Genod Droog

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Genod Droog
Origin	Porthmadog/Pontypridd, Wales
Genre(s)	Hip hop, Indie, pop
Years active	2005 – present
Label(s)	Slacyr Records
Associated acts	Pep Le Pew, Kentucky AFC, LLadron, Y Soffas, Y Llongau, Invisable ninja storm, Diwygiad
Members
Dylan Roberts Ed Holden Betsan Evans Gethin Evans Carwyn Jones Aneirin Karadog
Former members
Berwyn Jones Gareth Roberts John Farrow Gwyneth Glyn Heledd Evans

Genod Droog are a hip-hop, indie, pop band from Wales, which was formed in 2005 by Carwyn Jones, Gethin Evans, Dylan Roberts, Aneirin Karadog and Edward Holden.

1 History 2005 - present
2 Band name
3 Awards
4 Discography
5 Links
6 References

[edit] History 2005 - present

Genod Droog was born as a result of the desire of Edward Holden and Dylan Roberts to start performing live after Pep Le Pew, a successful hip-hop Welsh language band, which split up in the winter of 2004.

Dylan Roberts, Gethin Evans and Carwyn Jones attended Ysgol Eifion Wyn and Ysgol Eifionydd and have been friends from an early age.

Carwyn Jones was a DJ, DJing under the name DJ Kermit and DJ Kim De Bills to which he still now referred to within the band. Gethin Evans has played drums for a few groups the most successful would be Kentucky AFC until their split in 2007. Ed Holden is a DJ, rapper, producer and beat boxer and knew Dylan through Coleg Menai in Bangor and have had several side projects since they met in 1999, most notable Invisible Ninja Storm, Y Soffas and Pep Le Pew. Aneirin Karadog found Ed Holden through freestyle battles in Eisteddfod and subsequently joined the band having been in bands with Ed such ad the Syn-D-cut and Y Diwygiad (The Reformation) Dylan Roberts or Dyl Mei, as he is known, is a producer from Porthmadog and has been awarded several BBC Radio Cymru C2 awards for best producers for albums such as 'Baccta Crackin by Texas Radio Band and 'Un tro yn y gorllewin' by Pep Le Pew. He also has recorded music from many other bands during his time at Blaen-y-Cae studio, Garndolbenmaen.

Between the five of them they decided that there was a place within the Welsh music scene to make a band that was entertaining as well as musically original.

Their first gig was with Drumbago and MC Saizmundo at the Railway Club in Bangor and have since been gigging all over Wales with the a few exceptions of gigs in England. Most notable gig outside of Wales was in the Barfly, London as part of the first BBC Electric Proms festivals, where the band worked with Gill Edwards and Ensemble Cymru on two songs.

An early recording of Breuddwyd Oer featuring Gwyneth Glyn on vocals appeared on Dan y Cownter 2 compilation in 2006¹

They have gone on to win best live and most popular band awards by the BBC Cymru C2 Rock and Pop (RAP) awards and are regarded as one of the best live bands in the Welsh language scene, because of their use of balloons, streamers and party atmosphere they produce during their live performances. Their biggest audience gig to date is a headlining the Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau in 2007, held annually at Dolgellau.

The band were nominated as best live Welsh language act with Euros Childs, Sibrydion and Radio Luxembourg at the 2007 Pop Factory Awards, held at the coal exchange, Cardiff.

An Album is expected during 2008.

[edit] Band name

'Genod' means 'girls' in Welsh.
'Droog' is a corruption of the Welsh word "drwg" meaning bad.
Genod Droog = Bad Girls

[edit] Awards

2006 Nominated 'Best live Welsh band' at the Pop Factory Awards
2007 Nominated 'Best live Welsh band' at the Pop Factory Awards
2007 BBC Radio Cymru Gwobrau RAP / BBC Cymru RAP Awards - Best live band
2007 BBC Radio Cymru Gwobrau RAP / BBC Cymru RAP Awards - Most popular band voted by the listeners