Grifters (band)

Grifters
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Indie rock Art rock Post-rock
Years active	1989–2001
Labels	Shangri-La Records Sub Pop Darla Records Simple Machines Doink
Associated acts	Bob Champ! Dragoon The Hot Monkey Those Bastard Souls Blood Thirsty Lovers
Members	Stan Gallimore Tripp Lamkins David Shouse Scott Taylor
Past members	John Stivers Roy Berry
Notable instruments
Guitar, Distorto Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Moog

The Grifters was a 1990s indie rock band based in Memphis who released albums on Doink, Sonic Noise, Shangri-La Records, and Sub Pop Records.

The band originally formed in the late 1980s as A Band Called Bud, with vocalist/guitarist Scott Taylor, bassist Tripp Lamkins, and drummer Dave Shouse. After being renamed the Grifters (after the novel by Jim Thompson) by 1990, Shouse joined Taylor on guitar, with Stanley Gallimore taking over on the drums. Songwriting duties were shared between Shouse, Taylor and Lamkins. For several years in the 1990s they recorded primarily at Easley McCain Recording and were closely affiliated with Memphis's Shangri-La Records label for a time. Jeff Buckley was a vocal supporter of The Grifters and was close friends with the band.

as A Band Called Bud:

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