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:

• Gridlock
• G-Lock
• Various Artists
• Super Ego

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.

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