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Groovy Uncle

Welcome To The Groovy Uncle Website.

Groovy Uncle began as a solo venture for Medway musician Glenn Prangnell after the demise of his last band Goodchilde in the late 90's. The era of home recording had stepped up a pace with the advent of digital technology and Glenn continued to write and record his own material merely as a hobby. The My Space era had also kicked in and it was here that Glenn first made connections with State Records in Sandgate, Kent. Set up by two members of garage outfit The Higher State (Marty Ratcliffe and Mole) State Records main aim is to "make records that sound like records used to" and this appealed to Glenn immediately. Luckily for him Marty and Mole really liked the Groovy Uncle demos and agreed to put out a single. This was a vinyl only release and "Monkey Trousers"/"Now Your Pain Is Over" was finally made available in March 2010.

Prior to his renaissance, Glenn had notched up an incredible 60 demos of unreleased material which begged the question: "Shall we record an album?" The answer was a firm "Yes" from all concerned and the months between March 2010 and January 2011 saw a very industrious period for Groovy Uncle. For the Groovy Uncle line-up Glenn chose some of Medway's finest musicians-Ben Jones, Paul Moss, Ian Snowball, Allan Crockford, Mole and Marty-and the music sounds all the better for it.

"Play Something We Know!" is the end result and the vinyl album can be purchased from this website from March 14th 2011. Groovy Uncle Productions is a film production company that makes promos for bands, artists and small businesses. Anyone with something to promote. Some of these videos can be viewed within the pages of this website.

I hope you enjoy what you find here!