Iwan Gronow (born 24 May) is a British musician, writer and producer. A

bass guitarist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...

, he has previously been a member of Haven and Mutineers. Since 2013, he has been a member of

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's band, which he joined with Haven drummer Jack Mitchell. He also formed Sea Fever in 2020.

Mutineers

Gronow appeared on the Mutineers' sole album, 2010's ''Friends, Lovers, Rivals''.

Haven

Gronow appeared on both albums by Haven: ''Between the Senses'' (2002) and ''All for a Reason'' (2004).

Johnny Marr

Gronow has appeared on four releases by

: studio albums '' Playland'' (2014), '' Call the Comet'' (2018), '' Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4'' (2022) and live album '' Adrenalin Baby'' (2015). As well as the 2 EPs' preceding Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4; 'Fever Dreams Pt. 1' and 'Fever Dreams Pt. 2'

Sea Fever

2020 saw Gronow become one of the founding members of Sea Fever, a collaboration between Beth Cassidy of Section 25,

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of New Order, Phil Cunningham, also of New Order, and drummer Elliot Barlow. The band debuted their single "Crossed Wires" (a song featuring New Order drummer Stephen Morris) in October 2020 and the song has also been featured on

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morning radio show. Their debut album is expected in the summer of 2021.

Solo work

Gronow's debut solo single "In the Mire" was released on 13 September 2019. A second single, "Second Guess", was released on 22 November. "Highest Symbol" became the third single in April 2020. Gronow's debut EP, ''Out on a Limb'', was released on 2 October 2020. It includes the three singles above, plus three new tracks: "Lesser Known", "Out on a Limb" and "On the Mind". "On the Mind" dates back to Gronow's very first attempt at singing and writing lyrics.

Personal life

Originally from

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Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, Gronow moved

St Just in Penwith St Just ( kw, Lan(n)ust), known as St Just in Penwith, is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road. The parish encompasses the ...

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, when he was three years old."Interview: Iwan Gronow Talks New Single"
- flickofthefinger.co.uk, 1 September 2019 He moved north to

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

in 2001."Iwan Gronow on Manchester, Johnny Marr and Aston mics"
- Astonmics.com Gronow married his partner, Lauren, in

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on 25 May 2017. They had a child together in 2021. He has named his favourite record as being ''

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'' by

the Stooges The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, was an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave ...

."Q&A WITH JACK, IWAN AND DOVIAK"
- JohnnyMarrvellous.com

References

External links

Iwan Gronow's websiteIwan Gronow on SpotifyIwan Gronow's official YouTube channel
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