Artist: Groovenics
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Discography:
Groovenics
Year: 2001
Tracks: 13
Many assumed that the wave of blue funk alloy bands that cropped up in the later '90s (Korn, Limp Bizkit) had began to drop dead down by the new millennium, merely south Florida's Groovenics unbroken partying like it was noneffervescent 1999. The six-piece stria (singer K*rl Michaels, guitarists Jim Austin and Matt Swig, bassist Pete Carmichael, drummer Mike Darookie, and keyboardist Josh Mullenix) specializes in the testosterone-heavy sound of the two aforesaid bands. Their self-released debut album, Wedgie Fever, was issued in 1999, as the group open local shows for such big time acts as the Misfits, Mötley Crüe, Less Than Jake, and Drain STH, and built up a following. In gain to victorious awards from both Jam Magazine's Jammy Awards and the South Florida Slammy Awards (Stria of the Year, Best Vocalist, Best Bassist, and Best Local Release), Groovenics besides appeared on both Billboard's and Talent Net's specialization charts. By 2001, the sestet was signed to Spitfire Records, which promptly issued their self-titled sophomore effort. The guys called it quits, however, in September 2003. A distich members went on to play in Suicide City.
