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Nine Days

{{Short description|American rock band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Nine Days

| background = group_or_band

| image =

| associated_acts = Brad Paisley, Hardy, Goo Goo Dolls

| origin = Long Island, New York, U.S.

| genre = Alternative rock, pop rock

| years_active = 1994–present

| website = {{URL|ninedaysband.com}}

| current_members = John Hampson
Brian Desveaux
Jeremy Dean
Nick Dimichino
John Miceli

}}

Nine Days (stylized as ninedays) is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. It was formed in the hamlet of St. James, Suffolk County, New York in 1994 by John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, and released three independent albums in the 1990s before their mainstream debut album, The Madding Crowd, released in 2000. The band scored a hit in the United States from the album The Madding Crowd, with the single "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)".

History

Prior to creating the group, John Hampson and Brian Desveaux played in a heavy metal band, and were also members of a cover band with drummer Vincent Tattanelli called Wonderama. In 1993, the duo took time off from those bands and began writing more poppy songs, with a focus on strong songwriting: "If the song didn't work on acoustic guitar, then it wasn't a good song," said Desveaux.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/14/nyregion/dues-paid-rock-band-is-climbing-charts.html|title=Dues Paid, Rock Band Is Climbing Charts|date=May 14, 2000|author=Robbie Woliver|work=The New York Times |access-date=April 30, 2017}} The band's influences were Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. They joined with bassist Nick Dimichino and recorded eight songs with a studio drummer. Tattanelli joined the new project and the band gained Jeremy Dean as keyboardist. They recorded their debut album, Something to Listen To (1995) in nine days, which they used as their band name. The group, from St. James, began playing weekly at the Village Pub, which was regularly frequented by Midshipman from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, in Port Jefferson, New York.{{Cite web |title=Nine Days releases lost album, 'So Happily Unsatisfied,' after 15 years |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/nine-days-second-album-h43600 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=Newsday |date=January 3, 2018 |language=en}} They released their second album Monday Songs in 1996, and won several local radio contests.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1121761/nine-days-absolutely-surprised-by-success/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802011121/http://www.mtv.com/news/1121761/nine-days-absolutely-surprised-by-success/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2017|title=Nine Days 'Absolutely' Surprised By Success|date=July 5, 2000|author=Mark Woodlief|publisher=MTV News |access-date=April 29, 2017}}

After recording their third effort, 1998's Three, the band contacted producer Pat Thrall to create a four-song demo to circulate among record labels. The process was exhausting for the musicians, according to Desveaux, who estimated that they performed at showcases for each major record label and were "passed up twice by each."{{cite web|url=http://reviews.modernrock.com/79 |title=Nine Days Interview with Brian Desveaux of Nine Days: How They Escaped a Musical Deathtrap |publisher=ModernRock.com |access-date=April 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010305204255/http://reviews.modernrock.com/79|archive-date=March 5, 2001|author=Chris Celauro}} They more frequently began performing in New York City and continued to write, with Hampson adopting an edgier songwriting style. He wrote the song "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)", and the band recorded a three-song demo to once again shop around to labels. They were signed by 550 Music (then known as Sony 550 Music) in February 1999, and began working on their major-label debut album with producer Nick DiDia. The Madding Crowd was released in May 2000, and was the band's highest-selling album, shipping over 500,000 copies in the US. "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" became a radio hit single, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US and within the top ten in Canada and New Zealand.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Nine Days|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Nine Days – Chart History|access-date=April 30, 2017|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media}} "If I Am" was the album's second single, but performed poorer than its predecessor.

So Happily Unsatisfied, the band's follow-up and fifth album, saw a limited promotional release in November 2002 but did not see a full commercial release until 2006. The release date was repeatedly delayed by 550 Music until the band was ultimately dropped. In the interim, the album had leaked onto the internet. In 2003, the band recorded and self-released their sixth effort, Flying the Corporate Jet. Their next release was an extended play, Slow Motion Life (Part One) (2007). Slow Motion Life (Part Two), released in 2013 (the incomplete demos), was intended to comprise the two as a full album. That year, the band released their seventh main album, Something Out Of Nothing, following it up with Snapshots in 2016.

In February 2024, the band appeared in a television ad for Travel South Dakota (a division of the South Dakota Department of Tourism) performing a rewritten version of "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" titled "Absolutely (Story of a State)." The ad debuted in South Dakota and neighboring states during the Super Bowl.{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2024 |title= Travel South Dakota puts throwback twist on first Super Bowl ad |url= https://www.siouxfalls.business/travel-south-dakota-puts-throwback-twist-on-first-super-bowl-ad/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |website=SiouxFalls.Business |language=en}}

Outside of music, Hampson is currently an English teacher in Wantagh, New York.{{Cite web |date=August 21, 2012 |title=Wantagh English Teacher to Release Third Solo Album |url=https://patch.com/new-york/wantagh/wantagh-english-teacher-to-release-third-solo-album |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=Wantagh-Seaford, NY Patch |language=en}} He wrote and recorded alternate versions of "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" for the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once.{{cite news |last1=Puchko |first1=Kristy |title=How a one-hit wonder became absolutely crucial to 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' |url=https://mashable.com/article/daniels-story-of-a-girl-everything-everywhere-all-at-once |access-date=March 2, 2024 |work=Mashable |date=April 6, 2022 |language=en}}

Members

  • John Hampson – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Brian Desveaux – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeremy Dean – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Nick Dimichino – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • John Miceli – drums, percussion

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details

! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications

style="font-size:smaller;"

! style="width:45px;"| US

scope="row"| Something to Listen To

|

  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Dirty Poet
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

scope="row"| Monday Songs

|

  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Dirty Poet
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

scope="row"| Three

|

  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Dirty Poet
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

scope="row"| The Madding Crowd

|

  • Release date: May 16, 2000
  • Label: 550 Music
  • Formats: CD, digital

| 67

|

  • RIAA: Gold{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=nine+days#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum: Nine Days |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=June 2, 2025}}
scope="row"| So Happily Unsatisfied

|

  • Release date: November 12, 2002
  • Label: 550 Music
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

scope="row"| Flying the Corporate Jet

|

  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Dirty Poet
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

scope="row"| Something Out Of Nothing

|

  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Madding Music
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

scope="row"| Snapshots

|

  • Release date: July 8, 2016
  • Label: Digitally Sound
  • Formats: CD, digital

| —

|

colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Extended plays=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:14em;"| Title

! style="width:18em;"| Details

scope="row"| Slow Motion Life (Part One)

|

  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: Dirty Poet
  • Formats: CD, digital
scope="row"| Slow Motion Life (Part Two)

|

  • Release date: 2013
  • Formats: Digital

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Title

! rowspan="2"| Year

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications

! rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nine days|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Nine Days Chart History - Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 12, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Adult
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nine days|chart=Adult Pop Songs}}|title=Nine Days Chart History - Adult Pop Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 5, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Alt
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nine days|chart=Alternative Songs}}|title=Nine Days Chart History - Alternative Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 5, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Pop
{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nine days|chart=Pop Songs}}|title=Nine Days Chart History - Pop Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 5, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Nine+Days|title=australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 5, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7180&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7180.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7180|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Singles|work=RPM|date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NLD
{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nine+Days |title=Discografie Nine Days |work=dutchcharts.nl |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=December 5, 2015 |language=nl}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&search=Nine+Days|title=charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 5, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SCO
Peak positions for singles in Scotland:

  • For "Absolutely": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20001001/41/|title=Chart Archive > October 1, 2000|publisher=Official Charts Company}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9729/nine-days/|title=Nine Days > UK Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|work=Officialcharts.com/}}

scope="row"| "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"

| rowspan="2"| 2000

| 6 || 2 || 10 || 1 || 31 || 3 || 75 || 7 || 67 || 83

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Nine Days|source=radioscope|access-date=June 2, 2025}}

| rowspan="2"| The Madding Crowd

scope="row"| "If I Am"

| 68 || 20 || — || 27 || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Good Friend"

| 2002

| — || 26 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| So Happily Unsatisfied

scope="row"| "Goodbye"

| 2003

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| Flying the Corporate Jet

colspan="14" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Music videos=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!Title

!Year

!Director

scope="row"|"Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"

|rowspan="2"|2000

|Liz Friedlander

scope="row"|"If I Am"

|Ulf

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.ninedaysmusic.com/ The Nine Days Official Website]
  • [https://www.ninedaysmore.com/forum/ The Former Nine Days Official Forum]
  • [https://www.ninedaysmore.com Official Throwbacks, Demos, and Live Recordings at Nine Days More]

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Category:Alternative rock groups from New York (state)

Category:Musical groups from Long Island

Category:Musical groups established in 1994

Category:American power pop groups

Category:550 Music artists

Category:Epic Records artists

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