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Grotus Is A Four Piece Heavy Music Band From San Francisco. Their Sound Incorporates Lots Of Drums 2 Bass Players Throaty Vocals Guitar And Tons Of Sampled Sounds Of Everything From Yodeling Pygmy Trios To Cartoon Music To Power Tools. Lyrical Themes Include Steroids In Cows Drugs In People Humans In Nature War As Entertainment Zen Cosmetic Surgery Cancer Environmental Destruction Radical History And So Forth. Performances Include Projected Video Huge Volume Hair Sweat Star Trek Bits Smoke And A Healthy Dose Of Spinal Tap. Grotus Was Formed In November 1989 As A Three Piece By Guitar Victims Fox Tanner And Carson. Intent On Doing Something Different The Trio Got Some Samplers And Began To Make Sample-Based Music-Soundtrack/collage/crush-Rock With A Strong Political Bent. Grotus Added A Live Drummer Bruce Boyd In March '91 And Quickly Gained A Strong Local Following Leading To Opening Slots For National Touring Acts Including Nine Inch Nails Mr. Bungle Jesus Lizard And Consolidated. They Released Two Singles And Appeared On Two Compilations Before Releasing Their Debut Full Length Work Brown In November 1991. Then Followed Their First U.S. Tour Supporting Mr. Bungle In March And April '92. The Previously Scorned Guitar Began Making An Occasional Cameo Beginning An Evolution Into The Heavier Locomotive Rhythms Present On Grotus' Spirit EP Luddite Released February '93. From Http //www.Alternativetentacles.Com/bandinfo.Php?band Grotus read less