Latex Grenade – Rockers out of San Diego, CA, Latex Grenade, having released six studio albums world wide on all streaming platforms, is a band that brings great passion and energy. Attracting the adrenaline seekers in action sports, this power trio inspires the listener through fast upbeat melodies and highly energetic vocals. Their latest album, Bee Miner, is a post-pandemic masterpiece with a dark take on relevant themes such as overcoming adversity and personal struggles, striking a very familiar chord with many through these tough societal times. Upon the release of their album, FDR Part 1, Latex Grenade took off on their first national tour, playing at SXSW Austin and headlining at the Winter Snow Show with FM94/9 at Bear Mountain. Since then Latex Grenade has embarked upon 3 national tours having played in over 27 states nationwide. San Diego Citybeat says, “Latex Grenade’s music is straight forward Pennywise-style punk melodies roughed up with some thrash metal riffs”.

 

The beginning

Latex Grenade formed in the fall of 2009 with the original line up comprised of Geoff Davis (guitar/vocals), Ross Garcia (bass) and Chris Munson (drums). With the addition of Chris Munson on the drums in 2009, the band decided to move in a different musical direction than before. Their music, which was once fast and fueled by the punk genre, was slowed down to a heavier Hard Rock/Metal Pulse. With the incorporation of the heavy double bass drums, Latex Grenade found a style that really stuck and is prevalent today. This was especially apparent in their first EP released on September 10th 2010, and the songs that emerged onto, Going Green, in 2012.

In 2011, through creative differences, Ross Garcia had left the band and Daren England took on the bass position. By 2011, months before the recording of their sophomore album, Going Green, Chris Munson was ready to move on from the band. Duke Higgs joined in early 2012 as Latex Grenade recorded Going Green. Shortly after the release of Going green, Daren England was replaced with the present bassist today, Nick Shores. Nick Shores brought back a dynamic and powerful rhythm section to the band, a piece of the band that some felt was missing after the departure of Ross Garcia. After several brief tours in 2012 Latex Grenade went back into the studio to record their most acclaimed album to date, FDR Part 1. Shortly after the release of FDR Part 1, Duke Higgs, who was in the armed forces, was deployed over seas, leaving the band with a tough decision especially as they were set to hit the road on a national tour for their album. Kyle Dern joined the band in 2014. Three national tours later throughout the most part of 2015, Latex Grenade went back into the studio to record FDR Part 2, which was released on July 15th, 2016, with their hit single, “Burger Murder”, which the music video was filmed at the downtown San Diego restaurant, The Garage. Following the departure of drummer, Kyle Dern in 2017, Latex Grenade was invited to tour with one of South Africa’s most legendary rock bands, The Springbok Nude Girls on their Beautiful Evolution Tour across South Africa, playing in some of their biggest shows to date. Along the journey, Latex Grenade became extremely versatile, particularly playing with all types of equipment and technology tailoring a much more tight and lasting sound. During the Beautiful Evolution Tour, Latex Grenade recorded their 2018 EP, The Cage, at Bellville Studios in Cape Town, where Geoff and Theo Crous, the guitarist for The Springbok Nude Girls, developed a special bond in working together. This relationship has blossomed into the development of Latex Grenade’s modern sound today. Theo Crous has played an integral part in the engineering of the band’s most recent recordings and Bee Miner (2026), the band’s sophomore full-length album has a sound that is bigger, darker and a lot more polished.

When asked about Latex Grenade’s music in Geoff’s last interview, he said the following:

“Man, sometimes you write something that is so incredibly relevant with what is currently going on in your life that the music becomes something so much more important to you than a few guitar riffs. It is often that our best work comes from a point of adversity, and coming out of the depths of 2020, we all have a lot of pain to use for inspiration.”

Discography

The EP, Released in September, 2010
Going Green, Released in April, 2012
FDR Part I, Released in October, 2013
FDR Part 2, Released July, 2016
The Cage, Released September 28, 2018
Bee Miner, Released May 22, 2026