Grown at Home

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Grown at Home

Background information
Origin Stone, Stoke
Genre(s) Ska Punk
Years active 2002–present
Label(s) Cash For Pigs Records
Members
Bob Barratt
Paul "Cookie" Cook
Sam McGregor
Willis
Alan Sanderson
Andy Cooper
Former members
Nick Phillips
Jay Phillips
Adam Kidd
Kayt Grain
Chris Hynam
Matt Sharmen
Scott Milner

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 supported the established Californian ska punk outfit Voodoo Glow Skulls on their European tour.[10] During this time the band opened the German leg of 2007's extended Give It a Name Festival [11] (featuring the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Lagwagon, Sparta and MxPx), as well as The Power Fest 2007 in Amsterdam, Holland. [12]

Since then they've headlined the Ska Trek - The Next Generation tour, and joined Sonic Boom Six on their Arcade Perfect album release tour. After the departure of singer Nick and a line up change they have taken on a new image and, after only 4 weeks, wrote new material and developed old tracks to perform at a GASH Collective All night rave and the Bomb Ibiza's Ska Bar and plan to go much further.

They are currently writing and recording for their new record, which is planned to be released summer 2008.

[edit] Core members

[edit] Other members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[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

  1. ^ Grown at Home Assemble CD - Notes
  2. ^ Cooper, Mick: "Demo Doctor", BBC Stoke & Staffordshire Music
  3. ^ Dan @ Kill The Noise: "Grown at Home - The Sandwich EP", www.killthenoise.net
  4. ^ Alt-UK: "Grown at Home - Sandwich EP", www.alt-uk.com
  5. ^ Patashnik, Ben: "The Sandwich EP, Grown at Home", www.punktastic.com
  6. ^ BBC Radio 1 - Mike Davies - Tracklisting (11th April 2006)
  7. ^ 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."
  8. ^ BBC Radio 1 - Mike Davies - Tracklisting (18th July 2006)
  9. ^ Stoke & Staffordshire, Subculture, Sound and Vision, Grown at Home. BBC (16 December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
  10. ^ Victory Records - Tour Dates
  11. ^ Give It a Name '07 Line-Up: Germany
  12. ^ [http://www.thepowerfest.com/program.html THE POWERFEST.

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