The GRAVE ESCAPE is a rootsy, post-punk rock 'n' roll band from Kansas City. Their sound blends traditional, bluesy rock 'n' roll and punk elements with an artistically acute sensibility. Their songs carve a dark path straight through the heart of Americana.  
Founder, Mike Niewald, played with Cory Corbino and Joe Gose in the mid 80s surf punk, psycho-billy band, ABSOLUTE CEILING. Niewald and Corbino linked up with guitarist J. Doyle Holopter in the 90s to form THE BINDLESTIFFS, which preceded the oncoming "alternative country" movement of that era.
These four veteran musicians, entrenched deeply in the ever-thriving KC music scene, have joined forces once again to resurrect the finest of their vast punk, rockabilly, and rock and roll roots. Welcome to a little trip they call The GRAVE ESCAPE.

EiN GEIST is the experimental brain spark of Kansas City based musician/artist, Mike Niewald. EiN GEIST explores the modern soundscape, plugging traditional rock elements into the virtual end of the spectrum.

Niewald cut his teeth in the mid 80s with the psycho-billy pop punk band, ABSOLUTE CEILING, which recently released its retrospective catalog on FERVOR RECORDS. Niewald formed alternative country innovators, THE BINDLESTIFFS, in the 90s, and currently fronts Americana noir rockers, THE GRAVE ESCAPE.

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