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Modesto CA, United States (1992 – 2006, 2012 – present)

Grandaddy are an American band formed in Modesto, California in 1992 by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch; although a noisy, approach characterized early recordings like 1994’s Complex Party Come Along Theories, with the 1995 additions of guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden the group’s sound expanded exponentially over the course of subsequent efforts including the unreleased Don’t Sock the Tryer and the 1996 EP A Pretty Mess By This One Band. Originally issued on indie label Will Records, 1997’s acclaimed full-length Under The Western Freeway proved Grandaddy’s creative breakthrough, and the following year the album was reissued on major-label V2, with “Summer Here Kids” earning Single of the Week honors in the pages of the NME. The Broken Down Comforter Collection, a compilation of singles tracks, preceded the 1999 Signal To Snow Ratio EP, which heralded a movement toward the vintage electronic textures further in evidence on 2000’s superb The Sophtware Slump. In 2002, the group released another odds-n-sods collection, Concrete Dunes, which paved the way for a busy 2003: that spring, Grandaddy released the Floating Debris EP and their fourth full-length, Sumday, and spent the rest of the year touring, making appearances at festivals such as Glastonbury. In 2005, they resurfaced with the Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla EP and a full-length album (Just Like The Fambly Cat) followed in 2006. It was to be their last, though Jason Lytle continues to tour, playing Grandaddy songs as well as his own solo works.
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  • bingj014

    Cover song 'Junkpile' on Spotify!

    Friday afternoon
  • Pinkerton-

    http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Grandaddy/+images/77719786 anyone?

    11 days ago
  • yugman

    Found Jason's cover of little boxes (on the hill side all made of ticky tacky etc). Great!

    24 days ago
  • aginggirl

    better one

    24 days ago
  • yugman

    The Grandaddy rarities you get for the donation are so good. Static Hum, the live bootleg album is one of the best Grandaddy records out there. Not many people realise but this band do a fucking KILLER version of Pixies velouria.

    26 days ago
  • forablueguitar

    really glad i bought tickets.

    last month
  • Boshwadam

    Levitz = best Grandaddy song ever.

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  • krystalvon

    i shat my pants when i found out they got back together. oh my god

    last month
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Destination Weekend

19 May 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/grandaddy

In celebration of the band's twenty-year anniversary, Pearl Jam will host and headline a Labor Day weekend concert celebration at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI. Jason, and all …

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