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Mercury Rev's Grasshopper - Interview

Grasshopper talk to Stuart about the reissue of Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs and their upcoming tour.

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Biography

Mercury Rev is an American alternative rock group, that formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a. "Grasshopper" (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums).

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BBC Reviews

  1. Snowflake Midnight 2008

    Review of Snowflake Midnight

    Reviewed by Michael Quinn

    Mercury Rev's finest offering since 1998’s Deserter's Songs.

  2. Deserter's Songs 1998

    Review of Deserter's Songs

    Reviewed by Mike Diver

    It’s easy to forget just how from out of nowhere Deserter’s Songs was.

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