Stand

Stand formed in Grimsby in the late Winter of '98. We played around the town for the best part of a year until we started getting offered a few small gigs here there and everywhere. In the summer of '01 we blagged ourselves on tour with HHH, i don't think they were too pleased about it at first, but we had an amazing time and never really looked back.



After this tour we played up and down the country nearly every weekend, we couldn't get enough. In the spring of '02 we released the 'True Romance' ep and did a little tour. Steve Watts came along, we drank a lot of special brew and generally had a laugh. Almost a year after True Romance came out we embarked on an amazing journey to Europe with Mend This Tear. Although we only ended up playing a handful of shows, we covered 8 countries and hand one of the best holidays you could ever imagine.



Upon returning from this tour we jumped into the studio again and record the songs that would later appear on the split cd with HHH and the split 7" with Fig 4.0. We had to wait around for the other bands to record for each split so we just played the fuck out of the summer around the UK.



In the early autumn of '02 we had to cancel our planned Ireland tour as Ben had contracted Hodgkins Lymphoma. Both he and Stand battled on for well over a year, refusing to stop doing what we loved.



In November '04 we lost Ben and Stand was over. We played our last ever set at Ben's memorial gig at the Matrix Club, Grimsby on January the 16th 2005. Exactly 6 years to the day of our first ever gig.



This page has been created for those who were there and those who weren't. Those that shared moments with us and those that never got the chance.



Thanks to you all.

Luke - Bestie - Karl - Mark.