# Joe Grah

Joseph Richard Grah (born March 23, 1971) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who currently fronts the American hard rock trio Inside The Trojan Horse, a hard rock trio consisting of guitarist Charles Lee Salvaggio from Gemini Syndrome and drummer Pat Gerasia from Red Sun Rising. Grah has fronted multiple bands, most notably the Dallas-based alternative rock group Jibe, and Island Def-jam recording artist, Loser featuring Motley Crue guitarist John 5, and South Of Earth with Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo.

## Early life

Grah lived in Philadelphia until age eight when his family's home was lost to a fire. His family moved often, living at various times in New Jersey, California, Arkansas and Oklahoma. As a child Joe played drums in the school band, and he gravitated to music as a source of constancy amidst his itinerant adolescence. His family settled in Tulsa in the mid-1980s where Joe started his first punk band, Crimes Against Humanity, at age 15. He went on to drum for other local punk bands such as Morbid Truth, and Carnage, the latter of which opened a string of shows with Pantera. On December 6, 1991, at age 20, Joe attended a concert by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam in Kansas City, Kansas. Eddie Vedder’s performance that night inspired Joe to be a singer and front his own band.

## Music career
### Jibe (1993–2004)

By 1993, Joe was living in Dallas, Texas, and working at Guitar Center, where he connected with other local musicians and formed the band Jibe in early 1994. The group recorded a live album later that year and soon became known for their frequent and intense live performances. Over the next nine years, Jibe would issue three studio albums and play over 2,500 concerts across the United States, sharing the stage with many of the top rock bands of the day. Jibe's third album, Uprising, was particularly successful, spawning the hit single, "Yesterday’s Gone," and sweeping the Dallas Music Awards in 2003, earning titles for song of the year, alternative album of the year, producer of the year, and male vocalist of the year. The Dallas Cowboys also chose, "Yesterday’s Gone," as the theme song for their 2003 season. Jibe was on the verge of making it big when the band broke up in the summer of 2004.

### Loser (2004–2006)

Following the breakup of Jibe in 2004, Joe moved to Los Angeles and formed the band Loser with current Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5. The group were signed to Island Records and their song "Disposable Sunshine" was included on the Fantastic Four soundtrack. They recorded an album entitled Just Like You in 2006, and embarked on a national arena tour with Staind and Theory of a Deadman. Loser broke up due to scheduling conflicts with John 5's obligations as touring guitarist in Rob Zombie's band.

### South of Earth (2008–2010)

From 2008 to 2010 Grah fronted the band South of Earth which included guitarist Geno Lenardo (Filter), bassist Bill Gower (Boy Hits Car), and drummer Joe Babiak (Kill Hannah). The group recorded several songs during various sessions at Johnny K’s Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, and with producer Johnny Andrews in Atlanta, as well as with Danny Lohner in Los Angeles. Although the band's album remains unreleased, music videos for several of their songs are available on YouTube.

### Other Projects (2011–2015)

In 2011 Grah wrote and recorded the song "New Machine" for the film Best Dramatic Short and he appeared in the movie performing the track during the closing sequence.
In 2011, Italian band Cervello chose the song "The First Time", written by Joe Grah, John 5 & Bob Marlette, to record and release as their major label debut.
In 2012 Joe began recording and self-producing home demos for an electronic rock solo project he called Dead Girls Don't Lie, and released several online singles from 2013 to 2015. He assembled a live backing band and for the next two years performed locally in Los Angeles, including a show at The Roxy Theater, and a set at the Day of the Dead Festival in 2014.
In 2014 Grah produced the single "Ain't the One" by soul singer Jen Awad.
In 2014 Grah also briefly fronts the band I Am The Wolf, a short-lived Hollywood group that includes Charles Lee Salvaggio, who was also a member of Loser with Grah. The band performs one show at Orphic on the Sunset Strip.

### Jibe Reunites (2015–2018)

In 2015 Jibe returned to play their first concert in eleven years, to much publicity. In 2017 the group released their highly anticipated fourth studio album Epic Tales of Human Nature. Not only was Grah lead singer and songwriter on the album, he served as producer on the songs "Waiting", "A Shadow in the Garden", and "Sanctuary". In March 2018 the album's second single "Release" broke into the Top 50 on the Mediabase active rock chart. In May 2018 the band hit the road, joining Theory of a Deadman for a gulf coast tour, and also toured the west coast in August. In September, Jibe opened for Slash in Houston, and were invited to tour with Candlebox in the fall of 2018. However Jibe reluctantly dropped out of the tour and again went on hiatus when Grah was seriously injured in a head-on collision while riding his motorcycle in Hollywood on October 8, 2018.

### Solo work (2019–present)

During his months-long recovery from the motorcycle accident, Joe began writing and recording new solo songs in his home studio. He self-produced the recordings, working with mixer Evan Rodinache (Flyleaf, Escape the Fate, Powerman 5000) and Grammy Award winning mastering engineer Bill Hare. Instead of releasing the tracks simultaneously as an album, he decided to distribute them individually as singles on a quasi-monthly basis, with accompanying music videos; however, the COVID-19 pandemic eventually caused delays of several months between some releases. Grah released the first track, "Who Ya Dyin’ For," on Friday the 13th of September, and the second song, "Tidal Wave," arrived at Halloween. The third installment, "2Nite," is released at Thanksgiving, the fourth song, "Parts + Pieces," at Christmas/New Years, and the fifth installment, "The Great Unknown," was released around Easter 2020. The sixth installment, "Runaway" coincided with Father's Day. The seventh song, "In a Place Where Nothing Lives," was released on Halloween 2020. His eighth song, "Blue," was released on Christmas 2020. A ninth song, "Sweet Decay," arrived on Memorial Day 2021. Grah's tenth single, "Down By The Lake," was released on New Year's Day, 2022. His eleventh song, "Summer Game," was released on Labor Day weekend in 2022. Joe released his eleventh song, "Chemicals & Doctrines," on Halloween weekend 2022. Grah released his thirteenth single, "Stone Face," during the Fourth of July weekend of 2023. Grah's fourteenth single, "Pure," was released on October 13, 2024, the fifth anniversary of his motorcycle accident, and on Memorial Day Weekend 2024, Joe Grah released his fifteenth single, "Atypical."

### Inside The Trojan Horse (2024–present)

In 2024, Joe officially joined forces with his long-time friend and collaborator Gemini Syndrome guitarist Charles Lee Salvaggio, who has also previously played bass in Filter and Theory Of A Deadman, to form the hard rock group Inside The Trojan Horse. With Charles on bass and guitar, along with Red Sun Rising and The Violent drummer Pat Gerasia, the band recorded an entire album of material. The video for the first single, "Burn." premiered on BraveWords on August 7, 2024, with four more singles, Savior, How They Run, Stay Alive, and Blood and Teeth, released over 5 months.

## Discography

| Year | Artist | Title |
| 1986 | Crimes Against Humanity | C.A.H. demo |
| 1988 | Self Destruct | Self Destruct demo |
| 1989 | Morbid Truth | The Morbid Truth demo |
| 1990 | Carnage | Killing Machine |
| 1991 | Morbid Truth | OKC Sessions |
| 1994 | Jibe | OG 2 song EP – Without You (Inside Out), Again And... |
| 1994 | Jibe | Live at Trees |
| 1996 | Jibe | Jibe |
| 1996 | Jibe | Return Flight – Tales From The Edge Volume Eleven: The Day I Gave The Dragons A Shiner |
| 1997 | Jibe | Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover) – Come On Feel The Metal Compilation |
| 1997 | Jibe | Colour – Static Orange Compilation |
| 1998 | Jibe | 3 Song EP – Colour, New Moon, Idea #1 |
| 2000 | Jibe | In My Head |
| 2001 | Jibe | Yesterday's Gone – 105.3FM Talk Radio's The Live And Local CD |
| 2001 | Jibe | Yesterday's Gone – Acoustic Chaos – Live at the Lounge Volume 2 |
| 2003 | Jibe | Uprising |
| 2004 | Jibe | Broken & Rewind – Buzz-Oven Volume 10 |
| 2005 | Loser | Disposable Sunshine – Fantastic 4: The Album |
| 2006 | Loser | The First Time |
| 2006 | Loser | Just Like You |
| 2006 | Loser | Nobody Knows |
| 2008 | Secondhand Serenade | A Twist in My Story |
| 2008 | South of Earth | God 2 Get Down |
| 2009 | South of Earth | Under Your Skin |
| 2009 | Owl | Owl |
| 2010 | South of Earth | God 2 Get Down (Black Antler Remix) |
| 2011 | Joe Grah | New Machine – Best Dramatic Short film |
| 2013 | Owl | The Right Thing |
| 2013 | Dead Girls Don't Lie | Seven Minutes |
| 2014 | Dead Girls Don't Lie | West High Life |
| 2014 | Dead Girls Don't Lie | Dead Girls Don't Lie |
| 2014 | Dead Girls Don't Lie | Orphans (home) |
| 2014 | Dead Girls Don't Lie | Back to Good |
| 2015 | Dead Girls Don't Lie | Gone |
| 2014 | Jen Awad | Ain't the One |
| 2017 | Jibe | Epic Tales of Human Nature |
| 2019 | Joe Grah | Who Ya Dyin’ For? |
| 2019 | Joe Grah | Tidal Wave |
| 2019 | Joe Grah | 2nite |
| 2020 | Joe Grah | Parts + Pieces |
| 2020 | Joe Grah | The Great Unknown |
| 2020 | Joe Grah | Runaway |
| 2020 | Joe Grah | In A Place Where Nothing Lives |
| 2020 | Joe Grah | Blue |
| 2021 | Joe Grah | Sweet Decay |
| 2022 | Joe Grah | Down by the Lake |
| 2022 | Joe Grah | Summer Game |
| 2022 | Joe Grah | Chemicals & Doctrines |
| 2023 | Joe Grah | Stone Face |
| 2023 | Joe Grah | Pure |
| 2024 | Joe Grah | Atypical |
| 2024 | Inside The Trojan Horse | Burn |
| 2024 | Inside The Trojan Horse | Savior |
| 2024 | Inside The Trojan Horse | How They Run |
| 2024 | Inside The Trojan Horse | Stay Alive |
| 2024 | Inside The Trojan Horse | Blood and Teeth |