Page 69 - ION Indie Magazine MayJune 2023
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A Band’s Baby Steps…
Simon Griffen and Simon Palo gifted ION Indie Music Magazine with time from
their slammed schedule for a conversation to discuss the band’s origin, journey,
and future.
Blue Rain Boots front man and first member, Simon Griffen, has been playing
music and experimenting with writing his own songs and instrumentals for
almost a decade before he would find companions to share the journey.
“The first song released, ‘Good Old Days,’ was originally done by myself and I
was playing drums, guitar, and singing, with my dad playing bass,” chuckled
Griffen. “It wasn’t until after ‘Good Old Days’ released that it became more of a
collaborative project, rather than just me doing the instrumentation.”
Griffen brought on a high school friend, Simon Palo, to play bass on a few songs,
and was soon asked to stay on what was at the time, an unofficial band.
“He played bass on ‘Oh My God You Are Fine,’ and that was when I asked him
if he wanted to be part of a band,” revealed Griffen.
Around this same time in 2018, Griffen began to upload some of their newly
recorded music to streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, and they
noticed they had yet to land on a band name.
Palo pitched the name Blue Rain Boots for the band once back in 2018 when
they first came together as a band and needed an official name for their
Instagram account. The name was quickly shot down by the rest of the members
but used as a placeholder for the time being, and they moved on with their days
and lives.
When the band came back together and had the same question, Palo pitched
the name again, and this time, the members gave in, stating they hadn’t thought
of anything better.
They brought on a few other people to cover guitar and drums, but finally landed
a solid crew with Simon Griffen as the lead vocalist and guitarist, Simon Palo on
bass, Carter Sears on guitar, and Brecon Hunter on drums.
Gone were the days of Griffen and his father balancing the instrumentals on
their own.
