Grand Buffet

Grand Buffet
Left to right: Jarrod Weeks, Jackson O'Connell-Barlow
Background information
Origin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Genres	Alternative hip hop, Experimental
Years active	1996–Current
Labels	Self Produced Fighting Records
Website	www.grandbuffet.com
Members	Jackson O'Connell-Barlow Jarrod Weeks
Past members	"G-Rude"

Grand Buffet is a hip-hop funk duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made up of Jackson O'Connell-Barlow (stage names: Iguanadon, Grape-a-Don, Plaps, Nate Kukla, and Mr. Pennsylvania) and Jarrod Weeks (stage names: M-Dog, Lord Grunge, Viceroy, Matt Kukla, Fred Durts). Their music is a unique brand of humorous, often satirical rap. They have toured several times with notable artists such as Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Sage Francis, Of Montreal, Cex,Sole, Magnolia Electric Co.,Streetlight Manifesto, and the late Wesley Willis. They have also toured the United States and Europe extensively. In 2005 they finished a European tour with Sage Francis, and an American Tour with Of Montreal and MGMT in 2006. They toured with Girl Talk in 2008, and Third Eye Blind in 2009.

Grand Buffet has been together since 1996, meeting at Hampton High School in Allison Park. They have released two self-produced, full-length LP's, Scrooge McRock (1997, out of print) and Sparkle Classic (2000), as well as a "Trilogy of Terror": 3 EP's - Undercover Angels (2002), Cigarette Beach (2002), and Pittsburgh Hearts (2003). Each of these releases has included different names for Jackson and Jarrod in the liner notes; the stage names are listed chronologically from Scrooge McRock to Cigarette Beach - Pittsburgh Hearts attributed them by their real names.