Grails
The word “grail” can only come with heavy connotations of mystery, power and portent; it’s a word loaded with nuance and charged with destiny. Alex Hall didn’t think his project had much of a destiny when he started it in Portland, Oregon in 1999 -- for him, it was just a goof. But the music had other plans. The band was initially called Laurel Canyon, and the line-up was Hall, guitarist Paul Spitz, drummer Emil Amos (of Holy Sons), violinist Timothy Horner and bass/piano player William Slater (Horner soon left the band and Spitz was eventually replaced by Zak Riles). Not wanting to add to the pool of innumerous “rock bands,” they intended to confine their highly accomplished compositions to their own bedroom studio. But destiny... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie, Math Rock
- City Of Origin:
- Portland, ,Oregon United States
- Formed Date:
- 1999
