86 Aspartame
| 86 Aspartame | |
|---|---|
 Green, mykill, Tomas | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | CT |
| Genres | rock, metal |
| Years active | 1991 - 2000 |
| Status | split |
86 Aspartame was a hard rock band from Ivoryton, Connecticut. Their very last show was 12/31/1999 (eve of Y2K) in Westbrook, Connecticut.
- Originaly named Gridlock
- Combined speed metal drums w/rock guitar
Other known band names:
discography
- Revive - 1998 EP
Past Members were:
- **Frank Tomas -vocals, guitar (Gridlock, G-Lock, Various Artists, 86 Aspartame, Super Ego)
- **Artie Green -bass (Various Artists, 86 Aspartame)
- **mykill -drums (Gridlock, G-Lock, Various Artists, 86 Aspartame, Super Ego)
- Chris McLaren -bass (G-Lock, Various Artists, 86 Aspartame, Super Ego)
- Liz Spires -vocals (G-Lock)
- Steve Neal -vocals (G-Lock)
- Mik Monti -vocals (Gridlock, G-Lock)
- Michael Trnik -bass (Gridlock)
- Jack Adanti -vocals (Gridlock)
- Mark Bray -bass (Gridlock, G-Lock, Various Artists)
- Barbara Schreier -vocals (86 Aspartame)
- Chad Anderson -vocals (Gridlock)
- Mike (Weeze) DeCaprio -bass (Gridlock, G-Lock)
NOTE: ** denotes last known line-up
- (86, meaning to get rid of)
links:
- https://open.spotify.com/artist/1E73Iwk7wU2gtdGbqajNYx
- https://gridlock.bandcamp.com/
- https://twitter.com/86Aspartame Official twitter
- http://myspace.com/86aspartame
- https://www.youtube.com/user/Gridlock1992/videos
trivia
- Played show with Rite Bastards in 1999 at bank street roadhouse New London, CT. Rite Bastards was a project of John Connelly of nuclear assault.
- Played show with Terra Tribe in mid 1990's at Ell-n-Gee club new london. Terra Tribe was Jeff Martinek's band. Martinek was original lead guitarist for Sacred Reich.
