Gateway to Dignity, by Grand Ulena

Gateway to Dignity

by Grand Ulena

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jiristepan It only takes one extremely intense record to still be one of the most interesting rock bands of the last twenty-something years... and rhythmically, I don't really find anything comparable.

turlitwater This is the pinnacle of what defines music this is as close as possible to defining what music is with out words it is ear art in true form
Favorite track: Crowbar At Crescent And Cricket.

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1.	Between Tholozan and Oleatha 10:46	buy track
2.	Total Joplin 04:09	buy track
3.	Jennings Station One 01:02	buy track
4.	Gravois Means Rubble 02:24	buy track
5.	Crowbar At Crescent And Cricket 08:40	buy track
6.	Whispering Pines 02:10	buy track
7.	Grand Arsenal 10:13	buy track

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St. Louis-based alien complexity rock group of ex-Dazzling Killmen/On Fillmore bassist Darin Gray. Rounded out by guitarist Chris Trull and drummer Danny McClain - Grand Ulena is a solidification of rock music, rhythm, jazz and it splintered offshoots. Grand Ulena is disjunct rhythms played at high velocity. Disjunct beats played under broken and jagged melodies. Repetition of the retarded. Complex structures combined with complete and utter failure. Failed soloing combined with rigid riffery. Extended instrumental techniques forged into song.

"Grand Ulena challenges and defies expectations of what a guitar-bass-drum trio is supposed to deliver with this debut album, a merciless parade of asymmetrical rhythmic interplay, jagged-edged guitar-bass dissonance, and grindcore-influenced blastbeat drumming. More than just interesting on a cerebral level, the seven tracks here -- ranging in length from one minute to nearly 11 -- burn with an exciting level of no wave/noise rock-type intensity and energy." -- All Music Gudie

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released February 4, 2003

Bass – Darin Gray
Drums – Danny McClain
Guitar – Chris Trull
Mastered By – Dan Stout, Jeremy Lemos
Recorded By – Jeremy Lemos
Painting – Michael Trull

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"Grand Ulena masterfully bridge the gap between the uber-angular non-repetitive hyperstructuralism of the most rigid, martial modern classical composition and the traditional rock and roll power trio format while leaving everybody wondering what the hell just happened." -- Weasel Walter, Flying Luttenbachers ... more

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