Slicing Grandpa is an experimental music

Experimental music

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/noise rock

Noise rock

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 band based in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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. The group formed in the spring of 1993 in Elmira, New York

Elmira, New York

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, by John Laux and Lance Tarr. The group's sound is minimalistic, repetitive and harsh, with recordings tending to be produced at high volume on inexpensive handheld recorders. The band's sound is sometimes compared to that of Smegma

Smegma (band)

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. The band has released numerous EP

Extended play

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's and singles over the years, with the majority of more recent releases being put out on vinyl records. Compilation 7" record projects include one with San Francisco based Rubber-O-Cement, one with both Penetration Camp and Sparkle Girl (also in Seattle), and one with France

France

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's Placenta Popeye. In February 2009, Slicing Grandpa played a show at a Seattle performance space, the Josephine, along with noise artist John Wiese

John Wiese

-Biography:Born April 18, 1977, John Wiese is an artist and composer residing in Los Angeles, California. In the late 1990s, Wiese moved from St. Louis, Missouri to the west coast in order to study graphic design at the California Institute of the Arts...

. The group performs regularly in the Seattle area, and is currently working on new material for release later in 2009.
The group's music can be heard on underground and independent radio and internet based broadcasts, such as WFMU

WFMU

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 Radio in the New York City

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 area, KDVS

KDVS

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 Freeform Radio out of Davis, California

Davis, California

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, and the Satanic Church Radio

Karla LaVey

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's internet broadcast in San Francisco.

Partial discography

• Skunk EP Strain Theory Records (1993)
• 4-Trak Album STR (1993, released on 7" 2006)
• Sourpuss STR (1993)
• Scrambled Eggs and Ash Wednesday STR (1994)
• Tissue Box STR (1994)
• Caterpillar Ink STR (1994)
• Glue Farm Autopsy STR (1997)
• Silo of Blood EP STR (1998)
• Pig Blood Blues STR (1998)
• Slicing Grandpa-"best of for a debute" STR (2001)
• Electric Shitstorm STR (2003)
• Family Restroom STR/Scatological Liberation Front (2005)
• Urination Crane STR (2005)
• SG/Rubber-O-Cement split 7" Brutal Sound F/X (2006)
• Greatest Hits? CD Tanzprocesz (2007)
• SG/Penetration Camp split 7" No Label (2007)
• SG/Sparkle Girl split 7" Soccer Mom Ebonics (2007)
• Mobile Bones Disposal Unit Tanzprocesz (2007)
• Chaos Midnight 10" STR (2007)
• SG/Placenta Popeye split 7" Tanzprocesz (2007)
• Mruofekis Cassette PychForm Records (2007)
• Meth Set 7" Daisy Cutter Records (2007)
• Spirits of Doug & W CD SLF (2008)
• Big Monster Canadian Coat Cassette Goaty Tapes (2008)
• Le Hardcore 7" STR (2009)
• Diaper Down STR (2009)

External links

• http://slicinggrandpa.blogspot.com
• http://www.myspace.com/slicinggrandpa
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Slicing+Grandpa
• http://siltbreeze.com
• http://s-srecords.com
• http://tanzprocesz.free.fr