Ut Gret – Ancestors’ Tale 2014

Joee Conroy switched from visual art to music when he first heard the Jefferson Airplane in school. “I knew music was powerful. They had banned “White Rabbit” and “Magic Carpet Ride” in my Catholic school. I wanted to be banned too.” While majoring in philosophy at the University of Louisville, he begins his lifelong work as an
environmental activist, first with the NO NUKES group Paddlewheel Alliance. He was invited to play in Chris Lee’s Bu Meringue Pi. Louisville’s rock scene at the time consisted of art rock groups like Easter Island and Middle Earth on one side and on the other, punk groups like the Babylon Dance Band and the Endtables. They tried to cut it both ways by having a punk operetta, “Glorp”. “When punk was new I thought it was going to be fun! I went to rehearse with the Endtables not realizing that anarchy was confined to three or four chords at most and improvisation was forbidden! Not to mention there was a strict dress code! I was already pioneering the grunge look.” He forms Sonic Decay and Crusader Rabbit, (both with Steve Roberts on drums who leaves to eventually form French TV with Mike Sary, another Chris Lee alumni).

1. Ancestors’ Tale. 5:24
2. The Departure. 0:56
3. Hopperknockity Tune. 4:01
4. Salves Unmade. 5:55
5. The Raw, the Cooked and the Overeasy. 5:27
6. An Elephant In Berlin. 8:39
7. Dinosaur on the Floor. 3:50
8. The Grotesque Pageantry of Fading Empires. 9:17
9. Zodiac. 7:16
10. Walk the Plank. 7:37

Ut Gret – Ancestors’ Tale