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In the Meantime
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Congo
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Philosophy & Underwear
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Congo Powers
Solo Cholo
MC
Trachiotomy
featuring Quintron
Rowdy
Life
Dimestore
Ensemble
S/T
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Grand
Mal
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| NYNT
RECORDINGS |
 Grand
Mal
Love Is The Best Con In Town CD
Simmering
with homegrown soul, this piano-based album is more
stripped down and less bombastic than previous Grand
Mal efforts – think of a collision of early
Todd Rundgren, Holland-era Beach Boys and of course
the relaxed swagger of classic Grand Mal-style r’n’r.
Loaded with some of the best songs of Bill Whitten’s
prolific career...
learn
more | buy now
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| LIVE DATES |
| Wed
11/01/06, Brooklyn, NY, Rocks in Your Head w/Hopewell&Damon
McMahon
Thurs 11/02/06, New York, NY, Fat Baby - Official
CMJ Showcase
Fri, 11/03/06, New York, NY, Mo Pitkins - Fanatic
PR Accoustic Showcase
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| SOUNDS |
"The
Best Con In Town" MP3
from Love Is The Best Con In Town
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| LINKS |
Grand
Mal home
Grand
Mal on Myspace
Bill's
Blog
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| PRESS
CORNER |
hi
res photo
bio
(pdf)
Love Is...
one-sheet |
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| “Grand
Mal ooze cool” - NME
“Rock with an unabashed swagger.” - New
York Times
"Authentic New York grime" - Mojo
After
the 1995 dissolution of Hartford, CT’s mess-rock poster
children St. Johnny, bandleader
Bill Whitten, with only an Epiphone Les Paul Jr.
copy and a notebook full of rough edged hits to his name,
found himself in New York. Informed by New York Dolls, T-Rex,
and Mott the Hoople instead of his previously slack, droning
St. Johnny work, Whitten introduced Grand Mal
later that year. Whitten has spent the last decade since
writing brilliant off-kilter rock’n’roll gems
about first round K.O.’s. bail-jumping ex-wives, disaster
films, mustachioed fascists and endless misadventures. Continuing
work with St. Johnny producer Dave Fridmann
(Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, etc.), Grand Mal released a
slew of albums on Number 6, Slash/London, and Arena Rock
before calling it quits after 2003’s critically acclaimed
Bad Timing. Whitten quietly returned to home recording,
and, out of nowhere, delivered his most realized, relaxed
album to date: Love Is The Best Con In Town.
Go
here for Bill's in-depth autobiographical account of the
band's history w/loads o/MP3s.
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| PRESS/REVIEWS
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General
ireallylovemusic.com
interview
Love Is The Best Con In Town
Gibson
Backstage Pass
ireallylovemusic.com's
songs:illinois
Bad Timing
Creem
Online
Drowned
In Sound
Kerrang
Lost
at Sea
MOJO
The
New York Times
NME
Pitchfork
Media
Pop
Matters
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DISCOGRAPHY
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Grand
Mal EP (No. 6, 1996)
Pleasure Is No Fun CD/LP(No. 6, 1997)
“Whole Lotta Nothing”/”Life’s a
Gas” CD single (Slash/London, 1998)
“Stay in Bed” from Jawbreaker: Music from
the Motion Picture (London, 1999)
“Stay in Bed (Death in Vegas Remix)” CD single
(Slash/London, 1999)
Maledictions CD (Slash/London, 1999)
“Hey Man” from This is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based
Compilation CD (Arena Rock, 2001)
Bad Timing CD (Arena Rock, 2003)
Love Is The Best Con in Town (New York Night Train,
2006)
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