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Groop Dogdrill were an English rock band formed in the early 1990s in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, by Damien "Damo" Fowkes (bass), Pete Spiby (vocals/guitar) and Hugh "Hug" Kelly (drums). [1] They achieved modest success, releasing a number of singles and two albums in between numerous tours of the UK, before finally splitting up in 2001.
The band were originally called Dogdrill, until they played a show with The Wedding Present at The Tunbridge Wells Forum, on 24 August 1994. Dogdrill were renamed 'Groop' Dogdrill by Wedding Present drummer Simon Smith, and they played as Groop Dogdrill from that day onwards.
They entered a 'battle of the bands' competition in their hometown of Doncaster, as they were unable to afford the bass gear that would allow them to start working the live circuit. The band won the competition (and the bass gear) and also caught the eye of a young producer called Matt Elliss at Axis Studios who offered to record a demo at the studio free of charge. Matt Elliss then passed the song onto a new label called EXP (a subsidiary of ViaCom) which was being run by Feargal Sharkey, formerly of The Undertones. The label demoed the band and released a limited edition (500) 7" single "Gentleman's Soiree" / "Silver Boots" before agreeing to record and release a full-length album. After a brief tour of the UK with Cable the band went into the studio to start recording tracks for their debut long player. A further single, "Gracelands" (1996) and more tours (with A amongst others) followed, but financial difficulties forced EXP to fold before the full album was released.
The band were soon picked up by Mantra Records (part of the Beggars Banquet group), and further tours followed before the album Half Nelson, recorded for EXP two years earlier, [2] was eventually released by Mantra in 1998. [1] The album chronicled the band's obsessions with Americana, the Rat Pack, working class humour, the seedier side of personal and sexual relationships and classic 1970s movies, with an ever-present combination of metal, punk, blues and rockabilly at its core.
They began to accumulate a small but loyal fanbase, helped by features in Kerrang! and NME , a series of incendiary live shows and a growing (if not necessarily accurate) reputation for on- and off-stage violence. [2] Tours of the UK and Europe followed (with Carter USM, Therapy? and Motörhead amongst others) and the band eventually had the opportunity to tour their spiritual home, the United States. A double headline tour with the London-based band Penthouse (who were renamed 'Fifty Tons of Black Terror' for the occasion, after a legal run-in with the head of the adult magazine who shared their name) ensued.
By 1998, most of the band had moved from their hometown of Doncaster to the neighbouring city of Sheffield, but returned to Axis Studios in Doncaster, to again work with Matt Elliss. They recorded their second album Every Six Seconds, after potential plans to record in Steve Albini's studio in Chicago were scrapped.
A UK tour with The Yo-Yos and up and coming indie hotshots The Hives as first on, preceded the release of Every Six Seconds late in 2000. The album showcased a more sonic vocabulary and more diverse songwriting. A number of favourable reviews followed, but the band knew Mantra were not in a financial position to back the band. After meetings the band decide to leave the label before a decision was made on their behalf, as the label was culling its roster. Within three months the second album had sold as many as the debut release.
A series of unfortunate events followed. With the loss of their management, booking agent and lack of financial funds, Kelly made the decision to quit the band in December 2000. Fowkes and Spiby decided to continue and eventually recruited a new drummer, Alex Thomas, for a handful of gigs. They recorded a new demo in the mid-2001. This lineup was short-lived however, and the band had permanently split by the end of the year.
After Groop Dogdrill, Spiby formed Future eX Wife releasing two mini albums on Captains of Industry and a live album via Careless Talk Costs Lives magazine. He currently plays in Black Spiders which he formed in 2007, self-releasing their first album Sons of the North through Cargo distribution and a second via DXX, an imprint label of Cooking Vinyl. He has played and recorded drums for Tenebrous Liar.
After 3 Stages of Pain split up, he formed Tryals with Lee Knights, a prog/doom hybrid, they recorded and released one album for Dethroned Records. Fowkes is currently in the band Arbor Low.
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Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark, John Clark, and Amanda MacKinnon, formed in 1994. The band's name, rhyming with 'this', derives from "black iron skyline", a lyric from the song "Twilight of a Champion" by The The. After releasing numerous cult EPs and three studio albums the band broke up in 2003, but re-formed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts. In 2009 they once again re-formed and released the album data Panik etcetera in 2014. The album Slight Disconnects was released in February 2019 with the band lineup returning to the original core three-piece. An archival album, Music For Animations, consisting of music recorded in 2004 for CBBC kids TV show BB3B, was released in 2020. In 2021 the band self-released a cassette-only live album entitled The Fan Club Tapes Vol. 1 - Live In Toulouse 1997. Low Level - a CD consisting of previously unreleased material recorded during the Return To Central sessions - was also released in 2021. In October 2022 Systems Music For Home Defence was released, which Sci-Fi Steven has described as the band's "rave" album.
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