Nine Days
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Nine Days

Nine Days formed in Los Angeles in 1994 with John Hampson on vocals and guitar, Jered Sorkin on guitar, Jeremy Dean on bass, and Brian Despain on drums. They...

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Nine Days and the story of a girl

A Los Angeles band that turned one big single into a catalog of melodic rock songs.

If you only know the single, try "If I Am" next. It's from the same album and has that same earnest, melodic feel.

For a lot of people, Nine Days is just "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)." That song was everywhere in 1999. But they kept making records after that, and songs like "If I Am" and "17 And 33" show they had more to say in that same direct, guitar-driven style.

They formed in LA in 1994 and signed with 550 Music five years later. Their self-titled debut in 1999 had the hit, and they followed it with albums like The Madding Crowd in 2002. They were still writing songs like "257 Weeks" into the mid-2000s.

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Nine Days formed in Los Angeles in 1994 with John Hampson on vocals and guitar, Jered Sorkin on guitar, Jeremy Dean on bass, and Brian Despain on drums. They signed with 550 Music in 1999 and released their self-titled debut album that same year. The album included "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)," which became their breakout single.

That song, along with tracks like "If I Am" and "May I," helped define their sound. Their music often dealt with personal themes, and they followed up with albums like The Madding Crowd in 2002 and Freedom, Revolution, Love, Truth in 2005.

While "Absolutely" brought them attention, they kept writing and recording through the early 2000s. Songs like "17 And 33" and "257 Weeks" continued in that vein of straightforward, melodic rock.

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