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GROWERS is a garage rock band from Toronto, Canada. They formed in the summer of 2019 and are known for their upbeat original material and high energy live shows. GROWERS is composed of lead singer, Charlie Joy; guitarist, Matthew Raitt; drummer, Christopher Raitt; and bassist, Cameron Pinnington. Their influences include Billy Talent, Green Day, blink-182, Alexisonfire, and the Beatles.

Biography
GROWERS have performed at many of Toronto’s best rock venues, including the Horseshoe Tavern, the Cameron House, and the Hideout. In the fall of 2019, the band won a battle of the bands competition at the Supermarket Toronto, and were awarded two days of recording at Hapy Hipi Studio.

GROWERS have recorded with Brad Nelson of Cylinder Sound Studio in Toronto, who has previously worked with Billy Talent, The Headstones, Alanis Morrisette, and many more. The band has also worked with Vic Florencia (Danko Jones, The Headstones) at Hapy Hipi Studios (King City, ON), and Peter Letros of Wreckhouse Mastering (former chief mastering engineer at Sony Music Canada).

In the summer of 2020, GROWERS won the fan favourite in the 20K Summer Song Contest presented by radio station 102.1 The Edge and Corus Entertainment. They took home $2,000 cash, which was used to record the band's debut EP, ‘Rock Hard,’ to be released Summer 2021.

Band Members
Christopher and Matthew Raitt are the drummer and lead guitarist of GROWERS, respectively. They both grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and have played in two bands (The Jones & Chuckline Rider ) before creating GROWERS. Christopher Raitt started playing the drums in elementary school, and has been in different bands for most of his life since then. He studied at the University of Toronto. Matthew Raitt started playing guitar very early in life, and has also been in and out of a number of bands since then. He studied at the University of Western Ontario. Cameron Pinnington, the bassist of GROWERS, also grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He started playing bass during his studies at the University of Western Ontario, which is where he met Matthew Raitt and would eventually go on to help create GROWERS. Charlie Joy was born in Montreal, Quebec, and studied at Ryerson University in Toronto. He has released music as a solo artist, and met the rest of the members of GROWERS through the music scene in Toronto.

Discography

 * GROWERS - I Can't Help It (Single)
 * GROWERS - My Little Lady (Single)
 * GROWERS - Tell Me Something I Don't Know (Single)
 * GROWERS - Hot Anxiety (Single)
 * GROWERS - The 90's (Single)
 * GROWERS - I'm Not The Madman (Single)