Grip Inc. is a groove metal band and side project of drummer Dave Lombardo. The band was formed in 1993, and are signed to SPV Records. The band has been on and off since it formed, although its future is uncertain due to drummer Dave Lombardo's other music projects and the death of frontman Gus Chambers.
Following the birth of his first child in 1993, Lombardo formed Grip Inc. with Voodoocult guitarist Waldemar Sorychta.
The pair recruited bassist Jason Viebrooks and vocalist Gus Chambers to complete the line-up, releasing their debut record in 1995. Entitled Power of Inner Strength, the album was distributed via California-based label Metal Blade Records.
Prior to the album's release Lombardo described leaving Slayer as a career low, because he did not know what type of music to play.Allmusic reviewer Vincent Jeffries singled out Lombardo for praise on the album, remarking that Slayer fans "will enjoy the drummer's double bass work and overall aggression throughout the disc." Sorychta asserts critics and music fans always spot mistakes in their music, because of Lombardo's popularity with Slayer – expecting the band to sound like Slayer and complain. However, when Lombardo uses the double bass drum, Sorychta asserted people complain "now Grip Inc. sound exactly like Slayer."
Legions, upon legions
Roam the roads to nowhere
Street wise ragged with rage
Fucked by society, left outside
The systems cold embrace
Insane, Unsafe, Labelled
Rough warrior, veteran
Defender of nations, savage scars unable to heal
Mental derelict, refused
Admission, tagged the wretched
Of this land
Just another hard luck story
Just another day
Just another twisted manic
Just another throw away
Just another beggar begging
Get out the way
Straight talk falls on the deaf ears
Go ask the man under the bridge
He is the man under the bridge
He has no place for his head to lay
He is the man under the bridge
Left out, locked out, cast out, rejected
Just another hard luck story
Just another day
Just another twisted manic
Just another throw away
Just another beggar begging
Get out the way
Straight talk falls on the deaf ears
Go ask the man under the bridge
He is the man under the bridge
He has no place for his head to lay
He is the man under the bridge