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{{Short description|English musical and poetry group}}
{{About|the English band|the fairy tales|Grimms' Fairy Tales}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name                = GRIMMS
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| caption            = GRIMMS live at the Reading University in late 1973.
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| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = England
| genre               = [[Pop rock]], [[poetry]]
| years_active        = 1972–1976
| label               = [[Island Records|Island]], [[DJM Records|DJM]]
| spinoff_of          = [[The Scaffold]]<br/>[[Bonzo Dog Band]]<br/>[[Liverpool poets|Liverpool Scene]]
| past_members        = [[John Gorman (musician)|John Gorman]]<br/>[[Andy Roberts (musician)|Andy Roberts]]<br/>[[Neil Innes]]<br/>[[Mike McCartney|Mike McGear]]<br/>[[Roger McGough]]<br/>[[Vivian Stanshall]]<br/>[[Adrian Henri]]<br/>[[Brian Patten]]<br/>[[Zoot Money|George "Zoot" Money]]<br/>Michael Giles<br/>John Megginson<br/>David Richards<br/>[[Ollie Halsall|Peter "Ollie" Halsall]]<br>[[John Halsey (musician)|John Halsey]]<br/>[[Gerry Conway (musician)|Gerry Conway]]<br/>Timmy Donald
}}

'''GRIMMS''' were an English [[pop rock]], comedy, and poetry group, originally formed as a merger of [[The Scaffold]] with two members of the [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]] and the [[Liverpool poets|Liverpool Scene]] for two concerts in 1971 at the suggestion of John Gorman.

The band's name is an acronym, formed from the initial letters of each original member's surname:
*[[John Gorman (musician)|Gorman, John]] (The Scaffold) – vocals
*[[Andy Roberts (musician)|Roberts, Andy]] (Liverpool Scene and The Scaffold) – vocals, guitar
*[[Neil Innes|Innes, Neil]] (Bonzo Dog Band) – vocals, keyboards, guitar
*[[Mike McCartney|McGear, Mike]] (The Scaffold) – vocals, percussion
*[[Roger McGough|McGough, Roger]] (The Scaffold) – vocals, spoken poetry
*[[Vivian Stanshall|Stanshall, Vivian]] (Bonzo Dog Band) – vocals, percussion, brass instruments.