THE NECTARINE No.9

Davy Henderson: Vocals/Guitar

Simon Smeeton: Guitar/Bass/Backing Vocals

Ian Holford: Drums/Percussion/Backing Vocals

The 7th of May, 1977: This is the date when everything changed forever, as the Clash’s “White Riot” tour hit Edinburgh. However, it wasn’t the Clash that connected with a bunch of teenage punks in the audience who would go on to form the fulcrum of “the sound of young Scotland”, it was Vic Godard & the Subway Sect. Their ramshackle grey-glare/treble-to-the-max guitar sound was THE major influence on Postcard Record’s “Orange Juice” & “Josef K”, and Fast Product’s “Fire Engines”. The Fire Engines leader, DAVY HENDERSON, has actively carried the torch for Vic, with Godard continuing to make his influence felt on Henderson’s work with THE NECTARINE No.9 over the past 10 years.

Formed in 1993,THE NECTARINE No.9 are led by ex-Fire Engines frontman Davy Henderson(vocals/guitar).Together with guitarists Simon Smeeton and Todd Thompson, drummer Ian Holford and bassist John Thompson they have produced some of the most ambitious pop music of recent years, from the first two albums which were released on the celebrated POSTCARD label (A Sea With Three Stars, Saint Jack), to 1998's Fried For Blue Material on CREEPING BENT, they have been consistently brilliant.

A retrospective compiler, It's Just The Way Things Are Joe, It's Just The Way Things Are, was released on Creeping Bent in 1999 and featured tracks from the first three albums (all of which are deleted).