Título: Grandaddy
Seção: Reunion
Background: Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden. After several self-released records and cassettes, the band signed to Will Records in the US and later the V2 subsidiary Big Cat Records in the UK, going on to sign an exclusive deal with V2. The bulk of the band's recorded output was the work of Lytle, who worked primarily in home studios.

Conteúdo: In March 2012, it was announced that Grandaddy had reformed and were to play a limited number of shows, including London on September 4, and headlining the End of the Road Festival in the UK. Grandaddy also played San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and Paris's Rock en Seine Festival in August 2012. On August 7, 2012, to kick off their reunion tour, they played a "secret" show at the Partisan venue in Merced, California, but were billed as "The Arm of Roger". The next day they played as Grandaddy at the Henry Miller Library, Big Sur.  Regarding the band's reunion, Lytle noted, "The bargain I made myself regarding the 'brief reunion and couple of shows' situation was that I wasn't gonna talk too much about it. I was just gonna stew on it, and then do it. That's the good thing about festivals. No need for me to sell anything here. Get in, rock out, get paid, get out. There are just going to be a few shows. Festival-type thingies. Perhaps the odd 'warm up gig' in someone's hair salon or something. Money was a motivating factor (resurfacing my indoor tennis court, oil change for my 4x4 Ferrari) but the idea of playing and hanging out with each other is something all of the guys are pretty stoked about."  Lytle later noted, "It was actually Jim [Fairchild]'s fault. He suggested that we consider playing some shows, and I went, 'No', [but] he convinced me it might be a good idea. We talked about it for a little while. I didn't think anyone else in the band would be

user: When was the reunion set to begin?

assistant: In March 2012, it was announced that Grandaddy had reformed and were to play a limited number of shows, including London on September 4,

user: Where were they going to play?

assistant: were to play a limited number of shows, including London

user: Did they play other venues as well?

assistant: San Francisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and Paris's Rock en Seine Festival in August 2012.

user: Did the band enjoy playing together again?

assistant: the idea of playing and hanging out with each other is something all of the guys are pretty stoked about."

user: What made them decide to keep performing together?

assistant: After five days of playing together it actually sounded really good. It was too easy, and we were actually really having a good time together."

user: Did they ever make new music together?

assistant: he was likely to record a new Grandaddy album, stating, "It's probably going to happen.

user: What else did he say about making new music?

assistant: I can make Grandaddy records every so often and not have all this messy stuff that goes along with it.

user: Is there anything else interesting about the group?

assistant: He suggested that we consider playing some shows, and I went,

user: And what was his response to that statement?

assistant: I was actually blown away that they even wanted to. Once I found that out, I said 'OK,