Review Fix Exclusive: JIBE’s Joe Grah Talks ‘Epic Tales of Human Nature’ And More

October 18, 2017 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with JIBE’s Joe Grah, who discusses their new album, Epic Tales of Human Nature. The band’s first album since 2002’s UPRISING, Gran lets us know who it feels to be making new music again. He also details the band’s creative process and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Joe Grah: I was surrounded by LP’s as a kid growing up, I would always chill in my room and just play record after record, of course singing along at the top of my lungs. Initially, I was into poetry and drums, later on, I evolved into singing when I formed JIBE.

Review Fix: What makes your brand special?

Grah: JIBE truly reflects the very real and uncertain journey we’re all on. Four unique individuals coalescing in the center to achieve a higher vibration and greater sum.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Grah: I live in LA and Toby lives in Dallas, he usually sends me raw riffs, or arranged riffs, I write lyrics, melodies, work-on arrangements, etc, I’ll also work out production ideas in my home studio prior to entering the actual recording studio. The band also has a history of endless jam sessions that birth endless songs with everyone adding their part.

Review Fix: What makes you different?

Grah: The band is pure, the songs are real, the crowds react.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song on the album? How was it written?

Grah: Release is our current single and a perfect example of a potent and important track on the album. Toby sent me riffs in a basic arrangement, I loaded it into pro-tools, did some editing, and proceeded to effortlessly write a very personal and emotional story that means the absolute world to me. This is a concept album and every song plays an equal part in the participation and overall message.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2017?

Grah: Album out, single/video out, documentary wrapped up and edited, concerts, more singles/videos, world tour for 2018 connecting with endless new friends.

Review Fix: What makes your latest album special?

Grah: We put everything we had into it, and I mean FUCKING EVERYTHING.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Grah: By reflecting our true, effortless, unconditional intentions, as well as overcoming our personal indifference, we hope to inspire people to let go and believe in themselves, we’re all powerfully capable entities of creation and possibility.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Grah: The world.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Grah: We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to share our art with the world and can’t wait to connect with each and every one of you.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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