In 2004, music journalist John Doran coined the term "grindie" as a joke. It was later adopted by grime producer Statik and the
NME. The genre initially received some criticisms by grime fans who perceived it to be a fad created by magazines, rather than a fully fledged scene.
Akira the Don, who signed to
Interscope Records in 2004, released multiple mixtapes sampling rock and indie artists, including the "Third Hand Wire Riffs" mixtape featuring
Elastica,
Big Narstie,
Lethal Bizzle,
Martin Carr of
the Boo Radleys and others. Jack Nimble and Marvin the Martian / Marv the Marsh have been credited for creating the first grindie song, "Stay Off the Kane", released in 2005. The song was a remix of
Art Brut's song "Emily Kane". Art Brut later invited Why Lout?, the group Marvin and Jack Nimble were members of, to be the opening act for them at Koko. In 2006, the group released
Hoods & Badges EP on the Universal Digital record label.
Akira the Don produced tracks for grime star
Big Narstie's "What's the Story Brixton Glory" mixtape that sampled
Oasis and
Arctic Monkeys, that was later cited as an influence by
Ed Sheeran. Grime artist
Lethal Bizzle became a prominent artist in the subgenre, releasing multiple top 40 hits produced by
Akira the Don that sampled
the Clash,
the Breeders and
Sham 69, also collaborating with Statik,
the Rakes,
Babyshambles,
Bloc Party, and
Test Icicles. Lethal Bizzle was at the time struggling due to clubs banning him from performing. Grindie allowed Lethal Bizzle to find a new, indie, audience and platform.
Charli XCX was dubbed the "Grindie Princess" during her early career.
Hadouken! was also associated with the scene. ==References==