Led by Greg Ashley, The Gris Gris are an American psychedelic/garage band whose music blends 1960s Texas psychedelia, New Orleans voodoo-influenced swamp blues and garage noise.

Frontman Greg Ashley is identified in the reviews as the founder and lead of the band; reviews describe influences including the 13th Floor Elevators and Roky Erickson, New Orleans voodoo and swamp blues. Reviews state Greg Ashley has released solo albums.

The Gris Gris are presented as a psychedelic/garage band led by Greg Ashley. Reviews praise their fusion of 1960s Texas psychedelia and New Orleans voodoo-influenced swamp blues. Key albums discussed are The Gris Gris, For The Season, and Live At The Creamery. The coverage is nostalgic and appreciative.

For:Fans of psychedelic and garage rock, listeners who like 1960s Texas psychedelia and New Orleans-influenced swamp/voodoo sounds.

 Gris gris: in Vodun (or Voodoo) a talisman or spell used to protect its owner from evil forces, or to harm others.

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 To put an end to the career of the Gris Gris is a wild live album (as the historiography of "other" rock teaches, did someone say Metallic KO?), recorded in 2008 in Oakland, a full three years after their last album.

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 Music therefore with no pretense of being current, profoundly and proudly old, but which, with its being outside of fads, transcends them, earning an aura of eternal timelessness.

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