GRIPIN

'Gripin' is a rock band based in Istanbul, Turkey. They started as a cover band, playing in bars like ''Bronx'' in mid 90s, and earned a cult following. Their wide repertoire not only included Britpop, but also featured examples of American Alternative rock, and in some cases Turkish Rock. In early 2000s they started recording their own songs and, released ''Hikayeler Anlatıldı (Stories are told)'' (2004), which was later released as a double album containing the acoustic versions of the album's songs. They continue to perform in clubs and,have released their new, self-titled album on 26 February 2007. The new album features duets with popular Turkish artists like Ferman Akgül from maNga, Pamela Spence and Emre Aydın. The producer of the album is Haluk Kurosman, the successful producer of many young Turkish talents (like maNga, Vega, Göksel and Emre Aydın). The band is managed by Hadi Elazzi of GRGDN, the company he owns together with Kurosman.
Gripin's new single, entitled ''Böyle kahpedir dünya (The World Is Such a Whore)'' has become a huge hit with television and radio stations, it is currently leading the top 10 chart of MTV Türkiye.^[1]
The band has recently won the prestigeous Hürriyet Altın Kelebek Awards as Best Newcoming Band. (See Awards section)
The members are Birol (vocals), Murat (guitar), Evren (Bass guitar), Ilker (Drums) and Arda (Keyboard).

Contents

Members

Discography

Singles

Awards

Sources

Notes

External links

Members

★ 'Birol Namoğlu' was born on 9 November, 1978 and studied metallurgic engineering. He is the vocalist of the band.

★ 'İlker Baliç' is the drummer of Gripin, born on 22 May, 1980. He studies (in English) at the School of Economics of Istanbul University.

★ 'Murat Başdoğan', born on 26 December, 1981 is the guitarist of the band. He studies architecture at Mimar Sinan University.

★ 'Evren Gülçığ' is the bass guitarist, born on 6 September, 1977. He studied civil engineering and graduated from Istanbul University in finance. He used to be the creative director of his own company dealing with web-designing. Now he works for an advertising company as multimedia director.

★ 'Arda İnceoğlu' was born on 21 February, 1982. He plays the keyboard in ''gripin'' and at the same time studies chemistry at Kocaeli University.

Discography

'Year'	'Title'
2004	Hikayeler Anlatıldı
2005	Hikayeler Anlatıldı 2[2]
2007	Gripin

Singles

Year	Title	Album	Turkish Nielsen Airplay Chart
2007	"Böyle kahpedir dünya"	''Gripin''	1

Awards

★ 34. Hürriyet Altın Kelebek Ödülleri (''Golden Butterfly Awards'')

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★ "Best Newcoming Band" ^[3]

Sources

★ Gripin official Site

★ Turkrock.com - Gripin

Notes

1. MTV Türkiye Top 10 Chart
2. This is the re-released version of the album ''Hikayeler Anlatıldı'', containing a bonus cd with live performance tracks (released by Sony Music)
3. Altın Kelebek Ödülleri

External links

★ Gripin official Site

★ Gripin's official myspace

★ GRGDN