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Brisbane, Australia (2002 – present)

The Grates are a three-piece band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Patience Hodgson (vocals), John Patterson (guitar) and Alana Skyring (drums) formed in 2002. They have been lauded for their catchy songs and enthusiastic and energetic live show (Patience spends much of the show bouncing around, even while singing). They are frequently described as fun: “We just wanna have fun and hope other people do too.” (Patience). Their sound has been compared to the Ramones, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Be Your Own Pet. In March 2006 they played at the South by Southwest trade music fair in Texas.

The band has a distinctive style. All three members have a background in art and they design their own album artwork, posters, t-shirts and even socks.
They released an array of limited edition recordings (The Grates EP(2002), Black Dog Black Dog(2003), Pyrate Kids(2003) and Crocodile(2003)) before releasing what is referred to as their debut EP, The Ouch. The Touch, in Australia on 14 February 2004. The EP received a United Kingdom release two months later via the Captains Of Industry collective.

An 8-track recording of one of the band’s songs, “Trampoline”, was submitted to national Australian radio station Triple J in 2004. The song was well-received, and appeared on the nominations list for Triple J’s 2004 Hottest 100 alongside two other Grates songs, “Rock Boys” and “Sukkafish”.
In 2005 the buzz surrounding the band only grew, with festival performances at the Big Day Out, Meredith, Falls Festival and Homebake.

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2	Carve Your Name full track	200
3	Aw Yeah full track	192
4	19-20-20 full track	179
5	Science Is Golden	171
6	Inside Outside full track	164
7	Trampoline full track	154
8	Rock Boys full track	137
9	Milk Eyes full track	130
10	Feels Like Pain full track	118
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14	I Won't Survive full track	98
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TheGuessAvenger wrote:
last month

You were AMAZING tonight!!! I died in the most wonderful fashion. ^_^

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cruncho wrote:
last month

hey all! check out www.posse.com/store/cruncho/7951, you can buy cheap tix 2 the NYE purple sneakers house party there! and please spread the word too thanks!

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garethrh wrote:
last month

nye purple sneakers will be so damn good.

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whamcity wrote:
last month

carve your name gives me such a BYOP feeling

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keylimeangel wrote:
last month

Patience was SUPER DUPER blonde when I saw her. xD They were kickass =3 <3 them.

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marinadilua wrote:
September 2009

oh, it's sad that probably they are not coming to Brazil so soon...

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leonwestbrook wrote:
September 2009

The Grates are so amazing, I saw them TWICE in a 2 month span!

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englishxarmy wrote:
September 2009

LOVE the Grates. I own Teeth Lost, Hearts Won, but I still have to get Gravity WGYH... Aw Yeah! is definitely a good tune to dance around to ;)

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semencic wrote:
August 2009

One of the better bands i say! Please keep om rockin'!

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crashclover wrote:
August 2009

omg they're so amazing! Patience has super awesome energy and she's so sweet in person!! :D glad I got to meet them :3

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he-war wrote:
August 2009

i love them, theyre doing so well

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gustheelephant wrote:
August 2009

Missed them at Hillside, damnit.

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skat18 wrote:
July 2009

you are the most beautiful girl i ever see holly___x

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hollyy___x wrote:
June 2009

Check out Dash & Will

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KUPOpi wrote:
May 2009

Don't talk crap about Alana! They're all awesome people. ALSO, Hide N Die? ANYONE? THAT SONG IS SO HARD TO FIND!!

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BostonLemonade wrote:
May 2009

Patience and john are awesome, but wat is with ALANA! talk about retarded hair. amirite?

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sheisnonsect wrote:
May 2009

Saw them two weeks ago. ;_; So amazing.

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mandalinee wrote:
May 2009

You guys were fucking amazing at HQ last weekend!!!

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gustavorichieri wrote:
May 2009

Loving this band!

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supertang wrote:
May 2009

killed it at the forum tonight. Patience turned the sellout 18+ crowd into giggling 12 year olds.

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Po-Ha Shows

3 Nov 2009 | from www.thegrates.com/

Hi all, Just a quick one to let you all know about our Po-Ha (Post-Halloween) show spectacular! We promise to have no Halloween decorations what-so-ever! But honestly I'm a little bit sad I'm going to…

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in the van, eating the road like liquorice
8 Oct 2009 | from www.thegrates.com/
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Winning Tickets & Gaining Teeth.
10 Sep 2009 | from www.thegrates.com/
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Redeem "Teeth Lost, Hearts Won" mp3s Here
1 Sep 2009 | from www.thegrates.com/
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