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*The 4 members of Grimis, guitarist Lyle Brewer, saxaphone player/vocalist David Tanklefsky, drummer Peter Michelinie, and bassist Andy Doherty have been playing together since 1998 when they were in the Doherty Middle School concert band.The band officially formed when they were sophomores in Andover High School in 2001. They played mostly jazz fusion.The group helped out Andover Youth services by organizing comedy nights, hiking trips, and other events. They also helped other bands in booking and promoting their own gigs.  
*Jesse Gallagher and Chris Cuomo sang together since middle school. They began to record on Gallagher's father's four-track recording machine and became  a band called Jyro.When Chris Hall saw a performance, he wanted to join the band. After a few years, he and Justin McLean joined with Jesse and Chris to form the Nubtones, from a silly song the group made up about a man who catches his foot in a door and calls it, "my nubby foot."




*After 6 years together they released an album ''Poets, Assassins, and Shepherds''. That same year they decided to go their separate ways.  
*The Nubtones, Chris Cuomo (vocals, guitar), Jesse Gallagher (vocals, guitar, bass), Justin McClean (bass, trumpet), Jake Hall (drums)were all graduates of Andover High when they put out their first album ''Androgenous Love Songs'' in 1999. It was a combination of Green-Day style punk to bouncy ska to melodic, hard-driven pop. InThey had been together for 3 years and were able to attract 300 to their recent shows.  




*In 2008 they got together again to make a U.S. tour. A good friend and former Andover High classmate, Grant Guliano, created an hour-long documentary of this tour, ''Grimis Tours the States.''
*In 2000 the group released a song ''Hydroplaning'' on a web site called MP3.com which provided free exposure for the song. The song reached #2 on the MP3 emo chart and #1on the Massachusetts punk chart. A company called Angel City offered them an opportunity to play at a music trade show if they submitted 2 songs. The were accepted and set out for California.


*In 2010 former group members Andrew Doherty, Pete Michelinie and David Tanklefsky went to Kenya with Andover Youth Services founder Bill Fahey to record the album ''I Am the One'' with the students of Margaret Okari School. Many of the school's students were orphaned by AIDS and proceeds from the record went to fund the school. They toured the East Coast in 2010 to promote the new album.


*Members of the groups have become sidemen playing with nationally-recognized projects such as Sarah Borges, Broken Singles, Emil & Friends, and Quiet Life. Doherty has spent time recording with the Maasai tribe in Africa. Michelinie has created 17th century style furniture and converted vans to run on vegetable oil. Tanklefsky has worked as a journalist and a play-by-play announcer.
*Jesse Gallegher spent a year at Berklee Music School and joined another band, Apollo Sunshine.
 


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*Making Old Town Hall Rock! Apollo Sunshine and Grimis in Concert.(photos) ''Andover Townsman'', 5/25/2006, page 19.
Underground Sound: Andover Band Hopes Basement Practice Sessions a Firm Foundation for Fame. ''Eagle Tribune'', 11/4/1999, page
 
 
*Grimis Enjoying Competition; Fresh from the Emergenza Music Festival.(second place in regional finals)''Andover Townsman'', 5/25/2006, page 19.
 
 
*After Six-Year Run, Grimis Prepares its Summer Swan Song. ''Eagle Tribune'', 6/24/2004, page 23.
 
*Andover Band Embarking on Two-Month US Tour.(release of ''Grimis'', third album, portrait) Andover Townsman, 8/14/2008, page 15.
 
 
*A Dream Takes Flight-in an Orange '86 Chevy.'' Andover Townsman'', 8/21/2008,page 17.
 
 
*Pacific Coast Clubs Embrace Grimis. Grimis on the Road. ''Andover Townsman'', 9/11/2008,pages 7,8.
 
 
*Movie of Grimis Tour Premieres,With Show. ''Andover Townsman'', 12/17/2009, page 6.
 
 
*Grimis Back to Old Stomping Grounds, With a Purpose.(portrait of the group) ''Andover Townsman'', 4/21/2011, page 12.


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  • Jesse Gallagher and Chris Cuomo sang together since middle school. They began to record on Gallagher's father's four-track recording machine and became a band called Jyro.When Chris Hall saw a performance, he wanted to join the band. After a few years, he and Justin McLean joined with Jesse and Chris to form the Nubtones, from a silly song the group made up about a man who catches his foot in a door and calls it, "my nubby foot."


  • The Nubtones, Chris Cuomo (vocals, guitar), Jesse Gallagher (vocals, guitar, bass), Justin McClean (bass, trumpet), Jake Hall (drums)were all graduates of Andover High when they put out their first album Androgenous Love Songs in 1999. It was a combination of Green-Day style punk to bouncy ska to melodic, hard-driven pop. InThey had been together for 3 years and were able to attract 300 to their recent shows.


  • In 2000 the group released a song Hydroplaning on a web site called MP3.com which provided free exposure for the song. The song reached #2 on the MP3 emo chart and #1on the Massachusetts punk chart. A company called Angel City offered them an opportunity to play at a music trade show if they submitted 2 songs. The were accepted and set out for California.


  • Jesse Gallegher spent a year at Berklee Music School and joined another band, Apollo Sunshine.


See

Underground Sound: Andover Band Hopes Basement Practice Sessions a Firm Foundation for Fame. Eagle Tribune, 11/4/1999, page


"out Here Having fun in the Warm California Sun." Andover Townsman, 1/22/2004, page