Born in 1997, Pistol Grip arose from the depths of the Los Angeles underground scene, as an answer to all the Ska and Pop bands that were saturating the underground and calling themselves ‘punk’. Influenced by the likes of The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Sham 69, Bad Religion, and the Ramones, Pistol Grip is a mixture of the U.K. and L.A. styles of punk fused with anti-religious and quasi-political lyrics. Nothing preachy or politically correct, just raw, in-your-face street poetry. They are steadily building a strong following while showing the masses of our deluded pop-culture that the roots of ‘Punk Rock’ started before they were probably even born.

Pistol Grip is a five-piece band consisting of Stax on lead vocals, Chase Revenge and Hollywood on guitars, Slowey on Bass and Boxcar Kelley on Drums. After recording their first, and now out-of-print, split release with Urgent Music Limited, Pistol Grip has signed to the legendary BYO Records. In May 2001, BYO releases Pistol Grip’s full-length, SHOTS FROM THE KALIKO ROSE, which will showcase the band’s ripping punk anthems straight from that chaotic phase of rock n’ roll that began more than two decades ago.