Artist: Grandaddy
Genre(s):
Indie
Alternative
Discography:
Just Like The Fambly Cat
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla
Year: 2005
Tracks: 7
Sumday
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
The Broken Down Comforter Collection
Year: 1999
Tracks: 12
Under The Western Freeway
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Sophtware Slump
Year:
Tracks: 11
A Pretty Mess By This One Band
Year:
Tracks: 7
Solar-powered space pop jazz group Grandaddy was formed in Modesto, CA, in 1992 by Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch; although a noisy, lo-fi approach characterized early recordings like 1994's Complex Party Come Along Theories, with the 1995 additions of guitar player Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden the group's sound expanded exponentially o'er the path 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 mark Will Records, 1997's acclaimed full-length Under the Western Freeway proven Grandaddy's originative breakthrough, and the following year the album was reissued on major-label V2, with "Summertime Here Kids" earning Single of the Week honors in the pages of the NME. The Broken Down Comforter Collection, a digest of singles tracks, preceded the 1999 Signal to Snow Ratio EP, which heralded a motion toward the time of origin electronic textures further in evidence on 2000's superb Sophtware Slump. In 2002, the grouping released another odds-n-sods aggregation, Concrete Dunes, which paved the way for a busy 2003: that spring, Grandaddy released the Floating Debris EP and their one-fourth full-length, Sumday, and spent the repose of the year touring, qualification appearances at festivals such as Glastonbury. In 2005, they resurfaced with the Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla EP and a uncut record album (Simply Like the Fambly Cat) followed in 2006.
