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The 69s

About Me


Welcome to The 69's Myspace Page!!!!
THE 69's are a 3-piece alternative rock band (though try not to be constrained to one genre!) heavly influnced by bands such as Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Verve, Nirvana, Kings of leon, Jeff Buckley, The Cure, The Pixies, The Foo Fighters.. (the list is endless!!!)
Formed in 2006, The 69's consist of Chris Ward (vocals and guitars) brother Matt Ward (drums) and Dean Leaker (bass), the 69s began giggin early 2007, playing such venues as The Shed, The Charlotte, The Roadmender to great acclaim.
The 69's have also won "AK Productions: Battle of the Demos 2007" (thank you very much to all those who voted for us!) For there first EP "Loneliness makes you sick "
The 69's have recently completed recording their new self titled "The 69's [EP]" (sept 2007)A few of our new tracks are uploaded on here for you all to download and burn,If you would like a free copy come see us live sometime.. or alternatively send us a message.. and we shall see what we can do.. (dependant on funds!lol)Theres also other tracks available to download from our website from our first recording "loneliness makes you sick..." and the rest of the new "The 69's [EP]" . AND OF COURSE THEY'RE FREE TO DOWNLOAD!! (Follow the link below to our website)
The 69's deliver dark, stark soundscapes and soulful melodic alternative rock. If you like our sound and songs be sure to let us know, and let others know ie.........
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(and anyone else you can think of!!lol)Thanks for reading!! Thanks for your support! Thanks For Your Kind Comments!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/5/2006
Band Website: the69s.com
Band Members: Chris Ward - Vocals and Guitars
Dean Leaker - Bass Guitar
Matt Ward - Drums
Influences: Joy Division, Led Zep, Oasis, Chemical Bro, Dj Shadow, Radiohead, Unkle, Verve, Artic Monkeys, The Charlatans, Gorrilaz, Jeff Buckley, Cat Stevens, Happy Mondays, New Order, Black Sabbath, Cream, The Pixies, Nirvana, RATM, The Music, The Coral, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Otis Reading, NWA, Trey Parker ..... to name but a few.. PLEASE SUPPORT THE LOCAL BANDS BELOW

Sounds Like: The influences say it all...
Record Label: Cavehand Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

2007 A YEAR IN REVIEW

Happy new year!!   I havent written anything in the blog - for a long old while, so thought it was best it i finally updated it!!!   2007 A Year In Review! Like the title?!lol I thought i'd ...
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

GENERAL UPDATE

Hi all, I havent posted much on the blog as we have been so busy lately - i dont where my heads at!!   Well..  we have done few more gigs, starting with Taking Back Mondays -@ decades in nor...
Posted by The 69s on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:43:00 PST

GENERAL UPDATE

Hi all, I havent posted much on the blog as we have been so busy lately - i dont where my heads at!!   Well..  we have done few more gigs, starting with Taking Back Mondays -@ decades in nor...
Posted by The 69s on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:44:00 PST

Blog Creation

Today we created our MySpace Blog....Yay.... Also we now have links to some band's that we gig with (click on the posters to go to their MySpace pages)
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:34:00 PST

Sawyers in Kettering

Thanks to T Mart & The Raiders for an opportunity to support them on this one. The gig was fun and we played a couple of new songs - 'Girl On Girl' & 'Blind Lemon Pie' - that went down well wi...
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:31:00 PST

The Prince Of Wales

Our First Gig - thank you very much to DJ Kenny for this one and a big thank you to Blackholes & Left Right and Centre for supporting us at this one. The gig went well even though Chris was feel a...
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:29:00 PST

BBC Radio Northampton Live Session

We played 2 live songs on the Dave Jordan show (one is available to listen to now - Its All Over )Thanks to BBC Radio Northampton & Dave Jordan for their support and making this possible......
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:28:00 PST

CD's here - for you to download or listen to streaming!!!

As you will have noticed our first gig has been booked- At the Prince in kett on 24 FEB, it would be v.nice to see some of you there- so put it in your diary!!! I supose we shall soon put some picture...
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:26:00 PST

UPTATE MUSIC TRACKS FOR UPCOMING [EP] LONLINESSS MAKES YOU SICK HAVE BEEN COMPLETED!!!!!

5 Tracks have been recorded including - "walk away", "the fight", "mind mash", "pump it", "funk me" All thats left to do is add the vocals, mix and produce. ROLL ON CHRISTMASS EVE!!!!!
Posted by The 69s on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:25:00 PST