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Golden State

Tue, April 3, Doors: 9:30 pm - Show: 10:00 pm - 21+ - $5  Artist Website
pop/rock/alternative
It was around two years ago, after almost half a decade in his own personal wilderness, that James Grundler finally discovered his Golden State. "I woke up to what was going on in the world, unplugged if you will," he says in an entirely un-hippy, non-New Age, un-Matrix-rocker sort of way. "I started paying attention to my surroundings as well as the media, watching how things were progressing and changing. Instead of singing about the traditional love stories of a guy and a girl it became the relationship between you and the powers that be. It became a lot clearer, this subconscious voice was coming through, screaming out and wanting to have a voice." It was, after all, time for James to crystalise. Having wandered the LA circuit playing sets as Golden State with a loose, revolving cast of backing players since the split of his previous band in 2004 – cult indie rock wonders Paloalto – by 2009 the world itself was starting to reflect James' sense of confusion, disarray and upheaval. Oil wars, political corruption, apocalyptic scenes in Haiti, uncaring leaders: James' focus switched from his own personal concerns to the wider picture. Suddenly he found himself writing rampant rock tunes of frustration and defiance like 'Standing On The Edge Of It All' and 'World On Fire', or filling 'High Noon' with visions from a cross between Sergio Leone and the Book Of Revelations.
With:
Brown Shoe
Statue of Liberty
Andrew Droogsma

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