- Bastro
Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Bastro
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =Washington, D.C. ,USA
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Genre = Math Rock
Post Hardcore
Formed = 1988
Years_active = 1988 – 1993
Label =Homestead Records
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Past_members =David Grubbs
Clark Johnson
John McEntire
Bundy K. BrownBastro was an American Math Rock / Post Hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of
David Grubbs (guitar), Clark Johnson (bass), andJohn McEntire (drums).History
Bastro were one of two bands formed by
Squirrel Bait guitaristDavid Grubbs after the former band folded in 1987, together with Squirrel Bait's bassist Clark Johnson and a drum machine. Later, noted drummerJohn McEntire (Tortoise,The Sea And Cake ) replaced the drum machine. Johnson was later replaced by Bundy K. Brown. Bastro released one EP and two albums before Grubbs, McEntire and Brown retired the Bastro name in 1993 and continued asGastr del Sol .Discography
*"Rode Hard and Put Up Wet" (EP,
Homestead Records , 1988)
*"Diablo Guapo" (LP/CD,Homestead Records , 1989)
*"Sing the Troubled Beast" (LP/CD,Homestead Records , 1991)
*"Antlers: Live 1991" (CD,Blue Chopsticks Records , 2005)External links
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bastro Bastro's entry at Trouser Press]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:f9fqxqq5ldke~T1 Bastro's entry at AMG]
* [http://www.dragcity.com/bands/bastro.html Full Discography]
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