ALBUMPostcards from GrimethorpeGrimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp & Ben Palmer
Albums by Grimethorpe Colliery Band
ALBUMPostcards from GrimethorpeGrimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp & Ben Palmer
ALBUMThe Brass Band Music of Johan de MeijGrimethorpe Colliery Band
ALBUMNigel Clarke: Mysteries of the HorizonHarmen Vanhoorne, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Nigel Clarke & Sandy Smith
ALBUMBrass Band ClassicsGrimethorpe Colliery Band
ALBUMYour 20 Favourite HymnsGrimethorpe Colliery Band
ALBUMBrass HymnsGrimethorpe Colliery Band
ALBUMColne Valley Christmas FestivalColne Valley Male Voice Choir & Grimethorpe Colliery Band
ALBUMBrass From The Masters, Vol. 2Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Major Peter Parkes & Garry Cutt
ALBUMThe Melody ShopGrimethorpe Colliery Band, Major Peter Parkes, Garry Cutt, Mark Walters, Richard Marshall, Jonathan Beatty, Peter Matthews & Melvyn Bathgate
ALBUMA White Christmas With GrimethorpeGrimethorpe Colliery Band, Major Peter Parkes & David Dransfield
Artist Biography
Founded by coal miners (a colliery is a coal mine complex) for recreation and entertainment, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band has become famous far beyond the world of English brass bands. The Grimethorpe Colliery Band was formed in 1917. The band has commissioned works from leading contemporary composers. Until the early '90s, many members of the band remained employed at the Grimethorpe Colliery, but the closure of the mine in 1995 precipitated a crisis in the band's existence. The group was aided by the 1996 film Brassed Off, which the band played on the film's soundtrack. The group appeared in the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and continued its prize-winning ways with the first prize at the 2015 British Open band championships. In 2023, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band issued the album Postcards from Grimethorpe.