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A vegan-ish industrial band from San Francisco. Formed in the early 90's, Grotus consists of:

Lars Fox: vocals, percussion, tech
Adam Tanner: 6-string bass, guitar, synthesizer, samples
John Carson: bass, synthesizer, samples
Bruce Boyd: drums, turntables

Heavily influenced by KMFDM, NIN, and all the usual suspects, they put on a pretty good live show, with fairly disturbing slaughtering cows on the video screens. Lyrically, they tend to address the same sorts of issues as Consolidated (racism,sexism,capitalism,meat is murder, etc), but are a bit darker and despairing than others in the genre. Grotus toured heavily in the early 90's, with bands like Mr. Bungle, Monster Magnet, and Korn, but appear to have disappeared.

Discography:


Brown (1991) 
   1. brown 3:50
   2. malthusela 4:21
   3. a city of the dead 0:45
   4. las vegas power grid 2:45
   5. pharmaceutical 3:42
   6. edward abbey 3:26
   7. daisy chain 2:46
   8. valhalla's celtic robbie 2:45
   9. you fit the suit 0:26
  10. full metal grotus 2:31
  11. new york strip 5:22
  12. rust 2:34
  13. morning-glory 4:20 


Mother of Pearl 1991 
    1. This Side Mother of Pearl 
    2. Other Side American Band 


Edward Abbey 1991 Spirit Records 
    1. This Side Edward Abbey 
    2. Other Side Cash Cow 

Brown Club Product 1992 
Re-mixed by Mark Pistel and Philip Steir of Consolidated for Mindless Productions.
   1. Side A Brown (mindless mix 1, vocal) 6:43
   2. Brown (mindless mix 2, instrumental) 6:43 
   3. Side B Pharmaceutical (Extended Club Mix) 5:32
   4. Las Vegas Power Grid 2:46
   5. Full Metal Grotus 2:32 


Luddite 1992 
   1. Luddite 4:32
   2. Marginal 3:12
   3. Shelf Life 3:53
   4. What in the World 3:53 


Slow Motion Apocalypse 1993 
   1. Up Rose The Mountain 3:52
   2. Good Evening 1:04
   3. The Same Old Sauce 2:12
   4. Hourglass 3:43
   5. Shivayanama 4:41
   6. Complications 3:54
   7. Kali Yugo 3:22
   8. Clean 4:39
   9. Sleepwalking 6:04
  10. Medicine 3:22
  11. Slow Motion Apocalypse 3:55 plus Brown (remix) 6:04 

Opiate of the Masses 1994 
Re-mixed by Trans-Global Underground
   1. Side One Visnu Fulfilment
   2. Rasa Bliss Mix 
   3. Side Two Banasura's Arms
   4. Afterglow Tantra
   5. Hanuman the Protector 

Hand to Mouth 1995
   1. Big Bottom Mix 2:56
   2. Bongload Mix (Mass Version) 2:56
   3. Bongload Instrumental 2:56 

Mass 1996 
   1. That's Entertainment 2:32
   2. A Bad Itch 3:20
   3. White Trash Blues 3:56
   4. Ebola Reston+ 4:12
   5. Hand To Mouth 3:57
   6. T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do+ 4:04
   7. Sick 3:04
   8. Collect 'Em All 4:25
   9. Wild Bill 3:30
  10. The Bottom Line 3:31
  11. Back In The Day 4:10