THE GRIT #London, UK#
Genre: Psychobilly/Punkabilly/Punk'n'Roll/Streetpunk
Band Members: BIG LOU (VOX / GUITAR) , LOUIS VILLE (GUITAR / VOX) , LITTLE MAN KURT (DOUBLE BASS / E-BASS / VOX) , MATT FOX (DRUMS) , CHARLIE BOY (ACOUSTIC GUITAR)
THE GRIT BEGAN IN EARLY 2002 WHEN BIG LOU AND LOUIS VILLE MOVED FROM NEWCASTLE TO LONDON. THEY FORMED THE BAND WITH THE ORIGINAL BASS PLAYER JOHNNY RICH (NOW OF "THE KING BLUES") AND STARTED REHEARING IN CAMDEN TOWN. AFTER A DIFFICULT SIX MONTHS, JOHN MOVED BACK TO GEORDIE LAND AND BIG LOU AND LOUIS VILLE CONTINUED TO PRESS ON, GOING THROUGH ONE BASS PLAYER AFTER ANOTHER UNTIL THEY GOT FUCKIN SICK OF ELECTRIC BASS PLAYERS AND DECIDED TO GET A DOUBLE BASS PLAYER ON BOARD INSTEAD. THE BOYS THEN MET STRANGY WHO HAS BEEN ON THE PSYCHOBILLY CIRCUIT FOR MANY YEARS PLAYING WITH BANDS LIKE KLINGONZ, CELTIC BONES AND DEMENTED ARE GO. STRANGY JOINED THE GRIT, AND THE BAND STEPPED UP A NOTCH PLAYING MANY GIGS ALL ABOUT TOWN AND SUPPORTING SOME BIGGER BANDS. AFTER A YEAR OR SO, STRANGY DECIDED TO GO TO THE U.S WITH DEMENTED, AND EVENTUALLY, THE BAND MET LITTLE MAN KURT WHO TOOK OVER ON DOUBLE BASS. IN THE SAME BREATH, GAFF WAS APPOINTED TO TAKE OVER ON DRUMS AND THE BAND HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK. THE GRIT HAVE SINCE RECORDED THEIR SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM, HEADLINED SIX OF THEIR OWN D.I.Y U.K TOURS, TOURED HOLLAND AND FINLAND, PLAYED THE WASTED FESTIVAL IN MORECAMBE, AMSTERDAM AND LONDON ASTORIA, AND SUPPORTED A SHIT LOAD OF BIG BANDS ON THE SCENE. 2006 STARTED WELL, PLAYING THE UNDERWORLD WITH KING KURT, A HANDFULL OF UK DATES, AND ANOTHER TOUR IN HOLLAND. IN JUNE '06 THE BAND SUPPORTED TIGER ARMY ON TOUR AND BEGAN RECORDING THEIR NEW ALBUM. IN OCTOBER 2006 AFTER ANOTHER UK TOUR, THE GRIT SIGNED WITH INFAMOUS GERMAN LABEL "PEOPLE LIKE YOU" RECORDS, AND RECORDED "SHALL WE DINE" WHICH WAS RELEASED ON 26TH MARCH 2007. THE ALBUM CAME OUT TO GREAT REVIEWS, AND A ALBUM RELEASE TOUR OF THE UK TO COINCIDE. ON TOP OF THAT BBC 1'S MIKE DAVIES ASKED THE BAND IN TO RECORD A BBC SESSION FOR "THE LOCK UP." IN THE MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE THE BAND TOURED HOLLAND, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA AND MANAGED TO GET ONTO BIGGER MAINSTREAM FESTIALS SUCH AS GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL AND READING AND LEEDS FESTIVAL. IN LATE 2007, AFTER PLAYING THE SPEEDFREAKS BALL, THE GRIT RELEASED A SINGLE FROM SHALL WE DINE- "SURRENDER," WHICH GATHERED GREAT REVIEWS AND RADIO PLAY. THEY ROUNDED IT OFF WITH A HEADLINE UK TOUR IN DECEMBER. THE GRIT LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THE SAME IN 2008, SEE YA THERE!
The Grit - The Grit -2004 [mp3 192kbps Inc.Covers]
02.Love Thy Neighbour
03.Frustration
04.Stay Away
05.Murder Mile
06.Misery
07.Mayday
08.Mayfair
09.Surrender
10.Was I Wrong
11.West End
12.Drink 'till You Drop
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The Grit - Surrender (EP) -2007 [mp3 256kbps]
1. Surrender (Radio Version)2. Accosted
3. A Gerdies Songs (Live, feat. The King Blues)
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The Grit - Shall We Dine? -2007 [VBR]
02. Love Thy Neighbour
03. Misery
04. Mayday
05. Fear And Consumption
06. I Came Out The Womb An Angry Cunt
07. Stuck In Streatham
08. A Geordies Song
09. Execution
10. Surrender
11. No Grit
12. Mr. Minto
13. Not Gonna Get Me Out Of Here
14. Whoever You Are
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