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The Grillers

Soundwaves and Sunsets (2003)
Smeared Ink

Reviewer Rating:

Contributed by: gluegungary
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Published on October 16th 2005

Where to start, hmmmm. Well, the Grillers the best band i have ever seen live, and this album needs to be reviewed.

With 8 tracks logging in a little over a half-hour, this album has blown me away. This band has 3 guitars and 3 members singing and a rythm section that tears you apart from start to end. The guitars are so thick and weird but good throughout. I can't pin point their sound, but it's original. LostProphets meets NOFX is the only thing I can come up with.

Standout tracks include "Temp Disconnected," "Summers Gone," and the gritty "Chopper," with great production from the band themselves and engineering by Arun Venkatesh. This band is New Jersey's most important unsigned band. They have been around for years and keep killing the Garden State's punk scene. One example is when MTV made the Clycaps, who came in second place in the Battle of the Bands, outdone by the Grillers, who took home first. So for anyone sick of the same screamo we have been getting for the past year or two, this is a nice change.

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Anonymous (May 2, 2006)

10 is for the grillers.

Anonymous (October 17, 2005)

The review sucks, but the band is actually alright. you can hear some songs on purevolume. www.purevolume.com/thegrillers

Anonymous (October 17, 2005)

I bought this album like two years ago, kind of weird your reviewing it now. None the less the grillers are fukin amazing....... you failed to mention how they beat out over 200 bands in the skate and surf battle of the bands contest. they r good

Anonymous (October 17, 2005)

to be honest this review says it all to me
they must be a shitty band

Sirens (October 17, 2005)

maybe they should grill me some cheese.

CherryColaRain (October 16, 2005)

Fuck, the anonymous who said "Darkest Hour aren't from Europe" is right. They aren't, my mistake. I got confused because "Undoing Ruin" (which i recently purchased) got recorded in Europe.

I apologize for the misunderstanding.

Anonymous (October 16, 2005)

somehow, god only knows how, this isnt the worst review of the batch

Anonymous (October 16, 2005)

Darkest Hour aren't from Europe.

Dante3000 (October 16, 2005)

Let's be honest though Millencolin does not deserve to be used in conjunction with that trash called Lost Prophets. The only prophets they lost were in American record sales. BOO YAH! And in all honesty I use that band as the watermark for all the crap bands europe has sent us over the years. Sure there have been good bands, but I call them "bands" or "musicians". Crap bands get shitty taglines like "euroband".
-Dante

CherryColaRain (October 16, 2005)

Their name makes me want to eat a good ol' BBQ-In-your-own-backyard Hamburger. And hey, please if you're going to diss a european band don't use the term Euroband. Europe has provided us with some amazing music, like Millencolin and Darkest Hour.

As for my hunger, God bless microwaveble edible and delicious goods.

joeg (October 16, 2005)

that joke was lame. come up something more creative next time.

Anonymous (October 16, 2005)

weak dude! that has got to be the lamest review ever.

Dante3000 (October 16, 2005)

So other than three members who sound like NOFX and a really shitty Euroband, I gained nothing from this review. Shit, tell me about the music for gods sake.
-Dante

gladimnotemo (October 16, 2005)

"LostProphets meets NOFX is the only thing I can come up with. "

No.