Grimethorpe Colliery Band | |
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Brass Band | |
![]() Grimethorpe Band Nationals Concert 2008 | |
Founded | 1917 |
Location | Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England |
Principal conductor | Michael Bach |
Music director | Ben Dixon |
Website | www |
The Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a brass band, based in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England. It was formed in 1917, as a leisure activity for the workers at the colliery, by members of the disbanded Cudworth Colliery Band.[1] Along with the Black Dyke Mills Band, the band became the first to perform at the Proms. Grimethorpe Band achieved fame after appearing in the film Brassed Off.