Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers - Discography (1988-2010) LAME

Much like Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band or Southside Johnny & the Asbury Dukes, Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers have been making American blue-collar bar rock that draws on classic R&B from the 1970s on. Unlike his New Jersey counterparts, however, Grushecky calls the Iron City of Pittsburgh home. He has also never received the accolades or attention of his New Jersey counterparts. The group, which first emerged as the Iron City Houserockers, released their debut, Love's So Tough, on MCA Records in 1979. A spate of albums followed in the 1980s. However, despite heavy-handed critical accolades from the likes of Rolling Stone and Billboard, among others, the band never achieved commercial success or became a household name. The group's major-label record deal collapsed after four albums that featured production by Steve Cropper and the team of Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. In 1989, a retooled version of the group resurfaced as Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers with the album Rock & Real. Landing a deal with the record label Razor & Tie in the early '90s, Grushecky was able to quit his teaching job. Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers experienced somewhat of a renaissance in the mid-'90s (and a media blitz) when Grushecky's old friend Bruce Springsteen produced, co-wrote, played, and sang on the group's American Babylon album. The Boss even joined the band on guitar for a six-night live stand. On the back of the Springsteen connection, the group was seen on CNN, Entertainment Tonight, and MTV and toured Europe several times. The follow-up, 1997's Coming Home, featured four Springsteen co-writes and a gritty mixture of heartland rock and Dylanesque ballads. Grushecky returned to teaching in the late '90s and a live album followed in 1999. Grushecky released a solo album, Fingerprints, in 2002 and another, True Companion, in 2004. Outtakes and Demos 1975-2003, Five Alive in Spain, and the Good Life arrived in 2006. Swimming With the Sharks (1988). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.90.3 --alt-preset extreme average bitrate 263kbps. Rock And Real (1989). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 238kbps. End of the Century (1992). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.90.3 --alt-preset extreme average bitrate 259kbps. American Babylon (1995). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 242kbps. October Assault (1995) (Live). Live CD included with "A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story" DVD. Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.98 -V 0 average bitrate 226kbps. Coming Home (1997). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 236kbps. Down The Road Apiece Live (1999). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 242kbps. Fingerprints (2002). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.90.3 --alt-preset extreme average bitrate 245kbps. True Companion (2004). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 234kbps. 25th Anniversary [Bootleg] (2004). Bootleg from release party of "True Companion" 25 years after the release of "Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive, includes all tracks from both albums. Third party lossless rip, encoded to LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 234kbps. A Good Life (2006). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 217kbps. Outtakes And Demos 1975-2003 (2006). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.97 -V 0 average bitrate 227kbps. East Carson Street (2010). Self ripped from CD, LAME 3.98 -V 0 average bitrate 250kbps. All albums have been tagged, MP3 GAINed, and optimized with MP3packer. http://www.joegrushecky.ca/ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifpxqe5ld0e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_City_Houserockers For Joe Grueshecky's earlier and perhaps more famous work from 1979-1984, please visit http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5361788/Iron.City.Houserockers.-.Discography.%281979-1984%29

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