{"id":19960,"date":"2022-09-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19960"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:54:16","slug":"grade-2-doin-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=19960","title":{"rendered":"Grade 2 &#8211; Doin Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grade2_RyanMackfall_1-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>UK punk band\u00a0<strong>Grade 2\u00a0<\/strong>share a rebellious new single and accompanying music video titled \u201c<strong>Doing Time<\/strong>.\u201dThe straightforward thrasher is complete with an angsty shout-along hook and rhetoric condemning the mundanities of the corporate nine-to-five. Correlated to a life behind bars, the band effectively uses poignant lyrics such as \u201c<em>I\u2019m just a number in the system with a lifetime parole..<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grade 2 - &quot;Doing Time&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFtjiCBbldM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"Grade 2 - \"Doing Time\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>United by a love of old-school punk, ska and oi, childhood friends<strong>\u00a0Sid Ryan<\/strong>\u00a0(vocals, bass),\u00a0<strong>Jacob Hull\u00a0<\/strong>(drums) and\u00a0<strong>Jack Chatfield<\/strong>\u00a0(guitar, vocals) formed the band at 14, honing their craft playing Clash and Jam covers before refining their own sound and songs. A European tour supporting Stomper 98 brought admiration and friendship from Rancid\u2019s Lars Frederiksen, leading to introductions and the eventual signing to Rancid cohort Tim Armstrong\u2019s legendary\u00a0<strong>Hellcat Records\u00a0<\/strong>in 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grade 2 will be playing a handful of UK shows in March 2023, please find the full list below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 7, 2023 \u2013 The Lexington, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 10, 2023 \u2013 Louisiana, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 18, 2023 \u2013 Classic Grand, Glasgow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 19, 2023 \u2013 Star &amp; Garter, Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available on band\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/grade2official.co.uk\/\">WEBSITE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOR MORE INFO ON GRADE 2 VISIT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grade2official.co.uk\/\">WEBSITE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grade2iow\/?hl=en\">INSTAGRAM<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grade2iow\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK punk band\u00a0Grade 2\u00a0share a rebellious new single and accompanying music video titled \u201cDoing Time.\u201dThe straightforward thrasher is complete with an angsty shout-along hook and rhetoric condemning the mundanities of the corporate nine-to-five. Correlated to a life behind bars, the band effectively uses poignant lyrics such as \u201cI\u2019m just a number in the system with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[867,1701],"class_list":["post-19960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-grade-2","tag-tcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19962,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19960\/revisions\/19962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}