Tom Wright (Drums, percussion),
Gavin Davenport (guitar, mandolin),
Jon Brenner (Trombone, Accordion),
Helena Reynolds (pipes, fiddle),
Martin Keates (Hurdy Gurdy, Diatonic Accordion) and
Guy Lightowler (Double Bass),
have performed on some of the UK and Europe’s biggest festival stages with projects including The Imagined Village, Bellowhead, Eliza Carthy, Jim Moray, Crucible, Park Bench Social Club, James Raynard, Jabadaw, The Gloworms, Glorystrokes, Jackie Oates and Hekety.
Organic anglo-trad drum+bass clockworktronica party music, bringing folk crashing into the walls of the exceptionally contemporary, for anyone who just can't help but jump around. Grinders’ Misfortune Society brings together a diverse band of multi-instrumentalists whose in your face, genre-busting sound encompasses ancient melodies put through the wringer of modern dance, techno and indie-rave, all performed live on traditional acoustic instruments.
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Hey Grinders, Do you have any tour dates planned (preferably in the Netherlands), or any CDs etc? I love listening to you on myspace, but annoying when I don't have the internet, or myspace ain't working. Your music so rocks!!