I play guitar and percussion, compose songs, and sometimes even try to sing.

Bands:

Here are a few bands I have played with:

The House Band of the Universe: Check us out on Facebook! 

The House Band of the Universe recently finished their SOLD OUT 2014 Life Out There Tour of the Universe!

2014 Tour Dates:

Washington DC
July 25th & 26th, Navy Memorial Theater
Chicago, Il
July 29th & 30th, Adler Planetarium
        *Chicago Sun-Times: Voice write up

 

Read the review of the sold out “Life Out There” performances – where the House Band of the Universe plays under a planetarium full of breathtaking cosmic visualizations, as Grinspoon narrates the story of the history of the Universe – from the Big Bang to Life on Earth, and everything between.

• View David’s favorite excerpt from the show by clicking on the video below or check out the full performance here.

 

Life Out There: Trip to the Sun from DMNS on Vimeo.

The Geeks (Semifinalists WBRU [Rhode Island] Rock Hunt, 1982)

https://soundcloud.com/drfunkyspoon/rubber-policeman

Shagnatty

Hmmbah 

Mom’s Instant Hot (Westword Best of Denver 1995 “Best World Beat Band”)

Venus Envy

Venus Envy is a spinoff of Mom’s Instant Hot which consists of David Grinspoon (guitar, samples, electronic and acoustic percussion) Mark Yanowitz (bass and percussion) Alan Brown (Drums) and sometimes: Glen Taylor (pedal steel guitar, percussion), Mike Kramer (guitar), Dan Sjogren (saxophone) and others. its sort of an improvisational, experimental, instrumental trip-hop kind of a thing. Try it you’ll like it.