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Grinning Dogs

About Me

GRINNING DOGS DEAD! From the ashes have risen Underground Rockers Generator....born from Grinning Dogs Jamie Matt & TJ and Mighty Dog Bones Neil...Check out our Number 1 Friend...this site will remain live for a short while for prosperity, but will cease to exist...eventually!

Please visit www.myspace.com/mygenerator


All the best. The Dead Dogs!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/03/2007
Band Members:

The Grinning Dogs are:

Jamie Finnie - Vocals and Guitar.

Paul "TJ" Hooker - Guitar and backing vocals.

AVAILABLE - Bass and backing vocals.

Matt "Sticks" King - Drummer!


Influences:

We are a pretty mixed bag with a wide mad range in musical tastes - from the essential rock heros of yesterday and today to the downright wierd.

But there are a few we can all agree on as our main likes, as to if that influences our own music... you decide..

Foo Fighters, Led Zep, Levellers, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Wolfmother, and The Pixies just to name a few


Record Label: Currently Unsigned!

My Blog

Dogs put down whilst healthy....check out Generator!

Grinning Dogs were put down whilst still healthy due to our old bass player upping and leaving to become a solicitor or something!Worry not though another Warrington Rock Band - Mighty Dog Bone also w...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:44:00 GMT

Stripclub and Grinning Dogs

Hey there all..... Got a date for your diaries....Grinning Dogs are playing at Porters on Saturday the 24th November and we have a VERY special treat for you all. We have hooked up with a band from Au...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:34:00 GMT

Give a dog a rock & roll bone - Climb the Tail Competition

The Grinning Dogs have entered a national competition called "Climb the Tail" it's for unsigned myspace bands and there's 50 of us in it.Progression to the finals is judged by how many hits you get on...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:43:00 GMT

Grinning Dogs Logo

It has been noted that the grinning dog logo resembles the download dog....We believe it's actually the other way around. We really don't want to incur the legal costs of fighting the guys at Dow...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:45:00 GMT

Punking it up

Well we played Porters and dropped in an old favourite of ours by the pistols...a bit of Anarchy in the UK, and it went down so well we decided we would add some more classic punk covers to our set......
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:07:00 GMT

New Songs on the Way / Couch Comfort (Poem)

Well it's been a quiet month for the Grinning Dogs, with Jamie away sunning himself in Austrailia...however the band have not been doing nothing...We're venturing out of Warrington in June (23rd)...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:13:00 GMT

Unselfish Love - A poem from Teej!

At a recent Porters open mic night hosted by Matt, (if you haven't been you should its every Sunday and a great evening!) TJ of the Grinning Dogs penned this little number....a short Poem that was wel...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:15:00 GMT

Ditty from Uniquegal

Unique Gal posted this on an e-mail....we think it's kinda cool! Inspired by 'Same as Me' I did a lil poetry! "Grinning Dogs formula  cooked just right Catchy little ditties that make you feel bright...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:40:00 GMT

WA 1 Gig.....17TH FEBRUARY 2007

A great big thanks go out from the band to everyone who turned up to the gig at WA1 for George (TJ's son) who contracted (and is recovering from) Meningichoccal Sepsis and Meningitis.  ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:13:00 GMT