à;GRUMH... (pronounced: "ah-groom") is a Belgian EBM/industrial band, founded in 1981 by SΔ3 Evets (aka Steve Natrix, born Phillippe Genion) and JΔ3 Seuqcaj (Jacques Meurrens), both from Charleroi, Belgium. They were mainly active between 1981 and 1991.
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Band name
According to the band's official website, the somewhat cryptic band's name originates from the time when SΔ3 and former member PΔ3 (real first name: Pascal) first met in an intercity train in 1981, both of them returning from a rock concert. Just this night, they were about to create their first piece based on vegetables' and fruits' names, calling it "Poireau" (apart from the loan word also called "ail" in English). Since ail is a vegetable, the band was named à;GRUMH..., which is in fact a stylized form of the French word agrume ("citrus fruit"). The English pronunciation, however, reduces to "ah-groom", because the actual "u" sound only exists in French and a couple of other languages, but not in English.
Band History
In 1987 they teamed up with Skinny Puppy's Kevin Crompton and Nivek Ogre for the side project A Chud Convention and produced the ambient/noise mini-LP Sorrow.
Discography
| Year | Title | Format, Special Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Mix Yourself! | 12" |
| 1986 | No Way Out | LP |
| 1986 | Rebearth | LP |
| 1986 | Underground | 12" |
| 1987 | Black Vinyl Under Cover | LP |
| 1987 | Mix Yourself + No Way Out | CD |
| 1987 | Silver Circle Under Plastic | CD |
| 1987 | Too Many Cocks Spoil the Breath | 12" |
| 1987 | Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth (= Censored Version) | 12" |
| 1988 | Bloody Side | 12"/CD |
| 1988 | We are à;GRUMH... and you are not! | 12"/CD/cassette |
| 1989 | A Hard Day's Knight | LP/CD |
| 1989 | And Now For Something Completely Different... But Not Too Much! | 12" |
| 1989 | And Now For Something More Completely Different... But Not Too Much! | CD |
| 1989 | The Price is Light | CD |
| 1989 | The Price is Right | 12" |
| 1990 | A Hard Day's Knight | LP |
| 2004 | Unclean | 7" |
They have also appeared on various EBM music compilation albums, including This Is Electronic Body Music (1988), EBM Club Classics Vol. 2 (1999) and Endzeit Bunkertracks [Act I] (2005).
External links
- Official website
- à;GRUMH... at Discogs
- à;GRUMH... discography at MusicBrainz
- à;GRUMH... at Allmusic
- à;GRUMH... at SWerquin.net
- à;GRUMH... Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV tribute on IRONFLAME
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The band was dormant from 1991, following some gigs in Germany, until 2000 when leader S3 EVETS reunited with the original singer J3 SEUQCAJ (who had left the band prior to the world your in 1989, replaced on stage by J7 CRAM-NAEJ).
They reunited as an industrial combo, nEGAPADRES.3.3. and released a retour album on HERMETIQUE RECORDS in 2006 called "Extrophy of Amphigouris". Two new albums are scheduled for release in 2009, one "La Phobie du Cheval" made of all new tracks plus an à;GRUMH... cover, and another called "Binche" featuring Peter Gabriel's and Vibrator's guitar player John Ellis on three tracks.
No new gigs or released from à;GRUMH... in the electronic version are scheduled ever.
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