{"id":87,"date":"2017-08-22T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T18:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shutupanddance.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:48:46","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shutupanddance.co.uk\/wp\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-87\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-87-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-87-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\"><\/div><div id=\"pgc-87-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\"><div id=\"panel-87-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"n2-has-copy n2-code n2-ss-slider-shortcode-id\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-87-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-87-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-87-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-87-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shut Up and Dance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The <strong>Group<\/strong>, The <strong>Productions,<\/strong> The <strong>Record Label<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Started back in 1989 by good friends Smiley &amp; PJ, this duo would go on to establish one of the most successful underground independently run record labels of that era, responsible for creating a whole new sound which the UK had NEVER heard before. Fusing so many genres of music into a style that was totally original.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But let\u2019s back track....<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutupanddance.co.uk\/wp\/biography\/#more-87\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shut Up and Dance The Group, The Productions, The Record Label Started back in 1989 by good friends Smiley &amp; PJ, this duo would go on to establish one of the most successful underground independently run record labels of that era, responsible for creating a whole new sound which the UK had NEVER heard before. 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