Formed in 2006 and based in Texas, the Grey Goo is a genre hopping well orchastrated mess. The music can be contemptupous; it can be saccharine, most of the time it finds a nice place in the middle with as much questions as answers. While the sounds play a zealous tribute to folk rock and its subsequent manifestations, you can hear Ryan Elliott trying to sabotage any desire to pay homage. After amassing a large back-catelougue of material, Elliott decided the new sound of these folkish quirky songs needed a more sparse homely feel and took to the challenge of recording them as "The Grey Goo". Jubilant, lo-fi, paranoid, humorous... With it's debut "Goo Goo Ga' Choob!", the band was noted for recording in a raw and exquisitely "lo-fi" tradition. The sound is unique and a true creature of necessity. As Elliot recalls, "These songs that were in my head were not going anywhere till I got'em out, one way or another, I just picked "another'". The latest release "Hot Raw Goo (Live)" looks forward by looking back to the original recordings that were the catalyst for the band. The harmonies are unique and give a deeper insight into Elliott's songwriting process. Jubilant and paranoid, humorous, bloated and occasionally beautiful, whether dominated by his influences or concacting a momentary revelation, the Grey Goo is absolutely worth the listen. ___________________________ Biography: Perfect is not perfect. The one man show, recording many times on 4-track, with whatever device that translates what's in Elliot's head results in a fairly unmistakable sound and mood that grows on the listener. In the end, the Grey Goo's strength are the songs themselves which, often enough, transcend the limitations of the recording method. Influences are always a tricky thing, and wanting to channel a musical hero without becoming a tribute band is a line Ryan Elliot has learned to walk over time. Elliot has said that, "Each song starts somewhere else. The key is to take the inspiration, filter it through your own palette and live with what comes out." For the Grey Goo, Elliot takes his obvious love of the Beatles, The Beach Boys' SMiLE album, the grossly underrated "jangle" guitar style of R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, the experimentation of bands such as the Velvet Underground and Ween and produces something "else". "Else" can be good; it can be an absolute failure too. For the Grey Goo though, the sound must be different or its tossed into the abyss. (And trust us when we say there is an abyss somewhere chalk full of garbage) It's all wrapped up in the sound of the Grey Goo. ___________________ TRIVIA: "The Grey Goo" gets it name from a very real and terrifying "end of the world" scenario. Many theoretical physicists warn that the expansion of human technology, specifically nanotechnology, will grow beyond the limit of human control. However, this is not the world of the "Terminator" movies. Predicted as a result of the breakdown of "Moore's Law", millions of so-called "nanobots" the size of red blood cells will roam the earth like wispy dust-devils looking for any carbon-based (i.e. human) material it can use to continue to self-replicate. ...As a noted physicist wrote, "the last thing you'd see before being literally erased from the earth would be this cloud of the grey goo enrapturing you."....... What a great name for a band!!!