Grown at Home was a British

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band, tipped as "the new market leaders for their genre in this country, with a nationwide fanbase to back their unsurmountable popularity". The band formed in

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Biography

After forming in

the band recorded their debut EP, '' The Sandwich EP'' in

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, at Premier Studios, Corby, which was released on Cash For Pigs Records - a

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label created by the band primarily for this release. The EP received positive reviews and was broadcast on

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("''The Lock Up''"). The EP has sold more than 1000 copies. After releasing The Sandwich EP, Grown at Home toured the

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in support slots with bands from the

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scene such as

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, Never Heard Of It,

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and

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. They also toured with

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, Manchester genre terrorists

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and female-fronted pop-punkers The Fight. On 6 July 2006 Grown at Home released their debut album '' Assemble''. The album was recorded at Street Level Studios in Cardiff and produced by Curig Huws. The song "Get Ready" received airplay from Mike Davies on

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's ''The Lock Up''. Grown at Home were designated support band for a two-week-long

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reunion tour in July 2006. In December 2006 the band recorded a live session for BBC Radio Stoke's local music programme ''SUBculture''. In April and May

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Grown at Home supported the established

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outfit

on their European tour. During this time the band opened the

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leg of 2007's extended Give It a Name Festival (featuring the likes of

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and

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), as well as The Power Fest 2007 in

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, the

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. Since then they've headlined the Ska Trek - The Next Generation tour, and joined Sonic Boom Six on their Arcade Perfect album release tour. After the departure of singer Nick and a line-up change they have taken on a new image and, after only 4 weeks, wrote new material and developed old tracks to perform at a GASH Collective All night rave and the Bomb Ibiza's Ska Bar and plan to go much further. 2008 saw Grown at Home play Rebellion Festival in both Blackpool and Vienna, as well as a string of headline and support shows around the UK. Other live shows include support slots with Jaya the Cat, Spunge and The Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

Hiatus and name change

In March 2009 following the departure of most of the original members and the arrival of several new ones, the band announced they would no longer tour as Grown at Home and would instead record and perform under the new name "Advantage".

Band members

;Original line-up *Nick Phillips –

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(2002–09) *Bob Barrett –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(2002–09) *Paul "Cookie" Cook –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

(2002–09) *Chris Hynam –

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

(2002–08) *Jay Phillips –

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(2002–08) *Sam McGregor –

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(2003–09) *Alex Kidd –

(2003–06) *Katie Grain –

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(2003–04) *Ed Davies –

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(2003–04) ;Contributing musicians *Chris Hornby –

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(2004) *Alex James –

(2002) ;Final line-up (Advantage) *Paul "Cookie" Cook –

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(2003–09) *Bob Barrett –

(2002–09) *Sam McGregor –

(2003–09) *Lesley "Willis" Wilkes –

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(2008–09) *Alex Shercliff –

(2008–09) *Andy Cooper –

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Discography

Albums

EPs and demos

As "Advantage"

References

External links

Facebook Page

Official Grown at Home Website
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Early Live Photos

Advantage MySpace
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