Rumpelstiltskin Grinder

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Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genres crossover thrash, hardcore punk
Years active2002–2012
Labels Relapse Records, Candlelight Records
MembersMelissa Moore
Shawn Riley
Pat Battaglia
Ryan Moll
Past membersEli Shaika
Mike Hrubovcak
Jason Sidote
Website rumpelstiltskingrinder.com (archived)

Rumpelstiltskin Grinder (or RsG) was a crossover thrash band from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Rumpelstiltskin Grinder contained former members of the metal bands Solace in the Shadows, Evil Divine and XXX Maniak. They first released their live album "Raped by Bears". After that they released a single song split 7-inch entitled "Equipment Crusher" with Jumbo's Kill Crane on Red Candle Records. They then released a live CD-R entitled Raped By Bears-Live At The Dungeon 6/21/03. Their debut album Buried In The Front Yard was released on Relapse Records. Their second album entitled Living for Death, Destroying the Rest was released in January 2009. RsG played their first North American tour that year. Their third album Ghostmaker was released in 2012. [1] [2]

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Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Split albums

Videography

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