Unsigned Bands: Beardo

Beardo:

***NOVEMBER 2009 HIGH TIMES UNSIGNED BAND OF THE MONTH***

Beardo was named by a drunk. Jeramy Gritter was born in Harlem. He grew up in Allentown, PA. One day Jeramy's step-dad threw his white bunny rabbit against the wall because the rabbit took a shit in the house. Jeramy moved to Los Angeles to make it. He was broke when he got here and not much has changed. He did modeling gigs with Mickey Avalon who he started producing. He met Cisco Adler through Mickey Avalon and soon joined Cisco's band, Whitestarr. But Jeramy was still living in a box in Van Nuys. In a pieced together home studio, Gritter was listening to a crazy fuzz base line he had previously recorded. He wrote “Girls, Girls, Girls, and Pills and Pills” intending to use it for Whitestarr. Although the band knew the song was amazing, it just didn't fit. That was the day Beardo was born, although he was only actually named months later by a drunk critic who told the heavily whiskered musician that, "no one cared about what Beardo had to say." Nothing can be further from the truth.

After the initial party anthem of “Girls, Girls, Girls, and Pills and Pills,” Beardo started getting political as he began to reflect on the increasing gap between rich and poor and on the impoverished mentality of the man Beardo has dubbed, 'Lord Bush.' Beardo believes that the US was sent to war in Iraq so that Bush and his friends in the weapons and oil industries could loot the federal treasury. Beardo is a true revolutionary willing to say just about anything in speaking truth to power. His music is an irreverent fusion of rap, punk, and rock n' roll. His songs “Losers” and “Alien Man” reflect inner turmoil common to many disenchanted youth and his political songs such as “Fight a Revolution” and “America the Great” take on the hypocrisy of the Bush administration who are willing to send young men to fight for their country (or so they say) but who cut their benefits upon return. The callous nature of Bush's two-faced pseudo-patriotism drives the anger that rages behind Beardo. Beardo is loyal to the cause and to his fans.

- David Shein

Visit Beardo at:

http://www.myspace.com/beardobeardo

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