Grooving In Green is a British gothic rock band formed in 2008 by guitarists Pete Finnemore and Simon Manning in Hastings, England, joined by vocalist and lyricist General Megatron Bison later in the year.
In 2009, Grooving In Green released two EPs, Ascent EP and Dirt, on the independent record label Inquisition Records, catching the attention of producer Stephen Carey (The Eden House), which led to Grooving In Green releasing its debut album Post Traumatic Stress in 2010 and the follow-up album Stranglehold in 2012.
Grooving In Green formed in 2008, when guitarist Pete Finnemore and Simon Manning decided to write music together for the first time since Children on Stun's 1994 album, Tourniquets Of Loves Desire.
[1] In March, the trio assembled in engineer and producer Stuart Harper's Two Ways Sound Studio in Battle, East Sussex to record four songs for their debut EP.
[1] In October 2009, the band returned to Two Ways Sound Studio to record a second EP in time for their appearance at Whitby Goth Weekend that same month.
Dominion Magazine, the Goth offshoot of Terrorizer Magazine, placed the album at #15 in their Top 20 Albums of 2010, with reviewer Piers Sixx calling it “a proper goth record, in the traditional sense", adding that there are "melodies to swoon to, vocals to please the ear and that nasty/nice guitar sound that made Children on Stun such a great band.
[4] The front cover features artwork by graphic artist John D'Anter depicting the band members outside the gates of Bedlam psychiatric hospital and asylum surrounded by various people and creatures including lunatics, masked figures and a plague doctor.
The artwork for the album was created by Finnemore based on an image of the Aztec sun stone housed in the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.
The break granted the opportunity to continue writing music and to rework the live set, removing all Children on Stun songs that had until then been a staple of a GIG show, as it had been decided that the time had come for Grooving In Green to become its own entity.
In November 2014, GIG returned to Stanton Manor Studios to record a new EP with Producer Stephen Carey playing guitar.
[10] The band made their live return in September at Sacrosanct Festival 2015 with The Eden House members Stephen Carey, providing guitars, and Simon Rippin on drums.
In 2016, the line-up stabilised with Bison on vocals, Finnemore on guitars, Rossi on bass and Rippin on drums, playing their first gig at Death Disco in Greece followed by dates in Belgium and Germany.