Me, and I play with many great musicians in many bands.
Influences
Wildhearts, Ginger, Yo-Yo's, Wonderstuff, NMA, Levellers, Dogs D'amour, Wolfsbane, Kris Kristofferson, Jason Ringenberg, Oysterband, Rancid, Honeycrack, Social Distortion, The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, Beautiful South , Carter USM, Chumbawamba, Bob Dylan, Thea Glimore, Alison Krauss and a whole lot more
So .... I'm singer, songwriter,guitarist. Been playing in my band Grinn (kinda sleasy/punk/rock/n roll - big guitars and tuney tunes) for the last eight years as well as providing rhythm guitar for The Sisters of Murphy. I also play sporadic, sporadic, unrehearsed guerrilla gigs with some of the guys from Liquidhead.
I've just been asked to take on guitar duties for Rhombus for their summer dates.
I'm currently working on an album project with Grinn guitarist Paddy, am putting a new band togther for a new solo project doing a punk/folk/country/rock kinda thing. Also working on an acoustic EP.
Last week I was mostly listening to ... Data via last.fm - updates each Monday PM
...always a pleasure to have you join us Mr Grinn. Same again at a gig soon? Might even let you have a bar or two on guitar (if you're sober enough! lol)
Bradford rock n roll this friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $lash vega$ play the Gasworks Bradford friday nite supportin the mighty Drugdealer Cheerleader shud be a top nite of rock n roll debauchery!!!!! come on down n join the party!!!!!
Yes, at long last the new Grinn album "Ordinary Day' has been released. It may take some time to make it to a record shop near you, but you can get it right now by ordering from the Grinn online shop. Whats more it will only cost you £6 +P&P.
While you are at it, why not order a T-Shirt of one of the previous albums.
If you are new to Grinn there is a fantastic online only offer to buy all three albums for just £12 and complete your Grinn back-catalogue in one go.
You can now buy tickets for the show on Aug 9th when Grinn with support The Damned by visiting our online Ticket Shop
The only fee we get for this gig is a percentage of tickets that we sell ourselves so please buy from us rather than elsewhere if you fancy coming along. Unlike the commercial ticket agencies, we don't charge postage or booking fees.
We Start Fires play The Clapham Grand in London on Wednesday 6th June. For tickets go to
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=220573
The 7" single “Magazine” is available now in all good record shops as well as online.
The band will be supporting Good Shoes at:-
Sheffield Fuzz Club - 7th June
Liverpool Academy - 8th June
Hull Welly Club - 9th June
"Debut album from the incendiary new wavers. It sounds like Blondie doing
Elastica doing Weezer. Ace, obviously." NME
"Sludge-sleek pop songs with spiky guitars and ear splitting noise
freakouts. Ones to watch." The Guardian
"Like one of the Deal sisters in a cosmic deathray fight with Be Your Own
Pets Jemina." NME
The incredible 8 piece winners of Glastonbury Unsigned funkin’ hip hoppers ‘The Bellagios’ play Camden Green Fair on Sunday 3rd June in Regents Park at 5.30pm. Come down for the day…it’s all free!
