Bio

30 years ago... the Groinchurn story began just south of Johannesburg, South Africain 1994 with the release of the Human Filth demo - seven tracks of completely raw, unpolished grindcore, recorded in a backyard country & western studio by a very confused elderly gentleman.Determined to childishly do the opposite of every other band in South Africa at the time, Groinchurn wrote, recorded and gigged relentlessly, producing a second demo (subsequently licensed by the infamous Wild Rags records in the USA) and a number of vinyl, cassette and CD releases, while trading music and making friends around the world through the active underground scene of the 1990s.

The self-released first album, Sixtimesnine, found its way to Europe through the distros, labels and bands Groinchurn had been trading with, and was ultimately picked up for distribution by Morbid Records in Germany, and re-released as a 10” picture disc by Charlie Infection’s Fudgeworthy Records in the USA.

In 1997, Groinchurn’s first visit to Europe saw the band on tour with Czech Deathmetal heavyweights Krabathor and goregrinders Sanity’s Dawn. These few weeks in 1997 were the first of many subsequent visits to pre-EU Europe, crossing borders and sharing stages with countless seminal extreme bands at nightclubs, squats and festivals across the continent. After a 2000 mini-tour in the USA with Total Fucking Destruction, and the release of the third full-length album - Whoami - on Morbid Records, Groinchurn spent seven months of 2001 in Europe and the UK, after which the trio officially disbanded, with guitarist Mark leaving South African shores for Australia.

Despite the geographic divide, Groinchurn was not quite dead yet, and the post-2001 years saw a Polish re-release of the Whoami album, a South African support tour for Sepultura in 2014, and an appearance at Roar Fest in Johannesburg, 2019 along with the release of a limited edition clear 5” vinyl.

With 2024 marking the 30-year anniversary of the first demo, the band is set to record and release the first new material in over 20 years and are return to Europe, playing at the (un)holy grail of grind - the Obscene Extreme festival in the Czech Republic - with other shows to be announced soon.

Members 2023:

Christo B - Bass/Vocal

Mark C - Guitar/Vocals

Emile H - Drums