Parry Gripp
Parry Gripp (born September 22, 1967 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf Herder.[1] As a songwriter, Gripp is best known for fake jingles, as in his 2005 solo album For Those About to Shop, We Salute You. It was a 51-track concept album mimicking various musical styles as product commercials. He also maintains a song-of-the-week website and a YouTube channel on which he creates soundtracks to internet memes.[2] He also does music videos for his own novelty songs. The titles include "Do You Like Waffles?", "Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom", "Last Train to Awesometown" and "Spaghetti Cat (I Weep For You)". "Hamster on a Piano (Eating Popcorn)", "I Am A Banana" and "Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig)" are others. Gripp also performs the Being Ian, Super Hero Squad Show, Ben 10: Omniverse, and The 7D theme songs.
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.jpg) Gripp in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | September 22, 1967 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, children's music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Oglio |
| Associated acts | Nerf Herder |
| Website | parrygripp |
References
- ↑ Paul Verna, 'Nerf Herder Flies from My to Arista', Billboard, Vol. 108, No. 49 (December 7, 1996), p. 8
- ↑ Parry Gripp, the Weird Al Yankovic of YouTube