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Artist Biography For Bastro
Bastro Was The More Prominent Of Guitarist David Grubbs' Two Immediate Post-Squirrel Bait Projects The Concurrently Running Bitch Magnet Being The Other . Grubbs Originally Joined The Louisville KY-Based Squirrel Bait While Still In High School And Was Actually One Of The Oldest Members Of The Group When He And Bassist Clark Johnson Left For College It Effectively Spelled The End Of The Band After Two Important Releases. Grubbs Went To Georgetown University In Washington D.C. And Formed An Early Version Of Bastro In 1987 With Bassist Dan Treado Who Soon Left. Even Though Clark Johnson Had Gone To Chicago He And Grubbs Reteamed As The New Core Of Bastro And Pursued A More Twisted And Abrasive Style Of Post-Hardcore Punk Than Their Former Band. Backed By A Drum Machine They Issued A Six-Song EP Rode Hard & Put Up Wet On The Homestead Label In 1988. They Subsequently Played Some Tour Dates With My Dad Is Dead Whose Drummer At The Time Was Oberlin College Percussion Major John McEntire. McEntire Wound Up Joining Bastro Full-Time For Their LP Debut 1989's Bastro Diablo Guapo Which Drew Comparisons To The Blistering Extremity Of Steve Albini And The Precision And Shifting Dynamics Of Another Squirrel Bait Offshoot Slint. Their Second Full-Length 1990's Sing The Troubled Beast Found The Group Straining Against Their Established Blueprint To Follow A Relatively Subtle And Melodic Path. Bassist Johnson Subsequently Left The Group And Was Replaced By Bundy K. Brown Meanwhile Grubbs Relocated To Chicago To Attend Graduate School. Feeling Limited By The Extremity Of Their Power-Trio Format And Afraid Of Stagnating Bastro Tried To Push Into More Atmospheric Territory And Wound Up Deciding To Retire The Name Altogether And Continue As A Completely Different Project Dubbed Gastr Del Sol. Brown And McEntire Appeared On Gastr Del Sol's 1993 Debut The Serpentine Similar After Which The Group Became A Vehicle For Grubbs' Collaboration With Jim O'Rourke As Well As A Touchstone Of The Post-Rock Movement. Brown And McEntire Subsequently Became Charter Members Of The Even More Seminal Post-Rock Outfit Tortoise. ~ Steve Huey All Music Guide
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Biography - Bastro
Bastro Was The More Prominent Of Guitarist David Grubbs' Two Immediate Post-Squirrel Bait Projects The Concurrently Running Bitch Magnet Being The Other . Grubbs Originally Joined The Louisville KY-Based Squirrel Bait While Still In High School And Was Actually One Of The Oldest Members Of The Group When He And Bassist Clark Johnson Left For College It Effectively Spelled The End Of The Band After Two Important Releases. Grubbs Went To Georgetown University In Washington D.C. And Formed An Early Version Of Bastro In 1987 With Bassist Dan Treado Who Soon Left. Even Though Clark Johnson Had Gone To Chicago He And Grubbs Reteamed As The New Core Of Bastro And Pursued A More Twisted And Abrasive Style Of Post-Hardcore Punk Than Their Former Band. Backed By A Drum Machine They Issued A Six-Song EP Rode Hard & Put Up Wet On The Homestead Label In 1988. They Subsequently Played Some Tour Dates With My Dad Is Dead Whose Drummer At The Time Was Oberlin College Percussion Major John McEntire. McEntire Wound Up Joining Bastro Full-Time For Their LP Debut 1989's Bastro Diablo Guapo Which Drew Comparisons To The Blistering Extremity Of Steve Albini And The Precision And Shifting Dynamics Of Another Squirrel Bait Offshoot Slint. Their Second Full-Length 1990's Sing The Troubled Beast Found The Group Straining Against Their Established Blueprint To Follow A Relatively Subtle And Melodic Path. Bassist Johnson Subsequently Left The Group And Was Replaced By Bundy K. Brown Meanwhile Grubbs Relocated To Chicago To Attend Graduate School. Feeling Limited By The Extremity Of Their Power-Trio Format And Afraid Of Stagnating Bastro Tried To Push Into More Atmospheric Territory And Wound Up Deciding To Retire The Name Altogether And Continue As A Completely Different Project Dubbed Gastr Del Sol. Brown And McEntire Appeared On Gastr Del Sol's 1993 Debut The Serpentine Similar After Which The Group Became A Vehicle For Grubbs' Collaboration With Jim O'Rourke As Well As A Touchstone Of The Post-Rock Movement. Brown And McEntire Subsequently Became Charter Members Of The Even More Seminal Post-Rock Outfit Tortoise. ~ Steve Huey All Music Guide
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