{"id":5,"date":"2026-10-17T21:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridwerkthemes.com\/backline-static\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:45:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gridwerkthemes.com\/backline-static\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull backline-page-head has-on-stage-color has-text-color\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);min-height:72vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"800\" width=\"1200\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gridwerkthemes.com\/backline-static\/wp-content\/themes\/backline\/assets\/images\/gear.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient has-stage-fade-gradient-background\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-0e81f1b2 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-display-font-size\">About<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7f3307cc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\">Three friends from Leeds who met in a rehearsal room with one working amp. Two albums later, we still share it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d10e0125 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-67dc6136 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/gridwerkthemes.com\/backline-static\/wp-content\/themes\/backline\/assets\/images\/band-live.webp\" alt=\"The band in silhouette on a smoky stage, a guitarist stepping up onto the monitor\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-9ff6af70 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three people, one van<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started in a pub cellar in 2016 and never really left the road. The songs are short, the sets are long and the amps stay loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two albums in, we still book half the shows ourselves. If you run a room that holds two hundred people, we want to play it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:press@example.com\">Email the press office<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-017c2bae wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The band<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6674a1c4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--rule);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex 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