Radio Moscow (band)

Radio Moscow
Radio Moscow performing in 2008. From left to right: Zach Anderson (former member), Keith Rich (former member) and Parker Griggs
Background information
Origin	Story City, Iowa, United States
Genres	Psychedelic rock, blues rock, garage rock, hard rock, acid rock
Years active	2003 (2003)–present
Labels	Alive Naturalsound
Website	radiomoscow.net
Members	Parker Griggs Anthony Meier Paul Marrone
Past members	Serana Andersen Luke McDuff Zach Anderson Cory Berry Keith Rich Todd Stevens Lonnie Blanton

Radio Moscow is an American psychedelic rock band from Story City, Iowa. Formed in 2003, the band currently features singer-guitarist Parker Griggs, bassist Anthony Meier and drummer Paul Marrone. Signed to Alive Naturalsound Records, the trio has released five full-length albums as of June 2014.

Prior to the formation of the band, Parker Griggs recorded under the solo alias Garbage Composal. After completing an album's worth of material, Griggs enlisted bassist Serana Andersen to form Radio Moscow, and the duo relocated to Colorado. Following a show, Griggs got a demo into the hands of The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, who then helped in getting Radio Moscow signed to Alive Naturalsound Records.

Upon returning to Iowa, Luke McDuff was brought in as the new bassist of the group. They recorded the band's debut album in 2006, with Auerbach handling production duties;Radio Moscow was released in February 2007. Shortly after the release of the album, McDuff was replaced by Zach Anderson.

Since 2007, Radio Moscow have toured many regions of the world, with a number of live drummers including Keith Rich, Todd Stevens and Paul Marrone. The band's second album Brain Cycles was released in April 2009, this time self-produced by the band. Radio Moscow later released their third album The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz in October 2011. A previously unreleased album entitled 3 & 3 Quarters, recorded in 2003 and featuring Schoonover only, was released in April 2012. Zach Anderson and Cory Berry went on to form Blues Pills in Sweden.

On their official website Radio Moscow announced that they plan on releasing their fourth studio album sometime in 2013. Bassist Billy Ellsworth left the band in July, and was replaced with Anthony Meier. On July 15, 2013 the band announced that they were happy with the progress of their new album and planned to 'road test' them in Europe. On December 11, 2013 it was announced that the band was set to begin recording their latest album this month. The album was completed by January 22, 2014. On February the 11th the band announced their fourth album is to be called Magical Dirt. The album was released on June 17, 2014.