Artist description Grinning Idiots is a groove-pop San Francisco Bay Area band: A Blend of tight horn lines, jazz textures, and energetic/intelligent lyrics, built upon a foundation of 100% unmitigated groove. Artist ID: gri4 Home Page: www.grinningidiots.com

Music Style Pop/Rock, Groove-Pop, Alternative Pop, Funk Rock

Musical Influences Beatles, Elvis Costello, Soul Coughing, XTC.

Artist History Since 1996, Grinning Idiots has played to the Bay Area scene, appearing at clubs in San Francisco, the East Bay, and throughout the Peninsula.

Group Members Alec Lytle--lead vocals, acoustic & electric bass. Paul Zinn--vocals, trumpet, trombone, keyboards. Casey O'Hara--backing vocals, trumpet, trombone, sampler. Scott Stanford--saxophones. Mike McKenna--guitars. Greg Rosenberg--drums & percussion

Instruments Trumpets, Trombones, Saxophones, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Sampler

Albums It's Not the MOMA

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).