Craig Griffiths

Swirling fuzz, heavy riffs, slide guitar, retro pedals, fingerpicking, sonic experiments, strangeness and dark poetry. Craig Griffiths plays every instrument on ‘Stompbox’ and tracks get regular radio airplay in the USA, with daily spins in Los Angeles. New album 'Aloha Motel' due out in late 2012.

ALBUM REVIEWS: THE MERCURY NEWSPAPER: “The mad guitar sounds Craig Griffiths gets out of his guitar are often mind blowing. What glues these studio experiments together is his smoking guitar skills, creative, forward thinking, experimental and splendid fun”, WARP MAGAZINE: “Big riffs, psychedelic offerings and sometimes downright dark lyrics are combined with aplomb across the album. Many people are already familiar with Stompbox… if you’re not you should be”

ReverbNation Rock Charts: Hobart #2 - Australia #4 - Global #294 [Online distributor & marketer ReverbNation has more than 1.5 million artists in all genres on its charts]

In 1970 Hendrix died, Craig turned 9, and he bought his first album: Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’. He's wandered a labyrinth of heavy, raw, obscure, sweet & deranged rock, punk, metal, blues, jazz and experimental music ever since. Bondi is his spiritual home [The 'Old Bondi': RIP The Swap and The Astra] but his current home dirt is in Tasmania.

"I grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs and had a reel to reel tape machine with glowing valves and a blinking green eye level meter. When I wasn't at the beach I'd record radio songs and my drums, and make ninja soundtracks with other kids, and the passion for recording remains. Acoustic slide guitar is my chill-out zone but the studio is my fave creative space"

Craig's been inspired by many: Hendrix, Sabbath, Howlin Wolf, Zappa, Rowland S Howard, Captain Beefheart, Ramones, Buckethead, Guthrie Govan, Sex Pistols, Stranglers, Satriani, Iggy Pop, Kevin Gilbert, ZZ Top, Derek Trucks, Patti Smith, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Led Zep, Cruel Sea, Pere Ubu, Roy Buchanan, Steve Marriott, Adrian Belew, SRV, Tom Waits, Chris Whitley, Johnny Guiitar Watson, Chili Peppers, Toe, Primus, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, King Crimson, Hound Dog Taylor, James Brown, Beck Hansen, John Hammond, Beach Boys, Jerry Douglas etc etc etc....

LAST SITE UPDATE: MAY 17 2012