Grown at Home
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| Grown at Home | |
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 Left to right: Cookie, Sam, Bob, Nick, Chris and Jay. |
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| Origin | Stone, Stoke |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Genres | Ska Punk |
| Labels | Cash For Pigs Records |
| Members | Bob Barratt Chris Hynam Paul "Cookie" Cook Jay Phillips Nick Phillips Sam McGregor |
| Past members | Adam Kidd |
Grown at Home is a British ska punk band, tipped as "the new market leaders for their genre in this country, and with a nationwide fanbase to back their unsurmountable popularity".[1] The band was formed in 2002 in Stoke.
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[edit] Biography
In 2004 the band recorded their debut EP, The Sandwich EP, at Premier Studios, Corby, which was then released on Cash For Pigs Records - a label created primarily to release this EP. The EP received positive reviews[2][3][4][5] and was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 ("The Lock Up")[6] and Kerrang! FM.[citation needed] The EP has sold more than 1000 copies.[7]
After releasing The Sandwich EP, Grown at Home toured the United Kingdom in support slots with bands from the United States ska punk scene such as Voodoo Glow Skulls, Rx Bandits and The Aquabats! They also toured with Howards Alias, Manchester genre terrorists Sonic Boom Six and female-fronted pop-punkers The Fight.
On 6 July 2006 Grown at Home released their debut album Assemble. The album was recorded at Street Level Studios in Cardiff and produced by Curig Huws. The song "Get Ready" received airplay from Mike Davies on Radio 1's The Lock Up.[8]
Grown at Home were designated support band for a two week long Lightyear reunion tour in July 2006.
The band recently recorded a live session for BBC Radio Stoke's local music programme SUBculture.[9]
In April and May 2007 Grown at Home will be supporting the established Californian ska punk outfit Voodoo Glow Skulls on their European tour.[10] During this time the band are also due to open the German leg of this year's extended Give It a Name Festival, [11] as well as The Power Fest 2007 in Amsterdam, Holland. [12]
[edit] Core members
- Nick Phillips - vocals
- Paul "Cookie" Cook - guitars, backing vocals
- Bob Barratt - drums
- Jay Phillips- bass
- Sam McGregor- valve trombone, backing vocals
- Chris Hynam- trumpet, backing vocals
[edit] Other members
- Adam Kidd (former member) - trumpet
- Chris Hornby (courtesy of Milk2Sugars for The Sandwich EP) - tenor saxophone
- Kayt Grain (former member) - trombone
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Assemble (Cash For Pigs, 2006)
[edit] EPs
- The Sandwich EP (Cash For Pigs, 2003)
[edit] Demos
- The Building Tracks (Self-released MySpace download, 2005)
- 1. "High Fives, Low Rides"
- 2. "Three of One'
- Grown At Home (Self-released, 2003)
- 1. "123 Jay"
- 2. "Sense of Humour"
[edit] References
- ^ Grown at Home Assemble CD - Notes
- ^ Cooper, Mick: "Demo Doctor", BBC Stoke & Staffordshire Music
- ^ Dan @ Kill The Noise: "Grown at Home - The Sandwich EP", www.killthenoise.net
- ^ Alt-UK: "Grown at Home - Sandwich EP", www.alt-uk.com
- ^ Patashnik, Ben: "The Sandwich EP, Grown at Home", www.punktastic.com
- ^ BBC Radio 1 - Mike Davies - Tracklisting (11th April 2006)
- ^ Grown at Home MySpace (About Me): "In 2004 they entered the studio... to record their first EP, which has now sold in excess of 1000 copies."
- ^ BBC Radio 1 - Mike Davies - Tracklisting (18th July 2006)
- ^ Stoke & Staffordshire, Subculture, Sound and Vision, Grown at Home. BBC (16 December 2006). Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ http://www.victoryrecords.com/tours/artist/voodooglowskulls
- ^ Give It a Name '07 Line-Up: Germany
- ^ THE POWERFEST - programma
