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Ben Grim
12+ albums
punk rockjungleDrum and basspop punkindependent punk
about
Ben Grim are a punk pop band who started in 1995 in Neenah Wisconsin by Peter Saturday and Jayme Johnson. Peter had been the singer for punk band King Friday and Jayme had been the vocalist for Seven pound from Oshkosh. One day however Peter won a signed Bon Jovi guitar from a contest at the Exclusive Company in Appleton. With the power of a Mexican squire strat signed by Bon Jovi on his side he began to write his own songs on the guitar. Jayme had a drum set in his room at his parents house and the two of them jammed several times for purely for fun driving his parents up the wall and even annoying the family dog. These sessions did not last for long and neither did either of their aforementioned bands. One afternoon Peter was hanging out at Fox River Mall(hey it was the Fox Valley-what the hell else was there to do?) when he met Joel Wege and they talked about music all day instantly becoming long lost friends. Joel had briefly mentioned he had been writing songs himself and at the time it was hard to picture him actually singing since he was the vocalist for Experiment Fear, the Valley’s best death metal band. They always thought Joel sounded kinda like a werewolf in that band (which was meant as a compliment) and often saw him playing shows at the Blue Jay Bowl. Yeah that place ruled. Well It wasn’t long before both Peter and Jayme heard some of Joel’s songs he had written on guitar. They were both floored by his voice and his knack of crafting ultra catchy power pop. Aft
