GROUPER is a professional and dynamic 4 piece contemporary and classic rock and pop band. Featuring an incredible line up of international touring musicians of the highest quality, the band play guitar based hits from The Strokes, Jet, Bon Jovi, Guns and Roses, U2, Blur, Bruno Mars, The Killers, Stereophonics, Blink 182, Chilli Peppers, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and many more legendary artists and groups.
GROUPER have been the first choice for those seeking great sounding and dynamic music for their wedding reception, corporate event or party for many years. The band has a wealth of experience, having entertained clients worldwide at a wide range of venues for many years.
GROUPER have worked for a number of high profile clients including Google, Pearson Education, NSPCC, The British Army, Citigroup, OXO Tower Restaurant, Warwick University and have played at most of the major London hotels as well as stately homes and castles across the UK. They have performed at Disneyland Paris, at a large private party in Portugal, a multi-national corporate event in Dubai and even at Wembley Arena for a historic NFL American football match!
GROUPER supply all the equipment required for most events, including a high-quality PA system and stage lighting suitable for audiences of up to 300 people. Additional equipment can be hired for larger audiences. Pre-recorded music will be played by the band, before and in between the live sets, saving the expense of hiring a DJ.
MUSICIANS
GROUPER features fantastic musicians who take pride in capturing the spirit and energy of the original artists they are covering. This ensures that you will always hear the classic songs performed to their full effect, with the band's versions often described as ‘just like the real thing’!
One of three vocalists will perform with the band depending on their availability. Please use the enquiry form for more details.
Listen to GROUPER playing some songs from their repertoire here .
Fantastic night with Grouper. They delivered an amazing set that had everyone up enjoying themselves. Loved every minute of it. Great to deal with and nice guys too! Thanks very much.
Thanks for an incredible show, the band sounded fantastic! The set list was tailored perfectly for the audience. We have had loads of great comments from our guests who all remarked on the energy you all brought to the show.
I hope we have the chance to work together again in the future, the whole process from booking to the event was easy.
Let’s be honest a band can make or break a party! I first met Grouper 10 years ago at a friend's party and thought that they were the best band I’d ever heard. We booked them for my husbands 50th this year, and they did not disappoint. Everyone said how good they were. We would not hesitate to book them again for future parties and I can not recommend them highly enough to anyone considering them for a party, wedding etc.
We just wanted to say a massively huge thank you to you and the band for such a wonderful performance on Saturday night. You were amazing and absolutely made the night for us.
So many of our guests made a point of saying how great you were, and the heaving dance floor was proof enough of that fact! We all had sore feet but very happy hearts on Sunday!
We will absolutely recommend you to everyone we know and really hope that we can find another occasion to hire you again.
Absolutely loved it! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Dear Grouper
Thank you very much for playing at our wedding last Saturday, you were great. Myself and Paddy were both very impressed by your professionalism and we loved that you played our song live for our first dance. We would be more than happy to recommend you to anyone looking for a band for a big event.
Sorry for the slow reply - only just recovered from the party! Thank you so much for a fabulous night - Grouper made it so much fun! I have just given your contact details to the caterer who thought you were fab and is going to recommend you to another one of her clients.
Grouper played at our wedding on 23/12/2017 and they were absolutely brilliant, we could not have asked for better entertainment for our wedding.
We loved every song they played, even people who I have never seen dance before were up on the dance floor having a boogie. The sound quality was great and we especially liked that they interacted with the guests throughout their sets.
I would 100% recommend booking these guys if you have an event, the quality they bring is much better than any other I have seen at weddings. Thanks Grouper, for helping make our day perfect!
A big thanks to you and the band for making Jeff's party such a success last night. You were great and our guests all commented on how good you were- you certainly got everyone up on the dance floor!
I'll definitely be recommending you and hope to have the opportunity to use you again ourselves!
I would like to thank you and your band members for playing on Saturday night! It certainly made it a great 30th party. You guys got it just right for a smaller venue and had everyone on the dancefloor including the young and old! I didn’t need to encourage people onto the dancefloor, but struggled to get them off!
My guests were singing your praises the next day! You have been really friendly and professional and made it really easy for me – no stresses at all and I’m more than happy to recommend Grouper to my friends and family!
Dear Grouper
Many thanks to you all for a great show last night! You were amazing and everyone has said how brilliant the live music was. Thank you so much for making it a very special party!
We have just returned from our honeymoon and wanted to say a HUGE thanks to you all in Grouper! I have had SO many compliments! You were fab and had people up dancing all night!!! Great music, great atmosphere and lots of happy people!!
We will definitely use you again if we ever have any other big celebrations and will also recommend you to friends and family!!
Thanks again!
We recently used Grouper for an NHS Charity Ball after a local recommendation. From beginning to end they were consummate professionals. Our booking was handled with care and attention - nothing was too much trouble to ask. On the night 150 people were simply blown away by a truly awesome performance! We would not hesitate book this group again!
I just wanted to thank the band for playing at Ellie's 21st on Saturday evening. She said it was "the best day of her life", so thanks to all the band members for providing such great music! We had lots of compliments and everyone enjoyed the whole festival theme.
Hi Grouper!
We wanted to send a note over to say thank you for being absolutely amazing on our wedding day! I’m sure I told you enough times on the night but we were both so impressed with you guys. I don’t think people stopped dancing all night which all added to the party atmosphere of the day! We thoroughly enjoyed the whole evening and were so happy with every single song you guys performed – especially our first dance, even if the groom did go a bit off piste with his dance moves!
I’ve had loads of brilliant comments from our guests asking where I found you guys, you really seemed to appeal to everyone there regardless of age or music taste. Personally, I am just waiting for the time when I can find an excuse to book you again for work or personal events!
Anyway – thanks again for being amazing and making it a wedding reception to remember!
Just wanted to write a quick note to thank the band so much for playing at our wedding in August. It was an awesome night and everyone said what a great band Grouper are, particularly the photographer who has seen a few wedding bands! We loved the revised set lists too.
All in all it was perfect. We're just sorry we didn't get to spend ALL the time on the dance floor - and apologies that everyone left during one of the sets to watch the streaker (I may have encouraged him)!
We'll be keeping your details for if we have another party or to recommend you guys!
Dear Grouper
Just wanted to say a massive thank you to you for such a fantastic night on Saturday. Everyone has said how brilliant you were (some have even asked for your contact details!). You really helped make our evening special. It was so great to see all our friends and family having such a brilliant time on the dancefloor!
Hope you enjoyed the evening too? Here's to ten years time when we book you again for our 50th!!
Dear Grouper
Thank you all for a fantastic performance at our Party in Hampshire last weekend. You more than lived up our hopes and expectations, besed on a memorable evening at our friend's wedding from a few years back. We've had so many thank you letters ourselves from all our friends who were at the party, and almost without exception they mention 'the amazing band'. I will never forget the whole dance floor bursting as you played Mr Brightside at the end of the night - a very special memory.
Your ability to capture the essence of the original recordings is remarkable.nThank you again for everything - truly outstanding in everything you did before the party, when you set up, played and then subtly packed away at the end of the night. We are already plotting how we can book you again and have also had plenty of enquiries from those who were at the party. I hope you will get further business as a result - you deserve it!
Hi
I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for Grouper’s stellar performance at our wedding last month. We’ve had nothing but rave reviews from friends and family, especially from the more senior members, who greatly enjoying bouncing around to “Sex On Fire”, even though they’re normally more comfortable with Radio 2!
We had high expectations, and you certainly exceeded them. Thank you for making our wedding day so special.
Hello Grouper
I was a guest at Ross & Sabrina’s wedding in Wraysbury a couple of weeks back and have to say you were superb. By far the best band I’ve seen in a very long time. Very tight, very professional, very approachable and very patient with the drunks! Above all, great tunes, played flawlessly. Certainly put the warm up band in their place!
I will be recommending you to anyone who cares to listen!
Regards Haydn (The warm up band!)
I wanted to let you know what a fantastic time we had at our wedding on the 10th July. Grouper were brilliant from start to finish - very professional throughout and they played non-stop crowd pleasers, with an awesome finale of Kings of Leon and the Killers. There were friends and family of all ages up and dancing all night.
Grouper is a really talented band and they made our day. I don't think our guests could believe how good they were and have been raving about them ever since.
I couldn't recommend them highly enough."
Dear Grouper.
I wanted to thank you for playing superbly at our wedding on the 8th of May. Everyone has commented on how good you were and you managed to get young and old dancing - no mean feat!
Once again many thanks and I will be recommending you to all of my friends!
Hello Grouper!
Didn’t get a chance to thank you yesterday. Your performance was OUTSTANDING and everyone is raving, as a matter of fact I couldn’t keep my wife off the dance floor while you guys were playing!
Thank you so much for making the day so great!
"Dear Grouper
Michele and I arrived back from our honeymoon last week and we both wanted to say a great big thank you for providing the entertainment and making our wedding day such a fantastic success. I can honestly say that every person I have spoken to and many of the letters we have received have singled out Grouper for special praise, including our friends, our parents' friends and our grandparents.
We can only agree with them that you put on a fantastic performance, but would like also like to say that you were friendly, helpful and easy to chat to during our initial conversations and accommodated all our requests on the night. We both had extremely high expectations for the quality of Grouper's performance, and I am very glad to say you not only met but exceeded these.
But I think it was a friend's comment that summed up why I would wholeheartedly recommend the band to anyone looking for something a little bit different from the usual wedding entertainment: they said 'it felt like we had a bunch a mates playing for us.' To which I would add: mates that played our favourite tunes! Please thank all the band on our behalf, especially your singer, for rescuing me during Mr. Brightside!
We wish you all the very best and many thanks again.
Words cannot express how amazing you were at our wedding on Saturday! We had the most brilliant time! The quality of your music was outstanding, and you really do know how to get the party going.
EVERYONE kept asking us who you were and how we found you.
We've passed your details on to a few people as you know. You are also a pleasure to deal with and your professionalism before and on the night was really appreciated.
All the best and we hope to see you again sometime."
"Grouper came and played at my daughter's wedding on the 22nd December at Allerton Castle
in North Yorks. Everyone, including a number of musicians, thought the band was brilliant.
I think it must have been obvious from the number of people who were dancing how well you
all went down with the guests.
The staff at the castle said that you were the most professional musicians that they had worked with.
Please pass my thanks to the rest of the band."
"I just wanted to let you know how fantastic Grouper were at our wedding on 9th July.
They were so good I don't think I got off the dance floor the whole evening and can hardly
remember speaking to anyone!
They did a great set and all our guests have been telling Alastair and I how brilliant they thought
they were too. They really made our party the best do it could possibly be."
GROUPER come with a PA system suitable for up to 300 guests. Basic stage lighting is also provided as part of the service. For larger events, GROUPER have arrangements with a number of excellent PA companies who will supply the necessary equipment for an additional charge. This can often work well for corporate events, as the band can normally secure a very competitive deal due to their ongoing relationship with these companies.
All the band’s electrical equipment is PAT tested. The band also has £10,000,000 Public Liability insurance through the Musicians Union.
The minimum performance area required for the band is 7m x 4m (23ft x 13ft) with at least 4 x 240v plug sockets nearby. Power requirements may differ at larger events using hired production.
The band takes between 60- 90 minutes to set up depending on ease of access to the performance area.
To provide accurate costing, the band needs to know as much as possible about your entertainment requirements. Various things can affect the cost of hiring the band, including the size and location of the venue, the arrival time to set-up, the length of time you would like GROUPER to play and the finish time. The band will travel all over the UK and Internationally, but will charge an additional fee depending on the distance to the venue from London. The extra fee is to cover things like additional travel time, fuel costs and overnight hotel accommodation, if required, on events more than 250 miles from London. Please use the enquiry form to tell the band about your planned event.
A small deposit of approximately 15% will be required to secure the booking. A contract will also be issued outlining the agreed terms of the event. The balance payment will be due in the week prior to the event date.
The band will listen to you if you ask them to adjust the volume! GROUPER have played at many events of differing sizes, and can tailor the volume to the dimensions and acoustics of the room as well as the number of people in the audience.