverseentropy wrote:
November 2008

Ditto, YamaLlama

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YamaLlama wrote:
November 2008

Saw these guys open for Portugal the Man in denver. They ruled.

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djawg wrote:
November 2008

Disenmemberment, you are a dumbass. This band is incredible.

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brenda1222 wrote:
October 2008

these guys know how to rock out with they's cocks out

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disenmemberment wrote:
October 2008

one word. suck. saw them open for Dodos, who was amazing, at Earlham College.

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RiffRock wrote:
March 2008

I saw them in orlando from 3 feet away in a little record store and they melted my face off for sure, They were really cool to hang with afterwards. Just good people. He gave me and my buddy his sticks probably for the hearing lost we got from his rocking.

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pinklima wrote:
February 2008

i wish they were streamable.

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GURT wrote:
January 2008

If you like Earl Greyhound you'll probably like Super 400 as well.

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TheGodfather234 wrote:
November 2007

was very impressed after seeing them open up for Chris Cornell. they are gonna be the next big thing i swear. itll happen soon. and thatll be great because they are actually hard enough to attract my attention while being melodic enough to get the people in the mainstream interested.

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chromechisel49 wrote:
October 2007

wtf? only 20,000 plays? even after being featured on current.tv? they best be getting popular soon...

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Venti wrote:
October 2007

See them live if you can. I was even lucky enough to meet the band beforehand and then Big Ricc gave me his sticks afterwards!

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