Grade 2
| Grade 2 | |
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_playing_live_in_Ryde,_Isle_of_Wight,_2017.jpg) Grade 2 live in their hometown 2017 |
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| General information | |
| origin |
Ryde , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom
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| Genre (s) | Oi! , Street punk |
| founding | 2013 |
| Website | grade2official.co.uk/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Jack Chatfield | |
Vocals, electric bass
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Sid Ryan |
| Jacob Hull | |
Grade 2 is a British band from Ryde , Isle of Wight . She is currently under contract with the German independent label Contra Records .
Band history
Grade 2 was founded in 2013 by the then still young school friends Jack Chatfield ( vocals , guitar ), Sid Ryan (vocals, electric bass ) and Jacob Hull ( drums ). At first they only played cover versions of The Stranglers and The Jam, among others . A demo that was recorded after three months caught the attention of the German independent label Contra Records , who signed the band and released their first Extended Play Broken Youth in 2014 . First gigs followed on the English mainland and in Europe, among other things as support for Lion's Law and Booze and Glory . In 2015 a split EP followed with the Czech band Saints and Sinners as well as Nothing to Lose, a contribution to the sampler Oi! This Is Streetpunk Vol. 5 .
Her debut album Mainstream View was released on February 16, 2016 . A music video was shot for the song All I Know . The EP Heard It All Before followed in the same year .
The second album Break the Routine followed on August 4, 2017 and the album Graveyard Island in 2019 . For this they switched to the US label Hellcat Records .
Discography
- Albums
- 2016: Mainstream View (CD / 10``, Contra Records)
- 2017: Break the Routine (CD / LP, Contra Records)
- 2019: Graveyard Island (CD / LP, Hellcat Records )
- EPs
- 2014: Broken Youth (7``, Contra Records)
- 2015: Die With Out Boots On (Split-7``, Contra Records)
- 2016: Heard It All Before (7``, Contra Records)
- Demos
- 2013: demo
Web links
- Official website
- Grade 2 at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emily Scotcher: Iceland tape makes the grade for record label. yoppul, November 26, 2013, accessed August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Interview with Grade 2: “We never thought that we would get this far with the band!” Away From Life, August 10, 2017, accessed on August 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Isle of Wight band Grade 2 release first official music video for track 'All I Know'. Wight Anchor, March 24, 2016; accessed August 10, 2017 .