King Buzzo is the stage name used by Buzz Osborne (born Roger Osborne), best known as the lead guitarist with the Melvins, long-running proponents of the louder side of the alternative rock scene whose embrace of heavy guitars, big riffs, and slower tempos made them one of the key precursors of grunge. While Osborne's work with the Melvins (best heard on 1993's Houdini and 1996's Stag) was devoted to uncompromising hard rock, his albums released as King Buzzo -- 2014's This Machine Kills Artists and 2020's Gift of Sacrifice -- were detours into acoustic music, through the songwriting and attack was still steeped in a very similar sonic outlook.

Bassist and composer Trevor Dunn is a musical free spirit whose resumé runs the gamut from prankish rock to experimental music, the avant-garde, and jazz. He first earned a reputation for his work with the off-kilter alternative rock band Mr. Bungle, and has since performed with grunge forefathers the Melvins, arty mental ensemble Fantomas, ambitious jazz/rock group the Nels Cline Singers, and a large number of projects with avant-garde composer and bandleader John Zorn. Dunn has also recorded as a bandleader and soloist with his ensembles Trio Convulsant and MadLove.

After being a part of the 1980 Georgia Boy's State 100 meter freestyle record winning team, held in Milledgeville, GA, the future was looking bright for JD Pinkus at 12 years old. 'Til the end of 1985 in Atlanta, where he dropped his swimsuit and Orange Sunshine and traded it for a life on the road playing Bass with Butthole Surfers, spreading the Butthole word. Later ‘Bassing’ for Melvins, Helios Creed, Honky, and many more.. Upon this spiritual journey he bonded with his 5-string banjo, spreading it on different recordings, including being backed by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin on Bass guitar in 1991 while he produced Butthole Surfers, as well as Flaming Lips and Melvins Recordings. Finally a Cassette label mogul and banjo player extraordinaire, Danny Barnes, enlisted Pinkus to record his first solo Long Play recording for his cassette label Minner Bucket Records, which was then later released on Heavy Feather Records in 2018, 'Keep On The Grass'. Soon to follow was a relationship with Shimmy Disc / Joyful Noise Recordings and the releasing of another solo psychedelic SpaceGrass Banjo album, 2021’s 'Fungus Shui', as well as a collaboration with fellow Banjo Psychonaut, Tall Tall Trees, produced by Kramer called 'Ponder Machine', 2023. The newest JD Pinkus album (release date June 7th 2024) on Shimmy Disc, is 'Grow A Pear'. An album 5 years in the making. Bridging old sounds from his past with the more recent sounds of the fungal mountain he lives on now, with the assistance of a Blunderbuss of great musicians. Past SpaceGrass Banjo shows and tours with the likes of Sleep, Weedeater, Clutch, Helmet, Quicksand, PW Long, Scott Biram,... Soon to be touring with King Buzzo and Trevor Dunn thru the US. 2 months starting Aug 1st . Look out for JD Pinkus Fall solo tours for EU/UK and Australia. Go to JDPinkus.Com for tour updates, news, merch, social media links, videos, glamour shots, or just to hang out for a bit...