Gripin

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Gripin

Origin	Istanbul, Turkey
Years active	1999 – present
Genres	rock Alternative rock
Labels	GRGDN Music / Sony Music
Members	Birol Namoğlu (vocals) Murat Başdoğan (guitar) Evren Gülçığ (bass) Arda İnceoğlu (keyboard) İlker Baliç (drums)

Gripin is a rock band based in Istanbul, Turkey. They started as a cover band, playing in bars like Bronx in mid 90s, and earned a cult following. Their wide repertoire not only included Britpop, but also featured examples of American Alternative rock, and in some cases Turkish Rock. In early 2000s they started recording their own songs and, released Hikayeler Anlatıldı (Stories are told) (2004), which was later released as a double album containing the acoustic versions of the album's songs. They continue to perform in clubs and,have released their new, self-titled album on 26 February 2007. The new album features duets with popular Turkish artists like Ferman Akgül from maNga, Pamela Spence and Emre Aydın. The producer of the album is Haluk Kurosman, the successful producer of many young Turkish talents (like maNga, Vega, Göksel and Emre Aydın).

The members are Birol (vocals), Murat (guitar), Evren (Bass guitar), Ilker (Drums) and Arda (Keyboard).

1 Members
2 Discography
3 Sources
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5 External links

[edit] Members

Birol Namoğlu was born on 9 November 1978 and studied metallurgic engineering. He is the vocalist of the band.
İlker Baliç is the drummer of Gripin, born on 22 May 1980. He studies (in English) at the School of Economics of Istanbul University.
Murat Başdoğan, born on 26 December 1981 is the guitarist of the band. He studies architecture at Mimar Sinan University.
Evren Gülçığ is the bass guitarist, born on 6 September 1977. He studied civil engineering and graduated from Istanbul University in finance. He used to be the creative director of his own company dealing with web-designing. Now he works for an advertising company as multimedia director.
Arda İnceoğlu was born on 21 February 1982. He plays the keyboard in gripin and at the same time studies chemistry at Kocaeli University.