Grandaddy was an indie rock group from Modesto, California, United States.
Biography Grandaddy was formed in 1992 by singer/guitarist/keyboardist
Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch. In 1995,
guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden joined the band.
Musically, the band features guitars (both in the indie rock style and in
a fashion calling Jeff Lynne to mind), keyboards reminiscent of Philip
Glass's minimalist style and vocals in the key of Neil Young. The band's
musical style (somewhat classifiable as indietronic) often combines
experimental electronic sounds with elements of folk and rock. Lyrics
generally focus on isolation in a high-tech world grafted onto rural
America. Common themes in the band's music are wildlife, obsolete
technology, robots, incompetency and heartbreak. Lyricist Jason Lytle
spent time working in a sewage treatment facility, which heavily
influenced many of the so
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