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In essence YnoT was not formed or created it was born, brought into the world kicking and screaming in the year 1971.

YnoT is the one man band that hails from Herne Bay in the United Kingdom, if there was one genre to describe this band it wouldn’t or doesn’t exist yet. Some say punk, some say rock, but whatever it is every influence that has ever affected YnoT musically or personally has been crammed in to create a distinctive and very unique style and sound.
And the one man behind this big noise is the shy yet charismatic Tony Healy a singer songwriter and musician of more than 20 years. Tony always saw himself as a songwriter having started to pen his thoughts at the age of sixteen accumulating an impressive catalog of work by the time he was twenty. But the lure of rock n roll was never far behind and the thought of turning his lyrics into real live pieces of work was beginning to take a hold, the virtually self taught guitarist and bassist was now gripped by rock n roll.
During the 90’s Tony played and gigged with many great local musicians including Northolt bassist Ryan Trotman (SlackPlanet) & drummer Ian Atherton (Spike Tongue), performing under names such as Raw Jelly and TaT. But by 2005 Tony decided to lay down roots and go it alone throwing the name YnoT into the rock n roll ring.
The CD ‘Tony Healy’ came screaming out of the speakers in 2005, though not credited to YnoT this was in theory the begging, this was YnoT. Not the best recording by any means but it showcased everything YnoT was about, catchy hooks and even catchier lyrics, as reviews showed on the brilliant tune ‘You Wanted Happy’ … Intro delivers a bloody, punkish punch in the gut,  Crunchy, punky intro, riffs kind of reminiscent of the Buzzcocks, This band comes off as sort of a psychedelic Sex Pistols. powerful intro, then its a punk vocal with an infectious melody behind it. The good vibe YnoT was receiving for this album prompted them to send the best tracks to various small record companies and by mid 2005 they had signed a deal with Chromium records.
The song you wanted happy soon appeared on the Chromium compilation album ‘The future of music’ followed by a single release ‘take my rose’. The Chromium project was short lived as it turned out to be one big scam. Never to be held back YnoT soon released the EP ‘4 You’, again it wasn’t the best recording and featured three original tracks and for the first time YnoT put their own unique take on two cover versions.
After the release of ‘4 You’ YnoT continued to record new songs which culminated in the release of ‘Sexland’ in 2006, an altogether more stylish and polished sound YnoT where finally starting to find their feet. This is so retro I feel this may have been recorded 20 plus years ago. It reminds me of T-Rex meets the New York Dolls very early glam rock. felt like a My Sharona intro.. kind of an Iggy pop feel meets the cars or something.. with a bit of country blues guitar in there.. very interesting, unique.  This has a very rock touch like it seems like the musicians are into 70s rock bands like the stones, maybe also a little doors in it because of the way the singer sings. kinda rockabilly gutter style.
YnoT where back again, but the best was yet to come. As ever YnoT never sat back too long and in 2007 the EP ‘Life’ came crashing into our lives. A brilliant collection of songs more rounded and polished music wise than previous releases, we where now starting to hear the real YnoT.