After his days with the Iron City Houserockers, he continued to have moderate success, mainly in the Pittsburgh area.
In 1976, Joe Grushecky, a high school special education teacher, started the Brick Alley Band.
After the breakup of the Iron City Houserockers, Grushecky returned home to Pittsburgh where he retook his teaching job (which he still holds).
[2] Grushecky's more recent albums include Fingerprints (2002), A Good Life (2006), and East Carson Street (2009).
[3] In July of 2024, Omnivore released Can't Outrun a Memory, the band's first album of new material since 2017's More Yesterdays Than Tomorrows.