Grand Buffet
is a hip-hop duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made up of Jackson O'Connell-Barlow (stage names: Iguanadon, Grape-a-Don, Plaps, Nate Kukla, and Mr. Pennsylvania) and Jarrod Weeks (stage names: M-Dog, Lord Grunge, Viceroy, Matt Kukla, Fred Durts). Their music is a unique brand of humorous, often satirical rap. They have toured several times with notable artists such as Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Sage Francis, Of Montreal, Cex, [1] Sole, Magnolia Electric Co., [2] Streetlight Manifesto, [3] and the late Wesley Willis
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History
Grand Buffet has been together since 1996.
They have released two self-produced, full length LP's,
Scrooge McRock
(1997, out of print) and
Sparkle Classic
(2000), as well as a "Trilogy of Terror": 3 EP's -
Undercover Angels
(2002),
Cigarette Beach
(2002), and
Pittsburgh Hearts
(2003). Each of these releases has included different names for Jackson and Jarrod in the liner notes; the stage names are listed chronologically from
Scrooge McRock
to
Cigarette Beach
-
Pittsburgh Hearts
attributed them by their real names.
left for
Of Montreal at
The 40 Watt Club in
Athens, Georgia on
March 24th,
2006Their
MySpace account also lists them as Viceroy (Jarrod) and Plaps (Jackson). There was a third member, a DJ named G-Rude, who was credited on
Scrooge McRock
but no subsequent albums – thus the liner art for both
Scrooge McRock
and
Dicer
contains three member's pictures instead of two. In 2004, they released a full length CD of outtakes, rarities, and radio performances called
Dicer: The Unheard Funk Tracks
. In 2005, they released a greatest hits collection,
Five Years of Fireworks
, which included a new track and a bonus
DVD filled with
music videos, outtakes, backstage antics, and live material. A sequel to
Dicer
was announced in 2005, and Weeks mentioned possibly expanding it into an annual release.
[5]. It is notable to mention that they once again toured with a DJ for some shows in 2005 and 2006; a DJ from Texas, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, who has toured with Kid Koala.
[6]
On May 8th, 2007,
"The Haunted Fucking Gazebo"
EP and on January 8, 2008,
"King Vision"
were released, both on Fighting Records.
Abandoned and unreleased material
The band has distanced itself from
Scrooge McRock
in at least one interview, dismissing it as more of a retrospectively-viewed collection of demos than a proper album.
[7] For the following two years, they worked on material for an album that was to be called
Peter Weller
(after the
actor), which ultimately was never released, culminating in an abandonment in 1999. (Several tracks from these sessions were released on
Dicer
).
Sparkle Classic
is the first album they consider part of the official discography.
Grand Buffet have hinted at a children's album entitled
Gorilla and Fox
,
but there has been no official release date announced.
Discography
- High Grabber
- 1996, self released demo tape
- Scrooge McRock
- 1997, out of print LP
- Height - Height
- 2000, guest appearance on "String Game"
- Sparkle Classic
- 2000, LP
- Circuits of Steel
- 2002, compilation; contributed track "Murphy" (now available in DICER
)
- Trilogy of Terror EPs
- 2002-2003, EPs
- * Undercover Angels
- 2002, EP
- * Cigarette Beach
- 2002, EP
- * Pittsburgh Hearts
- 2003, EP
- Dicer: The Unheard Funk Tracks
- 2004, B-sides collection
- Karaoke
- 2005, Jackson's Collection
- Five Years of Fireworks
- 2005, Greatest hits collection with bonus DVD
- Bloom - Untitled remix LP
- 2005, Remix of "Remote Control"
- Height - Title to be announced - 2005, Guest appearance on "Going Down Big"
- A Night of Laughin! Volume 1
- 2006, Contains various stand-up comedy sets with Jackson and Jarrod making fun of the comics in the background. Signed, limited edition run of 100; available only at shows. Disc itself labeled "A Night of Laughs!" Sold out.
- Circuits of Steel II
-2007 Jackson and Lord Grunge contribute solo songs, "Holy shit! Yikes!" and "Frosty Anchors"
- The Haunted Fucking Gazebo
- May 8, 2007, EP
- King Vision
- 2008, LP
- Escape From Anthony Baboon's Nautical Playhouse The Sample Based Remixes
- 2008
- Gorilla and Fox
- Unknown release date, children's album
Videography
- "Candy Bars" (2000)
- "Pink Deadly" (2002)
- "Cool As Hell" (2004)
- Five Years of Fireworks
DVD (2005)