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Behind The Nine Ball was formed in late 1998 as a "band" format to encompass the solo musical output of Mike Litzinger, formerly of the northwestern PA band Yellow No. 5 (which was at that point slowly dissolving and would eventually call it quits by August 1999).
All of Behind The Nine Ball's studio output is completely written, performed, and recorded by Mike without outside assistance. However, sporadic live performances as a full band have included such members as Steve Gramley & Nathan Gramley, both formerly of Yellow No. 5 (and other bands), Jesse Lavery (formerly of The Subclavians), Bob Bazylak (formerly of Dick's Loft) and Jim Kipp (bass guru), as well as various special guests over the years.
An "album" of sorts entitled Darkest Dreams was released in late 2000, but many of the songs included were at best demo-quality both in songwriting and performance, and thankfully was not widely distributed.
A more satisfactory quality EP release which followed in 2001, entitled Fallout, is considered to be the first "official" release. It contained a few studio recordings and a track from the live band.
During March 2006, Mike peformed some solo acoustic gigs, during which time he recorded and released a solo acoustic EP under his own name titled Eleven Days, which featured some Behind The Nine Ball songs as well as a Yellow No. 5 song and a David Bowie cover.
Currently, Mike is polishing over 25 recordings that will be trimmed down into the first proper full-length album release, which is to be titled Love In Stereo and will include songs written and recorded over the last 10 years. The target release date is "sometime" 2008.
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