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Sacramento, United States (2002 – present)

Giant Squid is a band from San Francisco, California, currently signed to Translation Loss and Vega Vinyl. They were previously signed to The End Records.

The band was originally conceived in 2002 in Sacramento, California, after the core members, Aaron Gregory (guitar, lead vocals), Bryan Beeson (bass guitar), Bill Hughes (guitar), and Aurielle Zeitler (keyboards, vocals), had already been playing in Northern California under the monikers Koi and Namor. The band self-released its debut album ‘Metridium Field’ in 2004 through its own record label, Tyrannosaurus Records. Metridium Field contained re-recorded versions of the songs “Revolution in the Water” and “Ampullae Of Lorenzini”, two tracks originally released locally in 2001 as a two-song CD under the band’s previous name, Namor, which featured Dave Reynolds on drums.

Recording of Metridium Field started in February 2003, and now included Jason Divincenzo on drums. In addition to the two aforementioned songs, the album contained the additional tracks “Neonate”, “Namor Versus the Siren”, “Summit”, and “Metridium Field”, as well as two non-musical tracks, “Megaptera In The Delta” and “Eating Machine”. Giant Squid hired heavy music producer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, High On Fire, Mr. Bungle, Melvins) to record and produce Metridium Field in Sacramento at the recording studio The Hangar. AJ Welham was assistant engineer for the week long session, and Brandon Oreno later recorded much of the vocals on the record. The album was mastered by Eric Broyhill at Monster Lab Audio in Sacramento. During the middle of the recording process, Aaron Gregory’s father was killed in a motorcycle accident, which delayed the eventual release until April 2004.
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Stream CENOTES in its entirety at NPR!

10 Oct 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/giantsquid

Ladies and Gentleman, please enjoy the world premier of Giant Squid's brand new album, CENOTES, in its entirety, streaming live at NPR. First Listen: Giant Squid, 'Cenotes'You know the drill - coff...

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