From there he decided to combine his playing and singing to write original music. Bob made a demo and met bass player Paul. Together with the help of Peter Schwartz (studio drummer) they made new demos and formed local bands "Blackjack Squadron", "Gridlock" and "Deadbolt" over the next 4 years. When singing and playing for "Deadbolt" Bob had a major accident. His right arm went through a glass door and cut an artery and severed two nerves in his right arm disabling his thumb, forefinger and middle finger leaving him with nerve damage. He rehabilitated himself over the next 2 years with therapy and his passion, guitar. In 1999 he then teamed back up with Paul and some acoustic ideas that led to the calling once again of Peter Schwartz to rehearse and record what he once called 13 COLORS OF UGLY. They recorded a 6 song EP called "Cataclysmic Chaos" in 2000 and played throughout New England in 2001. The band arose to unprecedented prominence in the local scene with an uncompromising approach that prided itself on originality and reverence rather than style or trend. Their eccentricity and stubborn insistence on being one of the most intense metal bands from Boston took them to 11 straight months of air play on 94.1 WHJY`s Soundcheck and generated a huge response from 101.7 WFNX, 104.1 WBCN and 107.3 WAAF.

At the beginning of 2002 13 C.O.U. parted ways and Bob took a break to reflect on his musical quest. He decided to go back to his roots and play and record an all-acoustic album, which became "Conflicts". Once that was finished and the fire was fueled, it was now back to the mayhem and the metal. In 2003 and 2004 Bob recorded 2 more albums under the working project called "White Knuckle Tight". This was the last of the metal recordings.

In 2005 a new spark was ignited and a new breed of music was born. A mixture of both worlds which led to the acoustic/rock album that is called "Doors of Discovery". A follow up album was completed in the fall of 2007 and released in 2008. There are 4 new tracks at myspace.com/bobgrantmusic that you can listen to from the album "House Of Love". During this time Bob also co-wrote 30 songs and 3 albums with Mike Reardon (Stereo Burn/Floss/Drop360) which became the studio band Defcon Monkeys, a heavy alternative rock sound. While writing most of the lyrics and producing the drums and songs Bob was also busy working on acoustic music for the summer release of "Expressions" in 2009. There are 10 demo tracks currently at the MySpace page.

"Music and lyrics are one way I can express what I feel and things that I have been through"