Statik stated he turned towards creating a new sound due to the staleness he felt the grime scene was experiencing at the time.
[2][4][5] The genre initially received some criticisms by grime fans who perceived it to be a fad created by magazines, rather than a fully fledged scene.
Jack Nimble and Marvin the Martian / Marv the Marsh have been credited for creating the first grindie song, "Stay Off the Kane", released in 2005.
Art Brut later invited Why Lout?, the group Marvin and Jack Nimble were members of, to be the opening act for them at Koko.
[8] Akira the Don produced tracks for grime star Big Narstie's "What's the Story Brixton Glory" mixtape that sampled Oasis and Arctic Monkeys, that was later cited as an influence by Ed Sheeran.