Radio de Groop Dogdrill

Groop Dogdrill were a rock band formed in the early 1990s in the northern town of Doncaster, UK, by Damien "Damo" Fowkes (bass), Pete Spiby (vocals/guitar) and Hugh "Hug" Kelly (drums). They achieved modest success, releasing a number of singles and two albums in between numerous tours of the UK, before finally splitting up in 2001. The band were originally called Dogdrill, until they played a show with The Wedding Present at The Tunbridge Wells Forum, on 24th August 1994. Darren Belk (friend of the band and frontman/guitarist with Beachbuggy) was playing bass guitar at the time for The Wedding Present. Dogdrill were re-named 'groop' dogdrill by Wedding Present drummer Simon Smith and they played as Groop Dogdrill from that day onwards.