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Jack Grisham is an American rock musician, raconteur and aspiring politician. He is the vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the 1980s Los Angeles punk rock scene, along with Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Social Distortion. Grisham has also fronted the bands The Joykiller, Tender Fury and Cathedral of Tears. He currently records with T.S.O.L. and Jack Grisham and the West Coast Dukes. Grisham was a candidate for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election. In 2004, he ran for governor of California on a social democratic platform.
[edit] Biography[edit] Early lifeGrisham was born in the East Bay area of Northern California. His father, who died in 1984, was a career military man who spent 30 years in the Navy and Coast Guard. Grisham's mother was a military housewife. Grisham was one of five children and has an older sister, two older brothers, and a younger sister. Grisham credits his older sister, who was part of the hippie subculture (or as he calls it, "Late 60's protest crap"), for exposing him to his first creative influences. As a result, by the time he was six years old, Grisham was reading publications like Fritz the Cat and Zap Comix, and listening to albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. Grisham cites the albums We're Only in it for the Money and Let it Bleed as two of his musical influences. In his early life, Grisham's family moved to Long Beach, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. Growing up, he was a rebellious youth heavily into surfing, skateboarding, and in his words "causing trouble."[1] While in high school, he met future T.S.O.L. drummer Todd Barnes through a girlfriend. Grisham and Barnes became friends, and took off with the girlfriend's guitar and amplifier and began playing around with sounds. In the beginning, Grisham claims, "All we did was make a bunch of noise and yell,"Fuck the neighbors" all day."[1] [edit] Adult lifeWhile still in his teens, Grisham started experimenting with substances. Soon he became addicted to drugs and alcohol. He recalled, "I was a nut. I used to think I didn’t have a problem because I didn’t shoot up and I didn’t take acid."[2] After several minor tangles with the law stemming from his drug and alcohol abuse, Grisham married a 16 year-old girl in Mexico, which he claims got him on the road to sobriety. When asked how he got sober in a 2008 interview, Grisham said, "Actually, I married an underage girl. I wanted her to get clean. I said I would support her. I was like, "Hey, I’ll support you so you can get help. I’ll go to the meetings too. Then she ended up leaving and I ended up staying."[2] Grisham cleaned up his act on January 8 (Elvis' birthday) in 1989 and has been sober ever since. He is married to wife Maggie and has two daughters, Anastasia and Georgia. He and his family reside in Huntington Beach, California.[3] When not working on a music project, Grisham is employed as a Personal Recovery Assistant (PAL). [edit] True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.)Childhood friends Grisham and Barnes were joined by Ron Emory and Mike Roche to form T.S.O.L. The original line-up of the band was vocalist Jack Grisham, guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes. T.S.O.L.'s initial line-up gained a fans from the hardcore punk, art punk, death punk, horror punk, and goth genres. During his time with T.S.O.L., the band was notorious for their controversial, transgressive, and political lyrics. The original T.S.O.L. broke up in 1983, and Ron Emory and Mike Roche enlisted vocalist Joe Wood (Grisham's brother-in-law at the time) and drummer Mitch Dean into the band, playing hair metal, touring and recording under the name T.S.O.L. The original T.S.O.L. reformed in 1989, but lost Todd Barnes who died of a brain aneurysm in 1999.[4] T.S.O.L. has been touring and recording steadily since 1999. [edit] The JoykillerGrisham and Ron Emory formed The Joykiller in 1995 along with Billy Persons (The Weirdos/Gun Club) on bass, Ronnie King on keyboards, and Chris Lagerborg on drums. The Joykiller released three albums on Epitaph records prior to disbanding in 1998 and had a minor radio hit in Holland with the song "Go-Bang." They later released their "Greatest Non-Hits" in 2005. [edit] Jack Grisham and HypnotherapyCurrently, Grisham has received full certification as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Master NLP Practitioner. He has an office in Huntington Beach over-looking the Pacific and is taking select clients [1] [edit] FilmGrisham appeared as himself in the movies American Hardcore and the Geza X film Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock West Coast Style (2001)(he also wrote the title track "Spit Up the Rage"). In the 1984 Penelope Spheeris film Suburbia, he appeared with T.S.O.L. performing "Wash Away" and "Darker My Love." [edit] PoliticsIn the early years of TSOL, Grisham was an outspoken[citation needed] anarchist, and his lyrics were often highly critical of the government. Songs such as "Abolish Government/Silent Majority," "Peace Thru Power," and "Property Is Theft" were standard in TSOL's song sets. Grisham later changed his anti-government stance, stating, "What I realized about anarchy is that we are not responsible enough to be anarchist. There’s no way possible. We’re not responsible enough to be that. That’s a heavy concept."[2] In 2004, Grisham ran for Governor of California on a social democratic platform after incumbent Democratic governor Gray Davis was recalled.[5] During his campaign, he stressed health care and education, and supported the teaching of religious tolerance in school.[6] Other notable candidates competing for the vacancy left by Gray Davis included Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, Gary Coleman, actor, Leo Gallagher, comedian, Mary "Mary Carey" Cook, porn star, and the winner of the election, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. He Placed 37th with about 0.03% of the vote. [edit] Trivia
[edit] Discography[edit] T.S.O.L.[edit] LPs
[edit] EPs
[edit] Singles
[edit] Compilations
[edit] Bootlegs
[edit] Movie Soundtracks
[edit] Filmography
[edit] The Joykiller
[edit] Tender Fury
[edit] Cathedral of Tears
[edit] Jack Grisham/Mike Roche/Ron Emory/Todd Barnes
[edit] TSOL/Slayer
Rob Dukes lead singer for the metal band Exodus did background vocals on the Joykiller albums Static and Three. Rob is a friend of Jack's and credits him as being one of the people who helped save him from a drug and alcohol death. [edit] External links[edit] Official links
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