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rogov
12+ albums
New Weird AmericaindieDevendra BanhartUSA
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Gregory Rogove grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen he moved to Mumbai, India to study the tabla. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2002, moved to NYC, and formed the band Priestbird (Tarantula A.D) w/ Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi. Priestbird released two EPs and two LPs on Kemado records and shared the stage with artists such as Pearl Jam, Grizzly Bear, Marc Ribot, and the Sword among others. While in NYC he also collaborated, toured, and recorded with artists such as the Flesh, Metallic Falcons, CocoRosie, and Devendra Banhart. Rogove contributed to Banhart's Cripple Crow album in 2006 and the following year joined the band full time, recording and touring in support of Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007), What Will We Be (2009), Mala, (2013). In 2008 Rogove moved to Los Angeles and formed Megapuss with Banhart and Fab Moretti (the Strokes). That same year Megapuss released their first album, Surfing, on Neil Young's Vapor records. Priestbird recorded Beachcombers, in May, 2011 with Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) at the helm in his studio Litho in Seattle. In 2012, Knitting Factory Records released the Rogove’s album Piana, a collection solo instrumental piano pieces, which were performed by John Medeski (Medeski Martin and Wood) for the recording. Piana includes a DVD of musical and visual reinterpretations, or “remixes” of the piano pieces. He toured in support of the release, sharing a bill with members of Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, and
