Parry Gripp
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Parry P. Gripp |
| 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 |
Parry P. Gripp (born September 22, 1967[1][2]) is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf Herder. Gripp has written numerous novelty songs for children and has been featured on several Disney television shows.
Style and works[]
False jingles and other novelty songs[]
As a songwriter, Gripp is known for fake jingles, as in his 2005 solo album For Those About to Shop, We Salute You - a 51-track concept album mimicking various musical styles as product commercials. It does not have one single concept; it goes through many various concept suites, such as trucks, beer, and insomnia. He also maintains a song-of-the-week website in December 2007 and a YouTube channel on August 12, 2006, in which he creates soundtracks to internet memes[3] as well as music videos for his own novelty songs. In January 2017, "It's Raining Tacos" was featured in an Amazon.com ad which began airing in early May 2017.
The Wawa and Hallmark connections[]
Along with his phony jingles, Gripp also has created some true advertising music, such as a series of Beatles-inspired tunes promoting the Wawa Food Markets' summertime Hoagiefests[4] and songs for the Hallmark Cards e-characters hoops&yoyo.
Television theme songs[]
Gripp also performs The Super Hero Squad Show, Ben 10: Omniverse, The 7D, and StoryBots Super Songs theme songs.
Gripp also joined forces with MC Lars to perform some of the vocals, including the chorus to "Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Doesn't Make You Slash)," a song commenting on the notion that video games like Guitar Hero take kids away from playing in bands and actually learning their instruments.
On July 9, 2009, Gripp debuted a new song called "The Girl at the Video Game Store" for the 1000th episode of the G4 TV program Attack of the Show! The video features the show's hosts Olivia Munn as the title character and Kevin Pereira on drums.[5]
In October 2016, Gripp performed and wrote the theme song for the Netflix children’s show “StoryBots Super Songs”, which is a spin-off show for the Netflix Original Show named “Ask the StoryBots”. He also started performing and writing songs for both shows.
His 2011 released song "Space Unicorn" was featured in Daron Nefcy's Star vs. the Forces of Evil as a ringtone of character Marco Diaz's cellphone.
In July 2012, the National Geographic Kids website uploaded his video, "Spooky Spider."
In April 2013, Gripp recorded the song "Backyard Hodge Podge" for the episode of the same name for the children's television show Phineas and Ferb, and he also appeared in the episode in animated form.
Gripp has written songs for the 2019 adult animated webseries Hazbin Hotel and its spinoff Helluva Boss.[6]
Children's music[]
Gripp has written numerous songs for children, with over 100 songs appearing on his YouTube channel, with over 250 million views. Gripp has released 5 studio albums for children, Do You Like Waffles?, Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute, Vol. 1, Mega-Party, Jingle Burgers and For Kids About to Rock.
In July 2019, Gripp's "It's Raining Tacos" was used by the city of West Palm Beach to deter homeless people from congregating in some areas, along with the song "Baby Shark". Gripp requested they remove his title from their playlist and made donations to local homeless shelters.[7]
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Original Song - Main Title and Promo | "7D Main Title Song" | Nominated[8] |
| Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Original Song | "Jollywood Spa Song" | Nominated[8] | |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Original Song | "I'm Not Very Nice" | Won[8][9] |
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- For Those About to Shop, We Salute You (2005)
- Do You Like Waffles? (2008)
- Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute, Vol. 1 (2010)
- Jingle Burgers (2020)
- For Kids About to Rock (re-issue of the original 2005 album, 2021)
Compilations[]
- Mega-Party (2013)
Personal life[]
Aside from his music, Gripp is the co-owner (with his sister Alice) of the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, which was founded by his father.[10][11]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Birth of Parry Gripp". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Family Tree Legends". Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ Parry Gripp, the Weird Al Yankovic of YouTube
- ^ Wawa Hoagiefest website
- ^ "The Girl At The Video Game Store". Kotaku. July 9, 2009.
- ^ Vivienne Medrano [@VivziePop] (August 11, 2017). "The song @parrygripp is making for #HazbinHotel is absolutely a BLAST!! I can't express how excited I am for when everyone can hear it!!