Moe Greene

Moe Greene was forged from the ashes of several other bands in the summer of 1996. We enjoy all forms of art and entertainment, from sci-fi books to Don's Suburba. Finding inspiration in life is what we do...

Joseph Gladski and James Wilmoth, two long-time friends, formed Moe Greene in the small town of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, during 1996.

The two met in 1987 and became fast friends. In 1998, the comic books “Ralph Snart Adventures”, and the band The Dead Milkmen; inspired them to begin a punk band. All that really happened, though, was naming the “band” and a lot of big talk. In 1990, James moved to Falls Church, Virginia with his mother.

While James was in Virginia, Joseph purchased his first bass, and began playing in high school punk bands. He immersed himself in early 90’s punk, but the band he would draw the most inspiration from was King’s X and the playing of Doug Pinnick.

Meanwhile, James discovered classic rock and all the things that were popular in that era. He was especially fond of Pink Floyd, and would eventually mold his playing after that of David Gilmore.

In the summer of 1993, James moved back to Arkansas, and their friendship remained as strong as ever. Joseph’s band had recently broken up, but he wanted to rebuild it under the same name. So, he went to his best friend.

Joseph had also decided that it was time to try his hand a guitar, and convinced James to pick up a bass. Some of the very first lines created by the two can be heard in the song “Imperial Waltz”. After a couple of years of playing the name changed to Moe Greene, inspired by the movie “The Godfather”. Along the way, they switched instruments occasionally, and eventually James was playing guitar, and Joseph was back on bass.

In 1997, hard times struck them both, and they decided to join the military together. However, things didn’t quite go as planned, and the two joined separately. There was one short visit in 1998, but no music was completed until 2000.

Late in 1999, Joseph purchased a computer that would allow the two to do home recording, and soon thereafter plans were made for a visit.

In the summer of 2000 Joseph drove from New York to California to visit James and record an album. Titled “Seven days of Sex, Lies and Heartburn”, only one song was made available. The name came from the strange week of recording, where everything seemed to happen but working on the CD. New faces were brought into the band, but none really seemed to work out. All in all, it ended a mess. But the two kept in touch, always creating new music.

After 6 years of working nearly independently, but still under the name of Moe Greene, the two finally were stationed in the same region. Shortly thereafter, Joseph ended his military service, and moved to the same town as James.

Now the two have plans to stay in their current location, and produce as much music as possible.

Classic Rock (from heavy to progressive), Blues, Early 90's Alternative Rock.

Hondo II LP

ESP H-207

Fender Squire Strat

Ibanez RG-570

Yamaha Strat Copy

An acoustic POS

Fender American Standard P Bass

Fender MB-5 (converted to fretless,

active electronics)

Digitech RP-7 (dropped a few times)

Turtle Beach Montego II Home Studio

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

Voyetra Digital Orchestrator Pro

Voyetra Record Producer

Propellerhead Reason