Infectious Grooves
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| Infectious Grooves | |
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| Origin | Venice, California, United States |
| Genre(s) | Funk Metal Funkcore |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Label(s) | Epic Records Suicidal Records |
| Associated acts | Suicidal Tendencies Metallica Excel Jane's Addiction A Perfect Circle The Vandals Bad4Good Bad Religion |
| Members | |
| Mike Muir Dean Pleasants Steve Brunner Tim Stewart Eric Moore |
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| Former members | |
| Robert Trujillo (?) Adam Siegel (?) Stephen Perkins Josh Freese Brooks Wackerman |
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The Infectious Grooves are a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies, now Metallica, bassist Robert Trujillo, and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins. To date, the project released four albums between 1991 and 2000.
Though Muir's sense of humor was often obvious with Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves often brought out a goofier type of humor: their albums contain comedy skits by a reptilian lover named Sarsippius.
The Infectious Grooves have been on hiatus between the release of their fourth album, 2000's Mas Borracho and 2007, having not written new material, toured or recorded, but the band's personnel have kept busy with other projects. 2008 sees the return of the band on tour with a one-month tour across Europe in April featuring Steve Brunner on bass, Eric Moore on drums, Dean Pleasants and Tim Stewart on guitars. As stated by Muir in 2006 on Suicidal Tendencies' official website, Infectious Grooves had been working on new material. [1]
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[edit] Band members
[edit] Line-ups
| Dates & releases | Members & prominent instruments | Notes |
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| 1990-1992 The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves |
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| 1992-1993 Sarsippius' Ark |
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| 1993-2000 Groove Family Cyco Mas Borracho |
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| 2008-present Untitled 5th album |
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[edit] Non-official members
- Dave Kushner - Guitar (on album #1)
- Rocky George - Guitar (on album #1)
- Dave Dunn - Keyboards (on album #1)
[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Label | US Billboard Peak[2] | Format | Other information |
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| 1991 | The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves | Epic | 198 | CD |
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| 1993 | Sarsippius' Ark | Epic | 109 | CD | |
| 1994 | Groove Family Cyco | Epic | Uncharted | CD | |
| 2000 | Mas Borracho | Suicidal | Uncharted | CD | |
| TBA | Untitled 5th album | Suicidal | CD |
[edit] Trivia
- The band can be seen (and heard) performing as the prom band in the 1992 Pauly Shore film Encino Man.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=49084
- ^ Artist Chart History - Infectious Grooves (HTML). Billboard.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
