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By day, Rick Gradone, Tracy Murphy, and John Roberts are a haircutter, makeup artist and stylist, respectively (they met on a Delia's shoot). By night, they become Fluffy (keyboards), T. Money (vocals) and Flaco (deejay).
And then some: they've just finished a tour with Blondie, and their shows attract the likes of model Elise Crombez (who has all their songs memorized), designer Pierrot, makeup maven Dick Page, and Jack Black of Tenacious D.
Murphy: "Keepin' it real with lots of black mascara and bleach." Roberts: "early eighties white-trash hip hop" (including pot-leaf pendant). Gradone: "I love a jumpsuit with a Pop Art, Flavor Flav, hip hop vibe."
You've obviously never seen The Jerk, in which Steve Martin plays a character who invents a special eyeglass handle called the... yes, you guessed it.
Kind of synth pop, kind of electronica, with Murphy's smoky voice shouting out lyrics like "My hair ain't even movin' cuz my gel is good and strong/Wearin' Drakkar Noir and my favorite leopard thong." Stay tuned.
—Laird Borrelli
Opti-grab's debut CD, Feed Ya Like a Lion, Make Ya Bounce Like a Bunny, is scheduled for release in mid-September. Until then, clips are available on their website: www.opti-grab.com.
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