Adrian Griffin (drummer)

Adrian Griffin is an Australian drummer and bass guitarist who played for the punk rock band 28 Days and for Tom Ugly.

Adrian Griffin
OriginSydney, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instruments
  • Drums
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
Years active1998–current
LabelsFestival Mushroom
Rebel Scum/Modern Music/SonyBMG
Rebel Scum/Stomp
Associated acts28 Days
Hell City Glamours
Degeneracy
Bonic
Killerhertz
Salmon Hater
Quadbox
Tubbh
AGaugeFor
Tom Ugly
Websiteadriangriffin.com.au

Biography

Adrian Griffin formed AGaugeFor, a metal band, in 1998 in Sydney: he originally played bass guitar and provided backing vocals.[1][2] The other founding members were Tim Manton on drums and Nathan Williams on vocals and guitar.[1] In March 2000 their track, "Trawl It", was added to the national youth radio, Triple J's playlist and in the following month the station's music director, Richard Kingsmill, invited the band to perform a live set for his Australian Music Show.[1] The band supported Incubus, Sprung Monkey (USA), Down By Law (USA), Suicidal Tendencies (USA), 28 Days, Pacifier, Frenzal Rhomb, Bodyjar, Superheist and Sunk Loto.

AGaugeFor released two extended plays, Reproach (1999) and AGaugeFor (December 2001).[1] The former was produced by D. W. Norton and the latter by Paul McKercher.[1] The group's debut album, Ultranationalism, appeared in 2003.[1] Greg Lawrence of WHAMMO website described the album, "You'll hear obvious influences, especially from the exciting era of the early to mid 90s when heavy music finally shed the tag 'metal' and became 'grown up' ... In terms of riffing, there is some real talent in the right hand of Nathan Williams and the timing of Tim Manton (drums) and Adrian Griffin (bass) provide real punch. It's probably the flashes of individuality on Ultrnationalism that most impress me ... [it has] tasteful moments of acoustics, increased tempo more akin to punk and social commentary."[3]

Griffin, now on drums, joined Melbourne-based punk rock band, 28 Days in September 2004, replacing Matt Bray.[4][5] The group had been founded in 1997 by Jay Dunne as lead vocalist, guitarist Simon Hepburn, and bassist Damian Gardiner.[6][7] Griffin was recorded on their six-track extended play, Bring 'Em Back (March 2006).[4] He remained with the band until they broke up in 2007.[4] Griffin has also played drums for Gvrlls, Truth Corroded, Daemon Pyre, Tom Ugly,[8] Hell City Glamours, Degeneracy,[9] Bonic, Killerhertz, Salacious Crumb, Quadbox, and Tubbh. 28 Days reformed in November 2009 to support Bodyjar on that band's farewell tour. 28 Days issued a six-track EP, Lost Songs, in 2013 and had disbanded again by 2015.[10]

Lo! were formed in Sydney in 2006 and by 2011 they comprised Griffin on drums with Adrian Shapiro on bass guitar, Jamie-Leigh Smith on lead vocals and Carl Whitbread on guitar (ex-Omerata).[11] They released their debut album, Look and Behold in 2011 via Pelagic Records. Griffin played drums for their third album, Vestigal (October 2017).[12] It was reviewed by New Noise Magazine's writer, "this ferocious and dense listening experience needs all the (limited) room for air that Lo! gives the listener. Riffs and fantastic kit work from drummer Adrian Griffin help the record fly out of the gate."[13] For seven years Griffin had lived in Asia and returned to Australia prior to recording Vestigal.[12] Whitbread explained, "we had much more time to all be together as a band and really work on the songs properly instead of the last minute rush that usually happens. I think we all felt more connected now having [Griffin] back in the country."[12]

Discography

AGaugeFor

28 Days
  • Bring 'Em Back EP (March 2006)
  • Lost Songs EP (2013)

Degeneracy
  • Degeneracy album (2007)

Handasyd Williams
  • Dirt Road Reveries album (2009)

Lo!
  • Look and Behold album (September 2011) – Pelagic Records
  • Monstrorum Historia album (2013)
  • The Tongueless 7" EP (2015)
  • Vestigial album (6 October 2017) – Pelagic Records

Free or Dead
  • Strikes 7" EP (2016)

References
  1. "AGaugeFor". Oz Music Project. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via Trove (National Library of Australia).
  2. "Adrian Griffin – 28 Days". DrumThumper. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. Lawrence, Greg. "AGaugeFor – Ultranationalism". Worldwide Home of Australasian Music and More Online (WHAMMO). Archived from the original on 1 October 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. Macgregor, Jody. "28 Days | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. Cooke, Matt (2 September 2005). "28 Days - beating their own drum". TheDwarf.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  6. McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for '28 Days'". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
  7. Nimmervoll, Ed. "28 Days". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. Beichert, Kahlia (15 September 2009). "BMA :: Features: Tom Ugly – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". BMA Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Australian Drum Festival 2006". Billy Hyde Drum Craft. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  10. "News". 28 Days Official Website. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  11. RingMaster, Pete (24 September 2011). "Lo! – Look and Behold". ThisIsNotAScene. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. Valcanis, Tom (5 September 2017). "Hard Noise: Lo! // Stream 'Glutton' Ahead of Album Release". Hysteria Magazine. Trove (National Library of Australia). Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  13. "Album Review: Lo! – Vestigial". New Noise Magazine. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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