Sunday, June 18, 2017

Discography part 2 (only two years later!) Selling Doors, Door to Door

So yeah, here’s our second release, a split E.P. with the Lawn Darts entitled “Selling Doors, Door to Door.” The title is meant to represent that endless slog of being an independent band and how it feels sometimes.

Anyway, we recorded a load of stuff for our first album.   It took a while for us to get enough money to release the CD (after the whole original dudes stole our, so we ended up writing some new songs and thought maybe some of these should be on the CD as well.  Back into JMM we went with almost another year of playing under our belts.  I can hear the difference for sure.

So, having done two sessions, so we decided to make an EP as well, instead of having a kajillion song album (you know like this one!). Originally to be released on Mutant Pop before Tim changed his mind, we decided to make it a split release.  Then we went about thinking “Who can we convince to do this with us? Ah, the Lawn Darts!” and so we had a release party for it and everything (as seen here) and then the Lawn Darts promptly broke up.  It was a shame because that third album was shaping up to be a doozy. All their great music is on their Bandcamp.com site!

Alas.  

Also, alas, this mofo is WAY out of print, unless the Lawn Darts have some.  200 copies hand numbered by my wife who has actual penmanship.  Our original tracks are available on the above listed Digital Special Edition of Me, Myself and Your Mother (along with demos and live crap) and it’s free, or throw some bucks at it if’n ya want.

Recorded at JMM  studios in Metuchen.
Photo Used for cover purchased at the Junkologist, Keyport, NJ
Inside art by Rich
About half are silver bottomed cdrs, the rest typical blue.

Grover Kent-

Crissie V
Lumberjack Slam
Hey, Kate
Hybrid Moments

Lawn Darts-

Amanda Lynn
When I’m Gone
Open In Case of Emergency
Feed the World

(Lawn Darts tracks are on their Bandcamp page on the album “Day of the Darts”)




Friday, April 1, 2016

Sweet merciful crap! New Grover Kent News! New Album! New Single! New Tour!?!?!?!?!

From our secret underground lair Grover Kent have hatched forth a new plan for World Domination(tm)!

We've been keeping a tight lid on our new stuff because of the fact that plans have fallen through before, but not this time!  Announcing our brand new album which will be available on CD/digital AND 12" vinyl within the next 48 hours.  The Single is called "Hello, April!" and it is out NOW! Click Here to listen!

The new album is called This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things and is a doozy. We've been recording for the last 8 months and are so excited for you to hear it. Track list is as follows:


  1. Baby, I'm Gonna Sell You a Bridge!
  2. Swampland in Florida
  3. The Mummy's Curse
  4. Shooting Down Balloon Boy
  5. Priory of Scion
  6. Hello, April
  7. We Make the Crop Circles
  8. The Cottingley Faieries
  9. Alien Autopsy
  10. Piltdown Man Rides Again
  11. Playing Chess with The Turk
  12. Giants of Cardiff
  13. Bohemian Rhapsody


Here's the Cover:

The tour will be two weeks up and down the East coast with our friends, the newly reunited ERGS! Holy Crap! It's gonna be a great time and we'll be filming the whole tour for a documentary to be entitled DVDees Nuts which will be out in the Fall.  Can't wait to see you!!!

Rich, Jay, Mel and Mark

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Grover Kent Discography Part 1- Me, Myself and Your Mother

I'm doing this because I am a Discography nerd, and because, well, why not? Each week or so will be a new entry.

Here's our debut album in all it's erm, glory.













Title: Me Myself & Your Mother
Format: CD
Label: Self Released
# of copies- 200
Released 2003

Track Listing:
  1. Pussykat
  2. Suddenly, Summer
  3. Girl Trouble
  4. Suede
  5. Kentucky Waterfall
  6.  You Broke it, You Bought It
  7. Jimmy's Little Blue Hatchback
  8. Irritating Girl
  9. Hockey and Food
  10. Caroline
  11. I sold My Brian to Science
  12. Can't Believe It's True
  13. Endless Vacation


Originally this was to come out  in 2012, but the manufacturer Short Run CDs (now defunct, NOT the people at Shortruncds.com currently!) stole our money and never made the product. For a band with very little money this was a serious blow.  Musician's Friend came to the rescue with  their own short run service! So it actually came out in 2003, despite the 2002 date on the CD art.  We made 2 runs of 100, there's no difference in them. OOP now for some time, although Interpunk still has some.  Currently it is ONLY available in DIGITAL DOWNLOAD form with a heap of bonus tracks.

Trivia-
  • Our cover model is Rich's wife's grandmother Molly Grimm
  • The back cover photo was taken at The Saint in Asbury Park.
  • Said photo is one of only 7 known pictures of our drummer smiling
  • Based on sweat patterns, it was taken after the set
  • there's a secret bonus track, only available on the CD (OK, it's Endless Vacation)
  • Steve sings lead on Endless Vacation. It's fairly Badass.




Tuesday, December 23, 2014

So yeah, whilst going through some CDs I came across a strange one...

labeled "GK Demos" 7/21/03 with 4 tracks.

2 had no vocals, but two were very early demos of Running songs.  So, I listened to them, and they are quite good.  Still not sure who's on the songs, or where they were recorded.  I vaguely remember recording a rehearsal at Stage Right once.

Lord knows it's possible I am wrong.

Anyhow, I took the demos and made a quick digital only single for you, for Christmas!  I wanted the cover to remind you of buying one of those dodgy bootlegs you'd get in the city.

I hope you like them, I think it's a bit of fun for the holiday.

If you want to download it click here: https://groverkent.bandcamp.com/album/demos-7-21-93

Thursday, July 11, 2013

So where the hell is the new single you jerks?

Well, it's in limbo right now.  Direct all ire to me and my uber-shitty 60 hour a week work schedule and the fact that my singing voice seems to be shot.  Poor diet?  Stress?  Being super-duper tired all the time?

Probably all of the above, yeah?

Seriously, two years. Quite frankly, it's getting to a Def Leppard or Dickies level of absurdity here.  When I came up with the idea, I was still on Day shift at the coffee joint!

I intend to finish it after I move in early August.  I refuse to release anything I consider subpar so that's not helping either, you know?  If I accepted some poor vocal takes (to me) this could have been done already.  Lucky for you, my gigantic ego precludes me from doing that!

One thing that annoys me lately is a lot of song ideas and I can't do a goddang thing with them.  Frustrated?  You betcha.

In other news, my non-musical other project is coming along nicely.  I am trying to learn my way around some editing software currently, so there's that.

In unrelated news, I think I just managed to drop a sesame seed under the spacebar on my laptop.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Me, Myself and Your Mother (Special Digital Edition!) NOW OUT!



Today is the re-release of our first full length CD Me, Myself & Your Mother.  Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we put it out, but time flies, right?  Anyway, this also marks the first time it’s available to download legally, chock full of bonus material that was previously available only on our Everything Must Go! odds and sods CD and the out of print split with the Lawn Darts, Selling Doors, Door to Door.  It also is the first time the live version of Pussykat is available to the general public.  This is neat because the two knuckleheads yelling it out as a request eventually became members of the band.

What else makes this special, you may ask.  Well, all the profits are going to go towards helping a family directly impacted by Super Storm Sandy.  So, the album is available as a “pay what you want” download.  I know we’re not Radiohead, but hopefully you will all open up your hearts and wallets.  Running out of Ramones is also included in that deal, in case you don’t have it.  Oh yeah, bonus tracks on that puppy as well.

Please go to groverkent.bandcamp.com and get your download on.  You can pay whatever you like.  I suggest $10 an album because it's charity.  Again, every nickel we get goes to help out some friends wiped out by that horrible bitch Sandy.  If you donate over $50, Grover Kent will send you a hand-screened T-shirt. MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL SO I CAN GET YOUR ADDRESS AND SHIRT SIZE! Shirts are on a first come-first serve basis.

Oh, about the family you’re helping...

Corey is my wife’s best friend since her school days.  Her parents have lived in Brick since forever.  I asked her for some details I could maybe use in this statement and she out-wrote me by a mile.  Here’s Pete and Phyllis Eckert’s story, as written by their daughter- 

“My parents are both 71 years old, and have lived in their house for 44 years.  They purchased it from my mother’s uncle.  He helped design and build the home, and closed on it just prior to my mother turning 16.  In fact, her “Sweet Sixteen” birthday party was held at the house.  She invited friends down to the shore from North Jersey (Irvington, to be exact), and they spent the day at the beach, had a BBQ, and danced in the garage.  Look out MTV!  Their house holds a lot of memories for them.  Besides numerous family visits in my mother’s younger years, she and my father raised both their children, babysat their 3 grandchildren, and continue to gather here to celebrate birthdays and holidays with their family from all over NJ.  It was their first house, what they thought would be a starter home, but the Nejecho Beach community became family, and way of living they still don’t want to let go. 

Like many, they did have flood insurance, but were grossly underinsured.  They are not waterfront property, and have weathered countless storms and hurricanes without ever having water enter their home before.  Who could have imagined they’d lose everything; structure, contents, and memories someday?  They are not eligible for full FEMA assistance.  Their only income is Social Security, their retirement savings, and my mother’s modest pension.  They will need to finance the demolition of their existing home, and construction of their new home (at the new elevation requirement…9 ft minimum!) through an SBA Loan.

Phyllis Eckert is a retired special education teacher in Brick.  Pete Eckert is an Army Veteran who worked in Mortgage and Finance for decades, before later becoming the “Unofficial Mayor of Brick”, greeting and servicing customers at Joe’s Service Center until he retired.  Last June, they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with family and friends.  They hope to begin construction on their new home as a celebration of their 51st!"

So, you're helping people who were helpers themselves.  Army vet and Special Ed  teacher.  That's the sort of thing that speaks for itself, and I hope you'll be generous.  Help us help some good people, and get some music in the process

Monday, January 28, 2013

MM&YM Delayed!

Due to me being a bit of a knucklehead we had to push back the rerelease by one week.  Sorry about that.  More new soon.