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XMAS SALE Hello there, Captains Of Industry is celebrating the season with a great big online sale. For the duration of December 2007 all albums are £3 each and all singles are £1... More Summer Sale Right, hear this. Every week, for the next four weeks, we are running a different special offer on our back catalogue... More JAN SALE Another year, another offer. For the rest of January we are discounting all albums to £5 or less and all singles to £1. The first fifty orders will also get a very limited Silicon Vultures CD promo of ‘Sour Tits’... More Limited Edition Grates tee now on sale. For those of you keeping abreast of antipedean wonder kids The Grates, a little treat! The band have given us some limited edition T-shirts which are now available from our site... More It's grate when you're straight...yeah! Arguably the three cheeriest people in the world, Patience, Alana and John - that would be The Grates - have now signed to Interscope and are working on their debut album... More  |
 Patience - Vocals The History of The Grates Part 1 Like all truly great bands, The Grates began as a bit of a joke. John, Alana and Patience had known each other for, well, forever. John had heard Patience do karaoke before, so when she suggested they form a band, he was apprehensive to say the least. Dueting Alladin’s ‘A Whole New World’ just didn’t show her true abilities. But when they started jamming in John’s garden shed, helped amply by his dad cooking a BBQ and bringing fresh beer, the exhilarating, charismatic style that has become The Grates’ signature started to reveal itself. The Grates were born under the moniker sparked by Patience’s assumption that all ‘The Greats’ came from families with children born eight years apart (like Patience). Then someone gave her a miniature cheese grater on a key ring and the rest is the History of The Grates Part 2. With John on guitar, Alana hitting out the drums, Patience singing and jumping around a lot and John’s dad on BBQ duties, the band set about laying down demos in John’s shed. The Grates then sent in their rough demo, ‘Trampoline’ to national youth network Triple J’s Robbie Buck. Accompanied by a hand-written bio and press release, the DIY ethic and infectious song caught his attention and ‘Trampoline’ was added to the Triple J playlist. A follow-up thank you note with some more demos with it saw ‘Rock Boys’ added to medium rotation. The Grates then signed to independent label Dew Process and began work on their forthcoming EP, ‘The Ouch. The Touch’. Meanwhile, The Grates hit the road with some of Australia’s top acts. Touring with The Tremors, Regurgitator, Rocket Science and TISM saw them generate fans across the nation. [Thanks to the handy penmanship of the Tremors, John’s been receiving phone calls from men with dubious intentions everywhere enticed by the back of toilet doors.] ‘Sukkafish’ then became the latest addition to the Triple J songlist, clocking up frequent flier points on medium rotation. All three singles, ‘Trampoline’, ‘Rock Boys’ and ‘Sukkafish’ have been nominated in the Triple J Hottest 100. A great showing for a band who are yet to officially release an album. The Grates released their debut EP, ‘The Ouch. The Touch’ in February 2005, with single ‘Message’ jumping straight on to high rotation on Triple J. The EP peaked on the AIR charts at #2. Their EP release tour sold out in most cities, with more than 600 people packing out Brisbane’s The Rev to see the show. The History of The Grates part 3 The Grates were then invited to play at the world’s largest music conference and festivals at South By South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas and embarked on a whirlwind world tour to London, New York, Toronto, LA and Texas. They played at some legendary clubs and venues including The Viper Room in LA, The Barfly in London, The Knitting Factory in New York and The Horseshoe in Toronto, picking up legions of fans in media, industry and the public alike. SXSW saw a raft of industry and media interest in the band. The NME.com hosted a download. Zane Lowe picked up the band as one of the Fresh Meat picks of SXSW and has been playing ‘Message’ on his Radio 1 program dedicated to new music. Steve Lamacq has also picked up on the single for his Radio 1 program. The Grates released ‘The Ouch. The Touch.’ through independent label Captains of Industry in the UK on April 11, 2005. Then The Grates hit the road again, selling out a national tour throughout Australia and supporting Death From Above 1979. The History of The Grates Part 4 The Grates are married to the road and Patience even has the ring to prove it. It’s engraved with “infinty love the road”. They honeymooned in June through LA, New York, Toronto for NXNE and London and playing shows at the Silverlake Lounge, Pianos and Queens of Noize at the Barfly along the way. When they got back to Australia, they stole the show at Splendour in the Grass and supporting The Go! Team throughout the East Coast. The History of The Grates Part 5 Dew Process recently inked a deal with Cherry Tree/Interscope to release The Grates debut album globally iin 2006. The Grates are currently recording their debut album in Chicago with producer Brian Deck. The Grates and Brian Deck formed a unique bond when John discovered that Brian has a tattoo of a drawing he did when he was a kid on his arm. If John was tough enough for needles that would be the exact tattoo he would have. Apart from that, Brian Deck has produced a number of indie favs including Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine and the Secret Machines.  Click on the release image to access tracklistings, low quality mp3 tracks and reviews.
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