Giraffe Tongue Orchestra

Our good friend Pete Griffin has a new band and it’s rather exciting...

Pete and co. are heading to the UK later this month to play the legendary Reading & Leeds festival. Pete is going to be heading down to Ashdown HQ after the festival for a few days to do some videos and bits with us.

Pete has been using Ashdown ABM for the past 10 years with his various bands including playing with Zappa Plays Zappa and is a monster player! 

“Supergroup” isn’t a word that often sits well with a lot of music fans. For some, it conjures thoughts of bloated egos battling for creative control. For others, it brings to mind flash-in-the-pan projects that lacked a lasting impact. William DuVall, frontman for Alice In Chains, is ready to change everyone’s opinion on the subject with Giraffe Tongue Orchestra (GTO). DuVall, joining forces with Brent Hinds, lead shredder for heavy metalgiants, Mastodon, and Ben Weinman, founder and lead guitarist of hardcore legends, Dillinger Escape Plan, is already generating incredible anticipation among fans and the press, which has fondly and excitedly dubbed them a supergroup. GTO’s debut album promises to show and prove what this supergroup can really do by unleashing a sonic onslaught on all who are ready to rock! Don’t just take our word for it, the hype is real.

PETE GRIFFIN (DETHKLOK, ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA)

WILLIAM DUVALL (ALICE IN CHAINS)

BRENT HINDS - (MASTODON)

BEN WEINMAN (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN)

THOMAS PRIDGEN (THE MARS VOLTA)