Iwan Griffiths

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Iwan Griffiths
Iwan playing in Cardiff Barfly
Background information
Birth name	Iwan Griffiths
Born	(1985-12-04) 4 December 1985
Genres	Rock, Electro, Pop punk
Instruments	drums
Associated acts	The Automatic
Notable instruments
drums

Iwan Griffiths is drummer for Welsh rock band The Automatic, Iwan originates from Cowbridge in Wales, and currently lives in Cardiff where he is studying Law.^[1]

Musical career

Along with band mates Rob and Frost he was in the lineup of the bands original format when they were known as White Rabbit, later changing their name to The Automatic, an idea of Iwans, and recruiting screaming synth player Alex Pennie, and later guitarist Paul Mullen.^[2]

Griffiths has several times been compared to Bloc Partys Matt Tong, the two are said to look very similar to one and other.^[3] Iwan is a fan of television series LOST, and film series Star Wars, on 15 August 2008 Iwan was interviewed on Starwars.com talking about his love the original trilogy (A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi) and being a fan of the Lego Star Wars Game.^[4]

Equipment

Live

DW Drum Kits

Studio (During the recording of Not Accepted Anywhere)

Premier drums

References

↑ "The Automatic interview (2005)". BBC Wales Music. 2005. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "The Automatic Rob Hawkins, James Frost, Alex Pennie, Iwan Griffiths". music-news.com (Marco Gandolfi). 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
↑ "The Automatic, Clwb Ifor Bach". xpressradio. 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
↑ "The Automatic Dig Boba and Bib". Starwars.com. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

v t e The Automatic

James Frost Iwan Griffiths Robin Hawkins Paul Mullen Alex G. Pennie

Albums	Not Accepted Anywhere (2006) This Is A Fix (2008) Tear the Signs Down (2010)

Tours	Not Accepted Anywhere album tour (2005-07) This Is A Fix album tour (2007-09) Tear the Signs Down album tour (2009-10)

EP's	Raoul EP(2006) Live at the 100 Club (2006) So Nice Say It Twice (2007)

Singles	"Recover" (2005/06) "Raoul" (2006/07) "Monster" (2006) "Steve McQueen" (2008) "Interstate" (2009) "Run & Hide" (2010) "Cannot Be Saved" (2010)

Related articles	Discography Peter Hill Young Legionnaire yourcodenameis:milo

Persondata
Name	Griffiths, Iwan
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh drummer
Date of birth	4 December 1985
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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