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Follow on Google News | Jack Grisham of T.S.O.L. honored with HB Arts Council AwardJack Grisham to receive the Distinguished Performing Artist Award from the city of Huntington Beach Arts Council October 14. Grisham is best known as lead performer for T.S.O.L,The Joykiller, Tender Fury and Jack Grisham and the West Coast Dukes.
By: Elizabeth Shober, Mgr A celebration and presentation is planned for Thursday, October 14 at the Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. A reception will be held from 6:30 – 7:00 pm with the awards program to follow. Jack Grisham (born 1961) is an American rock musician, raconteur and political activist. He is the vocalist for the punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the 1980s Los Angeles punk rock scene, along with Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Social Distortion. Grisham has also fronted the bands The Joykiller, Tender Fury and Cathedral of Tears. He currently records with T.S.O.L. and Jack Grisham and the West Coast Dukes and will be on tour on the West Coast and Europe from November through January. Grisham appeared as himself in the movies “American Hardcore” and the Geza X film “ Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock West Coast Style (2001) (he also wrote the title track "Spit Up the Rage"). In the 1984 Penelope Spheeris film “Suburbia” Grisham was a candidate and ranked in the top 30% of the 137 candidates. On May 1, 2011, ECW press is releasing Jack Grisham’s first book, “An American Demon”, a memoir based on his early years. For further information contact: Elizabeth Shober ecshober@gmail.com 562-477-3616 End
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