Kristin Pinell & Kurt Reil

Kristen and Kurt are professional musicians and members of The Grip Weeds, a power pop/psychedelic rock band from New Jersey. Kristin is a much acclaimed and respected guitarist who cut her performing teeth as a part of the Boston, MA all-female band Good Question. Moving to the New York City area in the 90’s, she co-founded The Rooks, recording four acclaimed and influential albums with them. She joined The Grip Weeds in 1993, in time to appear on their debut full-length album House Of Vibes and to co-found House Of Vibes Productions with Kurt and Rick Reil. She’s appeared on recordings by Mannix and The Smithereens, and contributes to The Wyld Olde Souls. Kurt founded The Grip Weeds with his brother Rick in the late 80’s. He’s well known as a performer outside the band, taking the drum chair behind Richard X. Heyman’s live touring band, playing behind legendary Raiders vocalist Mark Lindsay, and even sharing the stage with Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson. Kurt is in demand as a vocalist, fronting the Smithereens side-project Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg, as well as contributing both vocally and instrumentally to projects by Third Of Never and The Satisfactors. Kurt, Rick and Kristin Pinell co-founded House Of Vibes Productions in the early ’90’s, and it has grown in to one of New Jersey’s premiere recording facilities. At The House Of Vibes studio, Kurt has produced and engineered a wide range of artists, including The Smithereens, Mark Lindsay, Najma Ahktar and Gary Lucas, The Doughboys, The Anderson Council, and all of the recording work of The Grip Weeds.