Thursday Rocks: Get A Grip

This Thursday our featured band is Get A Grip, a mixture of a hardcore and punk. Guys come from Vermont.

Short Bio:

The band was formed in early spring of 2011 by former members of Orange Juice and Awaken The Martyrs. Get A Grip members care about "friends, fun, music, high fives and stage dives" and stick to "living a true and meaningful life".

Current Lineup:

Vocals - Evan

Guitars - Nick

Guitars - Dave

Bass - Steve

Drums - Brit

Songs:

"Waste Of Time":

"House Of Shame":

Further Links:

Facebook page

Reverbnation

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Comments

[metalhead2475]

Man, that was a short bio

[CateringCowards]

...The vocalist is named vocals? That's... different, I guess.

[bassisfun]

That's dedication right there.

[goremetal22]

Well that wasn't very good at all...

[xplosive59]

Kinda sucked... But still better than alot of hardcore Iv'e heard.

[Obama FTW]

Not bad actually, wish the best of luck to these guys. Awesome singer name though.

[GALGOPOWER]

I wasted my time...

[dewitt]

...at least it was only about 90 seconds of it.

[slaveskinJACKET]

If they get 15 more songs together like those, they might be able to make a 20-minute set.

[stiklyman]

Man, these guitars sound like shit. This is why we remember the golden rule of always turning down your gain when recording!

[BOYERxBREAKDOWN]

They're a hardcore punk band, they don't give a shit. I think the overall sound is not bad at all. Raw as shit.

[CemetaryGates90]

truth

[CemetaryGates90]

tracks we posted on there were as of yet unmastered practically raw tracks. but i still agree with you

[RichieJovie]

Can I have 3 mins of my life back please.

[Scourge441]

These songs probably translate better live, but I've heard better hardcore.

[von gelb]

Effin' old school! Not too bad, House of Shame sounds killer actually! Production could be a bit better, but it gives it more of an old school demo tape vibe which I like.

[Chronologo]

Using memes for covers? Sorry but I find that beyond the level of stupidity: "We're cool, we use memes"

[foxytabber]

Or maybe they were just like, "We like memes, let's use a meme for our cover!"

[Kueller917]

Pretty much my same thoughts.

[CemetaryGates90]

hahaha that picture was one someone else made as a joke. we never really used it for anything. this is possibly the worst way to represent my band

[Botti13]

From the moment I saw the Jackie Chan meme in their logo, I knew it was going to be a piece of shit.
... and a Waste of Time

[11coolpunk]

i actually liked it, but i still think all of these bands sound the same!

[noodles07]

You should check out The Sixpounder, young, metal band from Poland. Much better than this.

- one of my favourite riffs

- another great track.

Enjoy!

[tukk04]

Both those sixpounder tracks were pretty damn bland, heaviness does not make up for boring songs.

[tukk04]

listened to both get a grip tracks and they sound like every other newer hardcore band, whatever happened to black flag/minor threat type stuff? I'm sure there are those kind of bands still around and they must be so underground I can't even find them anymore.

[crazysam23_Atax]

Well, that was absolute shit. Can their vocalist sound any worse? Ugh, calling him "Vocals" must've been a sick joke...

[CemetaryGates90]

also our vocalist's name is Evan... not vocals... whoever wrote this article really wasnt trying very hard

[deadsmileyface]

love it. seriously, house of shame is good stuff.

[korinaflyingv]

the riffs could be more interesting, but overall pretty good.

[JuteJute]

i didnt get a grip on this

[tilmitt52]

I worked with the guitarist! Awesome, awesome guy.