Gold Coast band Nine Sons of Dan has catapulted onto the airwaves full of rocking energy.
Currently on radio rotations throughout Australia and the US, these guys have well and truly arrived as a band.
Beating out over 300 entrants, NSOD were selected as the New Artist winners by a panel of leading music and program directors of commercial radio stations to back up the Hot Tomato’s Uncovered competition win in 2010 and a rocking debut on the Big Day Out festival line-up.
The band went on to support US rockers Good Charlotte, perform at the 2011 Australian Commercial Radio Awards held on the Gold Coast and achieve the number one position on the AIR Radio Charts.
“We knew we had good music that was catchy and that we really enjoyed. But to get the nod from all the head people in commercial radio was a real honour for our band. People are starting to understand who we are,” says vocalist and front man Jay Bainbridge from Loose Stones Studios where his band currently works on the follow-up release to their successful debut.
Working together on a university recording project has evolved into a successfully touring band consisting of Jay Bainbridge (Vocals), Daniel Cox (Lead Guitar/Vocals), Alex Pundyk (Rhythm Guitar/Vocals) and Morgan ‘Flakey’ Blake (Drums).
With the addition of bassist Wil Edgar in late 2010, frontman Bainbridge frees his ability to interact with the audience to convey his lyrics. The Californian-born singer moved to Australia at the age of 13, eluding his fate of becoming another typical “OC kid”. Upon finding his musical brothers in a new environment, a motivated group began creating their own destiny.
NSOD’s debut Landslide even made waves in the music scene overseas. It was added to the rotation of 140 radio stations in the USA, reaching the Top 30 Most Played charts at 12 stations, six of which charted the record in the Top 10. In the first week alone, Landslide received a prestigious CMJ Add from WNSU in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
It’s onstage where NSOD are truly at home. The young sons humbly began independently booking shows up and down the east coast, developing a strong live presence that landed them in front of crowds in excess of 20,000. Thriving on living the dream, NSOD have had a massive start to the year, joining the Rock the Schools tour from April to June, supporting The Darkness and Simple Plan as well as supporting Yellowcard in September.
“When you start to get a name for yourself, people try to drag you down a lot,” the singer said. “A lot of the lyrics are about the struggle of trying to just do what you are passionate about. I want people to know how ridiculously exciting it is for us five guys to be touring around to play for them.”
Nine Sons of Dan are set to appear in Port Macquarie at the Port Macquarie Hotel on July 12.
