"These boys have beautiful music down to a tee. And yes, its indie. And yes, there are probably other bands out there doing the same sort of thing. But Theyre certainly not doing it as well as this." (Right Here Right Now zine)
High to the north of Manchester lies Saddleworth, nestled in the foothills
of the Pennines in the borderlands of Lancashire and Yorkshire, its name
sadly forever tarred with the memory of the Moors Murders. As fashionable
locations go you’d have to concede that there are many better, but pride
extends beyond shallow fashion, and melodic indie-rock trio The 99s have
sidestepped the easy route of lumping themselves in as another Manchester
band and instead are proud to proclaim their Saddleworth origins.
The three 99ers developed their musical identity through time together at
school, and grew into a band when bassist James Loughlin and drummer Adam
Quigley recruited singer and guitarist Johnny West from seeing him at his
stints in the local folk clubs. On a practical level there were three seats
in Adam’s van. Fate decreed that the line-up was complete.
The two years since have seen appearances on Clint Boon’s XFM show and the
prestigious In The City festival which, added to heavy local gigging, has
established the trio as a live song-writing force. Their unassuming but
potent melodic rock has grown in confidence and stature, mining their own
musical borderlands of pop, folk and rock, drawing inspiration as much from
the folk and brass bands of their hometowns as it does from The Beatles.
Their sunny, Byrds-like melodies take you far from any notions of grim
Northern mills and moorland.
“We want to put where we come from back on the map for the right reason,”
says West. “The music we write reflects our area. We write songs on top of
hills.”
My Dear The 99s, I want you to know that your music and your songs are my passion. I am addicted. There is something that pulls me towards them. Keep it up The 99s. Jane PS:Follow Me Twitter at http://twitter.com/iaent
Awww, James, Im not here that often, or to be honest Ive been neglecting the internet for a while, just had enough of this 21st century nonsense..haha, no,just work getting on top of me so I was on offon off sick, boooooooo. And yep, i did have a listen, of course!!!Nice work as ususal but you know that, dont you? Ive not seen you since january you know? ! xxx
Hey dude Thank's a million really appreciate it!!! We're after gettin a new bass player recently so hopefully we will be giggin early in the new year.....it would be deadly to gig together!!! What drums are you using now?? Sorry about the late reply!!!!!
Heloo am oki thnx how are you's?? new songs are even better thn the first wuns which i didnt think was possible haha first time ive listend to use in a while wasnt dissapointed but
Big shout out to Johnny West for letting us use The 99s fine gaff to record our demos!
Fans of The 99s should check out the results par excellence on our Myspace. Our live sets are an explosive combination of elements of indie, rock, organic drum and bass, blues, pulsating breakbeat rhythms, jazz and rumba.
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first time ive listend to use in a while wasnt dissapointed but 
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