bios

        Blazin' grooves, ill-matic flows, rippin' guitar, and crazy
    hooks? Back in 1998, Hip Hop star producer, Ali Dee, whose
    former credits include producing for Big Daddy Kane, Eric B &
    Rakim, Aaron Hall, Young Black Teenagers, M.O.P., Public
    Enemy's BOMB Squad, Kool G Rap...and that's just to name
    a few, linked up with New York punkster Vinni Alfieri. "I felt
    that Vinni was that missing edge...that rock shit that I needed
    to make this sound that I had envisioned in my head. Vinni
    just brought it all together. He's the sickest guitarist I have
    ever seen."
         "The fact that the Hip Hop community embraces what The
    Grand Skeem does is the ultimate compliment and validates
    what we do. We had the Rev RUN from RUN DMC up in the
    studio the other day, and now he has become a mentor to
    us...isn't that crazy?!?!? Unlike these other cats, we start from
    the Hip Hop aspect and then lace it with a rock and
    punk vibe. We add a hot hook, and you got a song that has
    mass appeal, which is what we want. We want mad people to
    feel our music. We want people to jump up and get nuts and
    have fun. All these other bands are depressing and take them-
    selves way too seriously---what happened to just getting down
    and having a party, chilling with your boys, or hanging with your
    girl or something?"
         The band wasn't right without some maniac on drums and
    some kid that has that Hip Hop feel on bass. "Vinni and I put an
    ad in the Village Voice thinking we were gonna get 60 year old
    players and New York psychos... But what we got was Donato
    Paternostro on drums. He's a nice Italian Stallion who would
    cook you up a mean pasta if you scream for us at a show, but
    you don't wanna cross him or the band cuz you might end up
    with a horses head lying next to you when you wake up.
    Through the same ad we got St3ve on bass. He's that young
    shy type on the outside, but his mind is pretty sick---I guess
    that's OK though, cuz he's a mutha on bass."
         After a few months hittin' in the studio, The Grand Skeem
    had their first batch of songs. This past November, The Grand
    Skeem signed a major record deal with RCA Records and their
    version of SIR-MIX-A-LOT's "Baby Got Back" will be hittin' the
    airwaves in January of 2002. Many of their songs have already
    been featured on "The Animal" Motion Picture Soundtrack, and
    in the "American Pie 2" movie, along with other motion pictures
    "Big Fat Liar", and "Scooby Doo, which hit theatres this fall.
    You can also catch The Grand Skeem on the road this fall
    season touring throughout the North East. Their album is
    slated for an April 2002 release.