Grinding Halt is a down-tempo hardcore band formed in Groningen, the Netherlands commonly referred to as having ex-members of Shikari and The Last Mile. The bands current line up consists of Mark on Vocals, René on Guitar, Eelco on Bass and Henk on Drums. Beginning as a two piece in the early 2000's by René and Pascal while both were playing in Los Asesinos De La Superficialidad. The line up remained this way until 2003 when Mark, Hans and Jaap joined the band. With this new line up the band played a few shows and recored a demo titled `Het oordeel is altijd het falen` that became apart of the bouwvakker collective. Their sound at that time was more in line with the 90's ebullition style emo. Before becoming a very active band, the members would participate in Grinding Halt when the members other bands weren't very active. Some time before 2006 Jaap and Pascal left the band. The bands current sound as most know it was formed after the band came out from hiatus. This happened when Shikari and The Last Mile disbanded, within a period of a year Hans moving to Drums and Eelco joining on Bass. The first out put with the new line up and sound would be the split 12 inch with Vuur in 2007. The next year the full length 'Sprookjeshof' was released which was titled after the run down theme park of the same name, it represents a metaphor for current Dutch society. The same year Hans would leave the band, and would be replace by Henk. With a new Drum they would tour England and Ireland there meeting up with the band Drainland which would result in a split 10 inch between the two bands. Websites: http://sprookjeshof.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/sprookjeshof http://sprookjeshof.bandcamp.com/ http://www.myspace.com/wwghd http://www.degraanrepubliek.com/gh/ Discography: -Grinding Halt - Pine Barrens - Split 7" (2013) - De Graanrepubliek -Grinding Halt / Daighila - Split 7" (2012) - De Graanrepubliek / Shove / TenZenMen / Bullwhip -Grinding Halt / Brito - Split 12" (2012) - De Graanrepubliek / strictly no capital letters / Shove / Moment of Collapse -Grinding Halt / Suffering Quota - Split 7" (2012) -De Graanrepubliek / Give Praise / Parade of Spectres -Grinding Halt / Diet Pills - Split 7" (2011) - De Graanrepubliek / Shove / Adagio830 / Force Fed -Grinding Halt / Drainland - Split 10" (2010) - De Graanrepubliek / React with Protest /Shove -Sprookjeshof LP (2008) - De Graanrepubliek / React with Protest / Shove -Grinding Halt / Vuur - Split 12"(2007) - De Graanrepubliek / Shove / Heart On Fire -Demo (2003?) - bouwvakker Band members are/have been in: René - Suffering Quota, ex-Iron Cage, ex-The Last Mile, ex-Los Asesinos De La Superficialidad, ex-Office Killer, ex-Resent, ex-Yphobia Mark - Shikari, ex-Orwell Nation, ex-Office Killer Eelco - AttackRobotAttack, ex-Music for the Defect, ex-Reflectcriticizeact Henk - Blood I Bleed - Hans - LeechFeast, Landverraad, ex-Reflectcriticizeact Pascal - Brito, ex-Reflectcriticizeact, ex-Los Asesinos De La Superficialidad, ex-Office Killer Jaap - Pemmikan, Music for the Defect, ex-The Last Mile, ex-ReflectCriticizeAct, ex-Largo, ex-Yphobia, ex-Resent Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.