999 - Death In Soho
Original Release Date
2007
Release Information
UK CD 2007 (Overground - OVER 119 VP CD)
1 Gimme The World 2:22
2 The System 3:02
3 Innocent 4:08
4 Last Breath 3:18
5 99 Days 2:31
6 Rock 'N Roll World 2:30
7 Get Off The Phone 3:04
8 Horror Story 2:11
9 Stealing Beauty 2:12
10 What Do You Know 2:18
11 Deep Peace 2:37
12 Too Much Money 2:39
13 Life Of Crime 2:22
14 The Avenue 3:10
15 Bomb You 2:07
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Czech Republic LP 2008 (Papagájův Hlasatel - PH 083)
A1 Gimme The World
A2 The System
A3 Innocent
A4 Last Breath
A5 99 Days
A6 Rock 'N Roll World
A7 Get Off The Phone
A8 Horror Story
B1 Stealing Beauty
B2 What Do You Know
B3 Deep Peace
B4 Too Much Money
B5 Life Of Crime
B6 The Avenue
B7 Bomb You
Chart Placings
NoneCredits
Nick Cash - vocals, guitar
Guy Days - guitar, vocals
Pablo Labritain - drums , vocals
Arturo Bassick - bass, vocals
Recorded at Perry Vale Studios, July 2007
Engineered by Pat Collier
Reviews & Opinions
PENNY BLACK MUSIC: 999 may not be doing anything very much very new or which they haven't done before, but, rather like going back to your old school many years on, and finding several of your old teachers still there, there is something very comforting about ‘Death in Soho’ in its routine and familiarity.
SHANE BALDWIN, RECORD COLLECTOR, DEC. 2007: There can’t be many 1976 UK punk bands extant that have never split and still boast three original members; in fact, only The Stranglers spring to mind. Singer/guitarist Nick Cash, guitarist Guy Days and drummer Pablo Labritain have been aided by the bass-playing talents of Lurker Arturo Bassick for so long now that he’s hardly a new boy, and that familiarity and cohesion can only have helped on this, the band’s first new album in nine years. Engineered by former Vibrators bassist Pat Collier at Perry Vale Studios, Death In Soho does a quite impressive job of capturing the long-established 999 sound: chugging, clipped riffs, solid drumming, and Cash’s trademark shrill vocals. To be honest, as far as material goes there’s not much here that the band couldn't have come up with 30 years ago, but the production is excellent, the delivery punchy as all hell, and there are no signs here of a bunch of old school punks just going through the motions.
ROBERT COLLINS, CLASSIC ROCK, NOV 2007: For all its roguish pugnacity, Death In Soho is a dreadful record. Somehow sidestepping the centuries of musical experience, 999 come over like a bunch of secondary school pupils making their first forays into punk rock, tracks with puny vocals, hopelessly predictable lyrics, and the few guitar lines with potential obscured by songwriting.
