Artist description aggressive social-political punk rock

Music Style Punk

Similar Artists Rancid, Distillers, Dead Kennedys, Filth, Grimple, Propagandi, Storm the Tower, Fifteen

Artist History in all honesty, the name nineteen doesn't mean anything. but that's not to say it means nothing. one day MAT was looking through the dictionary and saw the word "nineteen." it's definition read "the ninth number after ten." having the dry sence of humor that he did, he thought that it was funny to actually define a number. in fact he thought it was funny enough to name the band after it. so when people say "what does your band name mean?" i will always say "nothing." but in my mind, the name is really just the label that catagorizes such a wonderful thing in my life. the earliest nineteen history begins when three pairs of 6 people (our parents) get together and concieved 3 of the most punk rockin children that st.charles suburbia has to offer. legend has it that MAT was actually born with his green mohawk. and you thought you were punk! MAT and STEPHEN met in 6th grade math class where they realized their shared love for corporate radio's greatest gift to grunge, nirvana. yeah, you know you all have that swimming baby chasing a dollar bill stored somewhere in your old CD case. so the two got together and jammed some radio tunes together on their yamaha and krammer superstrats, and became best friends. i (STEPHEN) remember MAT'S (MAT) early ability to write a really good pop-style rock song. even as young as 12 he had the whole catchy verse/chorus/verse song structure down real well. no doubt that that has contributed to NINETEEN'S similar manner and degree of catchiness amongst our songs. the two of us actually recorded some songs with the highest quality "Voice Automated Recorder" radio shack had to offer. we called it "Operation Bone Norman." the only reason i'm even mentioning this is because this was all before we had any notion of what "punk" was. but the songs on that one tape all reflect more or less the same views that we have now, but on a much more youthful and innocent level. and looking back, i give a lot of credit to who we were when we were so young. well some years later, TIM came crahing into our lives with 6 foot 6 inches of rock. we all knew he was definitely "cool" by his huge hot topic t-shirts and jnco's. i didn't really take too well to him at first, but MAT sure did. the two got together and started a band, leaving me in the dust with all the other rap-metal kids. i can't blame MAT for it though. i mean, TIM played drums, an unheard of notion among aspirering 13 year old rock stars. those two developed NINETEEN'S style in TIM'S basement surrounded by a slu of foo-fighters and bush posters. yeah, they were cool. they played music together with a few other odd bassist for a good year, growing in popularity among the middle-school scene. by the time they played their first show, they had officially named the band NINETEEN and were playing what i guess you could consider punk. just imagine the last 15 songs on our album played much much slower, and sloppier. they actually recorded a 3 song demo in january of 99'. it contained a really skaED-out version of "all i do" and "here to stay." there was another song on there that we eventually dropped and used the guitar riff for "no more girl songs." about 10 people have and will ever hear that album. i was their biggest fan. after two house parties, their bassist quit, and i came to the rescue. i happened to own a bass and amp that my mommy bought me for baby jesus's birthday. hey, that's one thing that christianity had to offer us! we shortly realized that the 3 of us were goiong to be the final line-up of the band for the rest of our lives. we were best friends already and we all shared an increasingly extreme vegetarian lifestyle. yeah, life was good. after a bunch of summer house parties, we played our first real show with THE PERVERTS at the old CENTO SOCIALE (formerly the TIN CEILING, currently abandoned...). man were we in for a wake up call. gaining punk points among all the older scenesters at the age of 14 was not easy. we got all kinds of shit for being young. just goes to show, if you want to be accepted for who you are, DON'T JOIN THE PUNK SCENE! the early reality of the scene can be a discouraging thing for neo-revolutionary suburbanite youngsters. not that we don't understand why we were so disliked. face it, we do come from well off homes and as circumstance provides it, we are all white, hetero, suburban males. it's hard to take something like that seriously as "punk." but over time, we realized (and i guess everyone else did) that you don't have to swallow every classist lie that your parents tell you, and we've become more accepted for who we are. we still know how to care, and we strive to great lengths to make the punk atmosphere more tolerable for up and comming bands. so here we are, 17 years old,"suburban young with angst!" we've seen what life has to offer and we say "punk it!" we won't stop until the socks have been rocked off every boy and girl in st. louis...then the WORLD! we are taking our aggressive anit-EVERYTHING attitude to the next level with a new album and a huge base of screaming fans and friends. watch out mainstream america...daddy's got a new pair of chucks! - stephen

Group Members Mat, Tim, and Stephen.

Albums Tearing Me Apart!

Press Reviews MAXIMUMROCKNROLL #223: NINETEEN - "Tearing Me Apart" CD "Raw and punk as fuck Midwestern hardcore, with FILTH-esque vocals and just enough melody to keep things interesting. I'm on track nine and have yet to come across a single slow part (I made it all the way to #15 before they broke it down). NINETEEN reminds me a bit of early 90s East Bay stuff like FILTH and GRIMPLE, but much faster than either of those bands. 42 (!!) songs from three different recordings, each meant to be its own record. My short attention span would have preferred the first 16 (the "Tearing Me Apart" session) by itself, but I just need to start the disc next time at track 17 and my short attention span will be placated. A great new(ish) band, I hope they don't discover too much melody and harmony as they get older...they're doing just fine with the punk fucking rock." (WN)

Additional Info http://www.my19.com/

Location St. Louis, MO - USA

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