Groovething are a fantastic party, function and wedding band for hire. Based in the North West of the UK, but available UK wide, we deliver a high energy party set guaranteed to get everyone on to the dance floor for an unforgettable evening!

Groovething are a dynamic wedding function and party band, based in the North West of England, who deliver a high energy performance guaranteed to get everyone on to the dance floor for an unforgettable evening! If you are looking to hire a live band in Cheshire, Lancashire, Great Manchester or anywhere in the North West of the UK, to play at your wedding, birthday party or any other occasion - we are the band for you!

 John King comes from a very musical family. His pianist father and songstress mother encouraged his evident talents from a very early age. He learned the piano from the age of 3yrs, then turned his hand to the cello before finally picking up his first guitar which he has since never put down! His ability was 'recognised' as he reached the regional finals of the Young Jazz Musician of Year competition when he was 17years old, which was televised and hosted by Jools Holland. Jools commented on John's incredible guitar playing by stating "...he is a filthy guitar player who we will hearing lots about in the years to come" Session work swiftly followed and he had the privelige to also session with Miles Seabrook, who was working with Paul Weller. John then took the decision to go to Leeds college of music to learn as much as he could about voice and guitar. But, he did not finish due to an oppertunity to record in nashville which really shaped John as a musician. When John returned to the UK he moved to his hometown Manchester and started to develop his writting skills, whilst doing this, his guitar playing was standing out above the rest which led John to play with Don Felder (eagles), Tony Christie, Hannah Ild, Andy Abraham, Wilson minds (produced by chris potter -The verve, Richard ashcroft, the rolling stones) and Jools Holland. John has also performed at the Edinburgh Festival, the Manchester jazz festival, Bulgaria Jazz fest and toured across Europe.As much as john loves playing with well respected artists, closest to his heart is writting and performing. So this is where John is now, performing around the UK aswell as playing with many well known artist. So please when John comes to your part of town make sure you check him out!

Black Dynamite was formed from the ashes of other marginally more well-known pop groups of the immediately preceding period. Our journey begins with the demise of oft-regarded noise riffers, The Shadowcops, towards the arse end of 2009. It just so happened that there were many a riff and many a chorus left untainted within that particular arsenal, and so founder members Mike Pollitt and Steven Mackle set about trying to find new ways in which to rob all the best bits from other people’s songs and make them sound like their own.

Numbers were penned and words ascribed and in true Jack and Meg style they soon took their instruments and contemporary brand of melodic rock into the studio. The intention was that with these shiny and polished riff demonstrations all encapsulated on a 5″ piece of polycarbonate, they would recruit a band of rancorous brothers with whom they could mount their rock noise assault on the ears of a general public long-suffering with the strange abundance of mop-topped, skinny-jeaned, indie fashionistas that seemed to rule the roost.

What better man for the job therefore, but long time collaborator and superstar DJ record producer, Mr Timothy Gray, previously of Mancunian reggae-punkers Harijan, and also of MTV mash-up fame? Such was the eminence of the searing melodies transposed against the skilful riff machine that Tim instantly became hooked and by the end of those few heady days became a fully fledged member of the group.

Things were coming together quite nicely, but there was still an oddly shaped hole in the ensemble left to fill. All that was required now was a bass-type tinkerer and so poached from his regular house slot at the Crescent in Salford where he would treat the unsuspecting patrons to his lengthy Jazz odysseys, Mr Nicholas Baguley, of the Nick Baguley Experience, was drafted to plunder the four strings with unrivalled aplomb – and so the line-up was complete!

Having spent a good 18 months or so honing the “sound” and “direction” and other assorted pompous musician-type phrases, the year of our lord two-thousand and eleven saw our heroes venture outward bound into realms of live giggery. The “launch” took place in May in one of Manchester’s premier latrines to a packed out audience who’d definitely all come to see Eureka Machines instead. Nevertheless it was accompanied by a well-presented complimentary demo CD “Mint!!” which was received to significant critical acclaim (from their mams).

So here we are in the present, and so what next for Black Dynamite? Well we’ll keep working away I suppose, trying to make our harmonies sound as much like Queen as our vocal ranges will enable and penning more insatiable and infectious pop-rock creations. Hell, we might even have enough for an album soon! Love us, hate us, just don’t forget us, and we sincerely look forward to meeting you very soon!

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