Basic Information

Members: PW McHugh - Guitar, Vocals; Dave McMullin- Drums/vox; Charlie Mayer- Accordion/ Melodica; John Coursey - Violin; Lex Marburger- Electronic Manipulatin'

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Grubstake
Philadelphia, PA        Rock

Bio

Grubstake is a group that started in Boston in the late 90’s & relocated to head ‘Staker P.W. McHugh’s hometown of Philly in 2005. Since then the group has split into 2 entities: The Grubbies who play punk rock, and The Roots Project which eschews drums and rock clubs for a more intimate and stripped down mix of covers and originals with a penchant for the seedy and sublime. Over the years Grubstake has shared the stage with other punkrock and folkroots luminaries such as Gogol Bordello, The ...

Songs

The Great Escape
Instrumental Vurdalak
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The Guy Who Doesn't Get It
Grubstake
The Guy Who Doesn't Get It
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I Wanna Be Well (Ramones)
Grubstake
I Wanna Be Well (Ramones)
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Telephone Message From Cadillac...
Grubstake
Telephone Message From Cadillac Franky Z

Press

“Named for an arcane mining term, Grubstake have been hammering out mud–caked guitar–drum blues for about a decade now. Patrick McHugh led the band in Boston for much of that time before returning to his old stomping grounds in Philly and nabbing drummer/engineer Steve Bozzone to make a fifth album, Make An Animal Noise. It’s another gritty, ground–down outing, with McHugh hollering about TV dinners and other mundane miseries on ”Delaware” and trafficking heavily in spite on ”Sophisticated Whore.” Most garage–rock duos putter out when they cease to mix things up musically, but McHugh’s been around long enough to know when to throw a wrench into the works. (Doug Wallen)”
—  Doug Wallen, Philadelphia Weekly

Chart Position

Rock charts
for Philadelphia, PA.

Artist Stats

Fans: 58
Song Plays: 612
Visits: 711
Video Plays: 7
Widget Hits: 1,404

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