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The Grand Astoria

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Fine Russian rock band from St Petersburg.......
The current lineup consists of Kamille
Sharapodinov vocals/guitar, Igor Suvorov guitar, Michael Bookin bass, and Albert Vartanov drums......to the best of my knowledge they have released three CD's, all of which are very, very good, and if you are a lover of the hard psych/stoner stuff that I post here, you will like this.......vey good albums.

The first, self titled opus (2009) is a great one, it basically takes psych/stoner/punk/metal/ and anything else you might dredge up, throws it in a blender, and comes up with a fairly unique hard edged sound that I find quite interesting....opening with shorter riff rockers like "The Art of Communicating With Aliens", and morphing into some longer workouts ushc as "Salvation Is Near" anad "Bell Jar".....a fine album, albeit mostly unknown in the USA.

The following year they released the imagnatively titled "II", which is a better album than the debut and for my money oneof the top ten albums of 2010, if that means anything to you........similar sound, but more complex numbers, more reminiscent of the longer numbers on the debut......hard to argue with a title like "The Inner Galactic Experience of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath"......this is a fine album, even name checking Wikipedia ("Wikipedia Surfer").......don't miss......


The third album "Omnipresence" is quite enjoyable as well, shorter numbers, but still hard rocking and imaginative.......the title track and "Rat Race in Moscow" are fine numbers, and if you enjoyed the first two albums, perhaps this one will do it for ya as well.....I like all three of these albums a good bit, sometimes I have trobule encouraging you guys to check out non-American rock n roll, but PLEASE do, and let me know what You think.......this is GREAT fucking Rock N Roll here

THE GRAND ASTORIA-01 The Art of Communicating With Aliens/02 Evolution of the Planet Groove/03 All the Same/04 The man. The Sun. The Desert/05 Salvation Is NEar/06 Bell Jar (The World Is Not OK)

II-01 Enjoy the View/02 The Inner Galactic Experience of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath/03 Visit Sri Lanka/04 Wikipedia Surfer/0Radio Friendly Fire

OMNIPRESENCE-01 Doomsday Party/02 Hungry & Foolish/03 Mania Grandiosa/04
Omniabsence/05 Rat Race In Moscow/06 Something Wicked This Way Comes/07 The Song Of Hope/08 Omnipresence/09 Stonewall


DON'T MISS THESE, YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!.... shake my head at the low numbers for the great LOS NATAS, PLEASE check out Grand Astoria, they rock the fucking house and you WILL be happy......unless you thing everything should sound like Hootie and the Goddamn Blowfish or something!


PLEASE DO NOT MISS THESE, they are really good....you don't want me to start talking about retirement and shit again do ya?

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