Tech 9

This is the story of four guys growing up in the same neighbourhood, coming from the same background, who went to the same school, played for the same football club and who shared a love for punk rock-music. Going to shows in the late seventies and early eighties, they decided to form a band of their own. When they started out in 1982 they had no musical experience, no equipment, no money and no clue what they were getting into. Eventually they got the ball rolling and they started rehearsing. At first it wasn't pretty but they were having a lot of fun on stage, so they recorded some demo-tapes. By that time the Punk Rock-scene was declining but true survivors as they were, they hung in there, and they were happy to do shows opening for great Punk bands who came to play in Holland.

In the early nineties Hardcore-Punk was becoming more and more popular and the guys were surprised when they were invited to record an album. By that time they had changed the band name to "Tech-9", and their mix of Hardcore, Oi!, and Punk Rock was displayed on their 1996 album "Scars on the Inside". Many shows followed as they were dragged along in the fast-growing European Hardcore-scene. Their Second album "Winner Takes All (1998)" opened the door to fulfilling a lifelong dream which was to play at the Dynamo Open Air-festival, by then the biggest festival in Europe. After that they appeared on several Compilations and Tribute-albums, and by the time they recorded their 2000 album "Last Line of Defense" they were a household name. Followed by "Devil in the Backseat" in 2003. Their last CD, called "Nine Lives" is released in November 2007. Be sure to check out this album and support them by coming to live-shows, sing along and have a few beers with the guys in the band.

Scars On The Inside (1996)

01 - Survival

02 - Game Called Life

03 - Lies

04 - Respect

05 - Face Up

06 - Braindead

07 - Warfare

08 - Hate Box

09 - Under The Gun

10 - Trust & Freedom

11 - At The Edge

12 - Can't Bring Me Down

Last Line Of Defense (2000)

01 - Johnny Went To War

02 - Last Line Of Defense

03 - Keep On Running

04 - Destiny

05 - What About The Children

06 - Ratrace

07 - Searching

08 - Skindeep

09 - In Your Eyes

10 - Coming Home

11 - Dead On Arrival

12 - Still Going Strong

13 - Gotta Gettaway

Devil In The Backseat (2002)

01 - Bombs Away

02 - Come On, Come On

03 - Murder In The First Degree

04 - Devil In The Backseat

05 - You Don't Wanna See

06 - I'll Never Drink Again

07 - Fifteen Minutes Of Fame

08 - Point Your Finger

09 - Detroit Angel

10 - Drop The Hammer

11 - I Wanna Live

12 - Didn't See It Coming

13 - Faces In The Crowd

Winner Takes All (2005)

01 - Intro/Winner Takes All

02 - No Compromise

03 - Land Of Scandals

04 - Take Out The Trash

05 - Big Time Loser

06 - Oi! Oi! Oi!

07 - Timmy's Song

08 - So Called Friends

09 - Welcome To My World

10 - Don't You Judge Me

11 - Parasite Of Society

12 - We Will Remember You

Nine Lives (2007)

01 - To Live Is To Die

02 - The Enemy

03 - Nine Lives

04 - World On Fire

05 - Carry On

06 - Dogs Of War

07 - Can't You See

08 - Nine Needle Injection

09 - Jump The Fast Train

10 - The Challenger

11 - Shift The Gear

12 - Show Some (Dodge) Balls

13 - Survival (Demo 1982)

14 - Call Me (Blondie, 1980)

15 - Standed (The Saints, 1976)

16 - Caught With The Meat (Dead Boys, 1977)

17 - Your Generation (Generation-X, 1977)

18 - Lobotomy Sheena Wanna Dance (Ramones, 1977)

19 - Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols, 1977)

Bite The Bullet (2012)

01 - Crazy

02 - Gotta Do It

03 - Payback

04 - Is This The Way

05 - Wasted

06 - Place I Call Hall

07 - Devil In Your Eyes

08 - You're Gonna Get It

09 - Another Day

10 - You Know Me

11 - Change Your Ways

12 - Somebody

13 - I Don't Care

14 - Bad Times

15 - Running Down

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