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The Grimm Generation is the pairing of writer/singers Jason P. Krug and Carmen Champagne. The Grimm Generation is their 'Folk Noir' music group based on their 2009 book 'Say Anything: Dispatches on Life, Lust and Longing from The Grimm Generation'. 'Say Anything...' captured the first year of the authors relationship in a series of vignettes broken down to a single word (for example: 'Mom', 'Lust', 'Dishes', etc) where each author recorded their impressions in personal anecdotes or fictional pieces.

The name is based on a quote from the books forward: 'We are The Grimm Generation. We are the children of the 70's in our 40's. We believe in fairy tales and believe in nothing at all. We are online and starting over.'

The Grimm Generation started in the Winter of 2010, and released their first recording The End Of The World EP Spring of 2010. The End Of The World EP featured bare bones acoustic songs featuring Carmen and Jason's signature harmony singing and dark suburban storytelling. Created as a limited release, they sold out of the first pressing based on postive reviews and an appearance at The Merdien Daffodil Festival 2010.

The Grimm Generation describe their sound as 'Morning After Music', 'Post Apocalyptic Pop' and 'Primal Boy / Girl Acoustic Rock and Roll'. The sound is based on an acoustic guitar and both Carmen and Jason singing. As of summer of 2010, they are working on their first full length release.