Grindie is a hybrid form of music that emerged in London in early 2006. It combines influences from grime, a beat-driven form of hip hop that arose in East London, with indie rock. Notable pioneers in the genre include Marvin The Martian, Lethal Bizzle, and Statik, who has worked with musicians including Pete Doherty and Larrikin Love, as well as The Futureheads' collaboration with The Streets and The Ordinary Boys' collaboration with Lady Sovereign. The musical hybridization developed from mixtapes that combined indie guitar riffs and melodies, with grime-style beats and indie lyrics, often emceed by a grime artist. The first known "Grindie" release was a song by Marvin The Martian and his group Why Lout? sampling Art Brut's Summer 2005 single 'Emily Kane' to make a song called 'Stay Off The Kane' which was released as a free download through Artrocker and was downloaded over 30,000+ times within 2 months. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music which came into existence in roughly the mid 70s but became a large part of modern day pop culture in the late 80s. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Lethal Bizzle (also known as Lethal B) is one of the fastest growing East London rappers. ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is the singer and songwriter for the band Babyshambles, and formerly co-frontman and songwriter (along with Carl Barât) of The Libertines, with whom he first shot to fame. ... Larrikin Love are a four piece rock band from London. ... The Futureheads are a four-member British indie rock band based in Sunderland, England. ... Mike Skinner (born 27 November 1978), also known as The Streets, is a rapper and musician from West Heath, Birmingham, England. ... The Ordinary Boys are an English Ska-pop group from Worthing, originally named Next in line. ... Lady Sovereign (born Louise Amanda Harman in 1985, Wembley, London) is a British grime MC. // Biography Lady Sovereign (the biatch) was raised primarily on the Chalkhill Estate (a council housing estate in North-West London) and though she dropped out of school with no qualifications, she has become one of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Adolf W lflis Irren-Anstalt Band-Hain, 1910 Outsider Art was a term coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut, a term created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created by people well outside the boundaries of official art... Artrocker music magazine is an independent publication which is available across the United Kingdom. ...

References

• Guardian profile of the genre
• Channel 4 profile of the genre
• Examples of grindie tracks are available on Statik's Myspace page