Artist description Nineteen cultivates silence in their songs, the instruments breathe, the timbres of the vocals compliment the sonic landscape, the lyrics range from delicate, sorrowful love songs to sexy tone-poems. The band borrows from the dramatics of 70's stadium rock, with vibrant visual performances and the construction of an alliance of intensity between the players that causes the audience to feel like voyeurs. Their influences range from ACoDC to Lou Reed to Prince to Jane's Addiction. Lyrically, Hendrik may ponder the moon as a symbol of femininity ("Moon Song") or just pound out some rage: "I'm nursing off chaos, Baby - my stomach's long and lean, my ego's my enemy, luscious, cruel and mean." ("Chaos, Baby")

Music Style dark.sexy.pop.

Musical Influences 70's Stadium Rock, Brit Pop, Psychedelica

Similar Artists Velvet Underground, Morphine, Iggy Pop, AC-DC, Peter Gabriel, Jane's Adddiction

Artist History Like magic, nineteen formed in August of '97. The long-standing friendship shared between Hendrik, Colin and Chris inevitably led to the birth of the project and, after gaining momentum, the band released their debut CD, A Cradle for Your Soul, this January. You can hear the band at clubs like the TT the Bear's Place, Coney Island High, the Linwood Grill, the Elvis Room, and the Kirkland, performing with bands like Brit Pop band, the Candyskins. Nineteen will tour to the Midwest in April 1999.

Group Members Hendrik XIX - voice, bass. Chris Mascara - guitars, voice. Colin - drums, voice.

Instruments voice, bass, guitar, drums

Albums A Cradle for Your Soul

Press Reviews "The lyrics are sensuous and surreal, sometimes using imagery from Greek mythology, other times playing on the abstract and the carnal…Every syllable is present as Gideonse attacks rich onomatopoetic phrases like: 'Slip, slither, drag and listen/slice, sliver, kiss and cower.'" -The Boston Sunday Globe. "A smart and often brooding effort, the CD leaves enough air around the instruments to let the trio's craft, dynamics and intimate lyrics shine." -Boston Herald. "The Medford-based band creates slow, poetic music that meanders like a horny couple unable to get out of bed on a Sunday morning. The sparse instrumentation lets the words shine as the true stars." -Bay Windows.

Location Boston, MA - USA

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