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Leeds, United Kingdom (2006 – 2010)

Leeds based band Grammatics formed in April, 2006 with best friends Owen Brinley and Dominic Ord deciding to form a band after the demise of Owen’s previous band - Colour of Fire. The line-up was pieced together with the addition of Rebecca Dumican and Rory O’Hara and Michael Repeat. They spent the next few months writing and rewriting songs. Perfectionists to the last, the band waited until that October to begin playing live. This paid off and their live performances quickly gained them a reputation as a band to look out for on the Leeds scene. The inclusion of their track “The Shipping Forecast” as the opening track of Leeds label Dance To The Radio’s “Something I Learned Today” compilation saw them start to gain attention nationwide.

Meanwhile tensions within the band, who openly admit to their fondness for arguments, were making progress difficult and in May 2007 Michael left the band to work on other things, going on to form slacker-rock band Wonderswan.

The band continued to build on their already formidable reputation; a Japanese EP released in 2007 sold out, as with their debut 7” release on Dance To The Radio.

After a whole month of touring with Bloc Party as part of the “Bloctober” Tour, and a hometown stage headline slot at the now infamous Brainwash Festival, Emilia Ergin retired from her position in the band and was promptly replaced by former Mother Vulpine guitarist - Lins Wilson.
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  • thomascrabb

    @ sakayaisme - sexy bedroom demo here http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/15959/ - unrelated to the current recordings.

    December 2011

  • Mozzerella10

    More importantly, has he put on some weight?

    November 2011

  • arkmalfion

    He does and he has a solo album/project coming in the near future

    August 2011

  • sakayaisme

    Does Owen Brinley still make music?

    August 2011

  • Shannonline

    :O ♥

    August 2011

  • Mozzerella10

    That awfully fake laughter at the end of "D.I.L.E.M.M.A." reminds me of that in "Suffer Little Children" by The Smiths

    July 2011

  • TJ-Johnson

    Can't remember if I ever posted this here... Here's an acoustic session we filmed with Grammatics from back in August. They performed Krupt and Time Capsules... for us and it was pretty special; http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/?p=1126

    January 2011

  • walkingabortion

    After settling time, I think my ranking is more like: Cedars-Sinai > Church Of The Great I Am > Stalinesque > Mutant Reverb > KRUPT. I think. KRUPT is hurting too much to listen to now. Grammatics are not a loss I can get over. xx

    December 2010

  • calb16

    @16N0R4N7 > http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/13338/ - read the question "Can you put some more detail around the circumstances of the split? I know there has been mention of unpaid bills that you were not aware of mounting up."

    November 2010

  • 16N0R4N7

    "due to financial problems that the group were to split" <-- WTF... srsly.

    November 2010

  • calvrhodes

    Cedars-Sinai<>Stalinesque>Church>Mutant Reverb>Stankin/KRUPT It's hard to rate.

    October 2010

  • keane-m5

    Cedars-Sinai > Mutant Reverb > Church Of The Great I Am > Stalinesque > KRUPT. This EP is awesome. Their music is awesome. The band itself is awesome (but they broke my heart when they decided to split up :P).

    October 2010

  • obsessed_nl

    It's all good guys. They have yet to make a song I don't like (and now they probably won't anymore)

    October 2010

  • abcierra

    Mutant Reverb > Stalinesque > KRUPT > Cedars-Sinai = Church of the Great I Am. This new EP certainly did not disappoint me.

    September 2010

  • walkingabortion

    YAY LETS ALL RANK THE SONGS: Cedars-Sinai > Stalinesque > KRUPT > Church of the Great I Am > Mutant Reverb. xx

    September 2010

  • arkmalfion

    Just make it equal signs the whole way now lol, its all awesome.Sorry for spamming

    September 2010

  • arkmalfion

    See, in like a minute, >Church of the Great I am is now =Church of the Great I am. Amazing song

    September 2010

  • arkmalfion

    Krupt=Stalinesque>Church of the Great I am>Mutant Reverb=Cidar-Sinai is my ranking, after the first listen. Knowing me, that'll change after subsequent ones. I wish they didn't have to break up, this EP proves that the second album would have been AMAZING. Even better than the first.

    September 2010

  • whythe60shateus

    ..but this is good!

    September 2010

  • darkwindfish

    CHURCH OF THE GREAT I AM

    September 2010
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19 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/grammatics

1. LET ME STAY AND CHANGE BEDROOM DEMO - Bedroom recording to home digital 15 track. Musicians - Owen Brinley.2. MURDERER BEDROOM DEMO - Bedroom recording to home digital 15 track. Musicians - Owen …

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