Legendary Boston-based sludge band Grief is finally back online after a pretty long time. The band’s 1994 debut album Come To Grief has been on streaming services for a while, and now their other three records – Miserably Ever After in 1996, Torso in 1998, and …and Man Will Become the Hunted from 2000 – are back as well. No word on phsyical reissues just yet, but at least we got Grief back on streaming services.
For those unaware, Grief existed for most of the years between 1991 and 2009. Grief released four records and a whole ton of EPs and splits throughout their existence. Former Grief members Chuck Conlon, Jonathan Hébert, and Terry Savastano eventually went on to form Come To Grief in 2014 and have released a good chunk of material since 2017.
On their breakup in 2009, then-bassist Eric C. Harrison stated the following at the time: “Our reasons for disbanding are our reasons. We have chosen not to get into it but it may or may not include the following reasons.
- Jeff [Hayward; vocals, guitar] has finally become Rip Van Winkle and will be asleep for the next 50 years.
- Ray [McCaffrey; drums] has finally eaten so much that he can not fit out of the door to his house and is unable to leave home
- John [Heidenrich; guitar, vocals] has become so death metal that we’d have to actually be ghosts to jam with him and none of us feel like it.
- Eric finally became an actual dog and has not learned how to play bass or do artwork with his paws.
“We will not be playing the Maryland Deathfest in May of 2009. We’re sorry for anyone that this disappoints, but whatever. Shit happens.”
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