999 (band)

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999
999 (2013)
999 (2013)
General information
origin London , England
Genre (s) punk
founding 1976
Website www.nineninenine.net
Current occupation
Nick Cash (Keith Lucas)
Vocals, guitar
 Guy Days (Gene Carsons)
Arturo Bassick
Pablo Labritian (Paul Buck)
former members
bass
 Jon Watson
bass
 Danny Palmer

999 is a musical group from Great Britain that was founded in 1976 and is one of the veterans of punk music . She has remained true to this style to this day.

history

Guitarists Nick Cash, formerly with Kilburn and the High Roads , and Guy Days knew each other from school. In 1976 they found bassist Jon Watson and drummer Pablo LaBritain through an advertisement in Melody Maker , with whom they formed a punk band. At first they changed the name for the band several times. They called themselves “The Dials”, “Fanatics” and “48 Hours” until they finally gave themselves the name “999”. In the beginning, they rarely got the opportunity to perform in public, especially since all band members were still working. It was not until the spring of 1977, when the Albion agency took care of them, that they got the opportunity to perform in well-known London clubs. They played in "Nashville", "Red Cow", "Hope & Anchor", Roxy Club and "Southall". In mid-1977 they released the single I'm Alive under their own label, LaBritain , which sold over 10,000 copies.

A short time later they got a record deal with United Artists . Her singles Nasty, Nasty , Emergency , Feeling Alright with the Crew , High Energy Plan , Homicide , Me and My Desire and the first albums 999 and Separates sold well. However , they lost a planned appearance in Top of the Pops with Homicide because the technicians went on strike in the week when the title was in the charts and the program was therefore canceled.

For an American tour in March 1979, the drummer Ed Case briefly jumped in for Pablo Labritian because he was injured in a car accident. Nevertheless, the tour was successful. Live recordings of it appeared in 1980 on the LP The Biggest Tour In Sport .

Since then, the band has toured frequently through England, Scotland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan, the USA, Argentina and Brazil. Arturo Bassick, who is also employed by the Lurkers who are often on tour with 999 , now plays the bass . Otherwise nothing has changed in the original line-up. 999 continued to release numerous other studio and live albums (e.g. Live in LA 1991 in 1991 on Triple X Records ).

style

The US Touch & Go - Fanzine defined in 1979 the band's music as crossover punk and mainstream . The band offers "unpretentious, uncomplicated good-mood music" and is one of the best contemporary bands in this segment.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
999
  UK 53 03/25/1978 (1 week)
The Biggest Prize in Sports
  US 177 02/23/1980 (3 weeks)
Concrete
  US 192 06/27/1981 (2 weeks)
Singles
Homicide
  UK 40 11/25/1978 (3 weeks)
Found Out Too Late
  UK 69 October 27, 1979 (2 weeks)
Obsessed
  UK 71 05/16/1981 (1 week)
Lil Red Riding Hood
  UK 59 07/18/1981 (3 weeks)
Indian reservation
  UK 51 11/14/1981 (4 weeks)

Albums (selection)

  • 1978: 999 ( United Artists )
  • 1978: Separate
  • 1978: High Energy Plan
  • 1980: The Biggest Tour in Sport (live)
  • 1980: The Biggest Prize in Sport
  • 1981: Concrete
  • 1984: 13th Floor Madness
  • 1984: Identity Parade
  • 1985: Face to Face
  • 1986: In Case of Emergency
  • 1987: Lust, Power and Money
  • 1989: Live and Loud
  • 1990: The Cellblock Tapes
  • 1991: Live in LA 1991 (CD, Triple X Records )
  • 1993: You Us It
  • 1996: The Albion Punk Years
  • 1997: Scandal in the City
  • 1997: Live at the Nashville
  • 1997: Emergency
  • 1998: Takeover
  • 1999: Slam
  • 1999: Dancing in the Wrong Shoes
  • 2001: English Wipeout
  • 2003: Outburst
  • 2007: Death in Soho

Web links

Commons : 999 (band)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tesco Vee & Dave Stimson: Touch and Go. The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79 -'93 . 3. Edition. Bazillion Points, New York 2013, ISBN 978-0-9796163-8-9 , pp. 89 .
  2. ↑ a b UK chart discography
  3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .