"It's often difficult for artists to break out of their comfort zone and develop new material that 'doesn’t sound like us.'... but then you have Growlers, the slamming alter-ego rock mutation of Boston’s punky-dub establishment Destroy Babylon. They don’t just stretch boundaries, they blast apart an already mighty Voltron and reform into a Death Star." -Performer
Est. 2005 Allston MA
Rob Carmichael - vox / gits
Chris Moran - bass
John Beaudette - gits / vox
Marc Beaudette - drums
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"It's often difficult for artists to break out of their comfort zone and develop new material that 'doesn’t sound like us.' Sliding back into established and successful patterns like a late-Saturday drunken booty text message can seem unavoidable. Pushing forward is tough enough, but then you have Growlers, the slamming alter-ego rock mutation of Boston’s punky-dub establishment Destroy Babylon. They don’t just stretch boundaries, they blast apart an already mighty Voltron and reform into a Death Star with their debut, What Heights?" Performer Magazine (full article here)
"The collective's [Music ADD comp] reflected it's name, drawing on everything from reggae and dub to punk and trip hop. ” Boston Herald |
May 16 09 Worcester MA Ralph's Diner w/The Cool & Deadly, Guns of Navarone
May 09 09 Manchester NH Milly's Tavern w/Growlers, Gravehaven & Highfire Skyline
May 02 09 Allston MA O’Brien’s GROWLERS Release Party w/Gravehaven
Apr 24 09 Cambridge MA Middle East w/Westbound Train, Royal City Riot SOLD OUT
Mar 08 09 Allston MA Great Scott w/Void Union + King Django, Thousands of One
Mar 01 09 Allston MA Great Scott w/Gravehaven, Talk Modern, Izzi Creo
Feb 19 09 Manhattan NYC Pianos w/Black Taxi, Mother of Three
Feb 14 09 Brookline MA Matt Murphy's
Feb 14 09 Boston MA Baseball Tavern GROWLERS - Anthem BOTB Boston Finals
Feb 12 09 Boston MA Baseball Tavern GROWLERS - Anthem BOTB Semi Finals Winners
Feb 06 09 Manhattan NYC Fontana's GROWLERS SET w/Exit Verona
Jan 30 09 Boston MA Oliver's @ Cask N Flagon w/Guns of Navarone, Miars
Jan 17 09 Boston MA Baseball Tavern GROWLERS - Anthem BOTB 1st Round Winners
Jan 03 09 Boston MA Bill's Bar w/PRESSURE COOKER, The Macrotones
Dec 06 08 New Bedford MA No Problemo w/The Cool & Deadly
Dec 05 08 Taunton MA Ward 5 w/The Cool & Deadly, Night Swim
Dec 04 08 Allston MA O’Brien’s w/The Cool & Deadly & The Stolen Records
Nov 12 08 Allston MA Harper's Ferry w/DUB TRIO, The Cool & Deadly, Irepress
Nov 01 08 Poultney VT Green Mtn College w/Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root
Oct 30 08 Boston MA Church HALLOWEEN SHOW- DB perform LONDON CALLING, The Macrotones as The JBs, & The Well
Oct 16 08 Manhattan NYC Fontana's
Oct 01 08 Boston MA Bill’s Bar GROWLERS set
Sep 13 08 New Bedford MA New Wave w/The Cool & Deadly
Sep 09 08 Allston MA Harper's Ferry w/HR of BAD BRAINS
Sep 06 08 Manhattan NYC Knitting Factory Version City w/Cool & Deadly, Have Nots
Aug 29 08 Hartford CT Sully’s Pub w/The Cool & Deadly
Aug 09 08 Waltham MA Lincoln Bar dub set
Aug 04 08 Allston MA The Draft w/The Macrotones
Jul 31 08 Hartford CT Sully’s Pub w/The Cool & Deadly
Jul 18 08 Allston MA O’Brien’s w/CAMPAIGN 4 REAL TIME, the Macrotones SOLD OUT
Jul 17 08 Portsmouth NH Muddy River w/Growlers
Jul 04 08 Astoria NYC Grandma’s BBQ set
Jul 03 08 Fairfax VA TT Reynold’s w/Can’t Hang, The Five One
Jul 02 08 Washington DC Wonderland Ballroom w/Noah Woods
Jul 01 08 Philadelphia PA Tritone w/Wareika Hill, Dubsmith
Jun 28 08 Boston MA Bill’s Bar w/Flaming Tsunamis, Have Nots...
Jun 26 08 Hartford CT Sully's Pub w/The Cool and Deadly
Jun 23 08 Allston MA The Draft w/The Macrotones
Apr 10 08 Hartford CT Sully's Pub w/The Cool and Deadly
Mar 19 08 Cambridge MA Zuzu Guest DJ w/Roots & Razors
Mar 02 08 Somerville MA Abbey Lounge w/The Cool and Deadly
Mar 01 08 Manhattan NYC Knitting w/King Django & Reegal Beegal SOLD OUT
Feb 16 08 Brooklyn NYC Loft Party w/Exit Verona
Feb 14 08 Boston MA Oliver's @ Cask N Flagon w/Royal Sound
Jan 17 08 Boston MA Paradise Lounge w/World's Collide, Black Button
Dec 29 07 Cambridge MA Middle East Up MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES THROWDOWN w/Riki Rocksteady, Mile 21
Dec 1 07 Cambridge MA Middle East Up w/Pressure Cooker, Satori, Stolen Records
Oct 27 07 Boston MA Bulfinch Yacht Club w/Welch Boys. DB BAD BRAINS SET
Oct 08 07 Cambridge MA Middle East Corner KTRON art show
Sep 21 07 Manhanttan NYC Fantanas w/The Cool And Deadly
Sep 13 07 Cambridge MA Middle East w/THE ENGLISH BEAT, Pressure Cooker SOLD OUT
Jul 09 07 Cambridge MA Middle East Up w/Growlers, The Kode Secret
Jun 26 07 Boston MA Bulfinch Yacht Club w/Have Nots, Street Credit, Trebek
May 04 07 Somerville MA Abbey Lounge w/Growlers, Mile 21, Bad Ash
Apr 14 07 Durham NH UNH, Main Lawn Step It Up 2007 UNH Headliners
Apr 06 07 Boston MA Bill's Bar w/On the Drop, Berklee Marley Group
Apr 03 07 Cambridge MA WMBR @ MIT Live on Pipeline!
Mar 18 07 Brooklyn NYC Trash Bar Fugitive Kind, Bad Mouths
Mar 2 07 N. Andover MA Merrimack College w/The Kode
Feb 21 07 Allston MA Haper's Ferry w/The Kode, Daniel Bennet Group
Jan 26 07 Boston MA Bill's Bar w/Elephant House, The Brew, Hello Mahalo
FULL SHOW ARCHIVE HERE.
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