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The Dirty 9s are an Indie Rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They came to public attention by winning the Deis Roc show on Irish television channel, TG4. The band released their debut album, "Stop Screaming Start Dreaming" in 2010 which features the highly rated single, "Lucy Opus".

Members

 * Fergal Moloney - Vocals, Rhythm guitar
 * Cian McCarthy - Lead Guitar
 * Stephen Dunne - Bass
 * Paul Rice - Drums, Percussion
 * Keith Brett - Keyboards

Formation
The band formed in 2008. All five members immediately clicked musically despite having very different influences which include the likes of Blur, Otis Redding, The Beatles, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, At the Drive-In, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, Ryan Adams, Mars Volta, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine and Death Cab for Cutie. The Dublin quintet first came to the public’s attention when they came first on Irish television Show, Deis Roc and with that received €10,000 in prize money. The show which aired on TG4 was a music competition for unsigned bands in which band had to write and perform their own music in Irish. Judges on the programme included Jim Lockhart from the Irish band, "Horslips".

The band used the prize money received from the competition to make their debut album, "Stop Screaming Start Dreaming".

Stop Screaming Start Dreaming
The Dirty 9s commissioned experienced record producer Greg Haver to produce their debut album. Producer, Greg Haver has worked with bands and musicians such as Super Furry Animals, Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia and Lost Prophets. The album was recorded in just two weeks at the Nutshed Studio in Clara, County Offaly in late September 2008. .

Stop Screaming Start Dreaming was released on March 12th, 2010.

Early Career
Following the release of their debut album, the band embarked on a national tour of Ireland, appearing at venues such as The Academy , Whelans, the Crane Lane Theatre and Laverys. They have also supported Republic of Loose, Delorentos, The Coronas and CODES.

The Dirty 9s have confirmed that they will be playing Arthur's Day, September 23rd 2010.

The Dirty 9s have made television appearances on Dave Fanning's 11th Hour show on RTE 2 and on BBC Scotland radio music show "Rapal".

In 2010, The Dirty 9s recorded a World cup song supporting Argentina called, "The Ballad of El Diego". The song featured an operatic vocal performance by David Scott. The song was released by Indiecator records as part of their World cup album.

The Dirty 9s have also been confirmed to be appearing at the 2010 Electric Picnic music festival.

Trivia
The band were named after the nickname given to their local bus service, the 39.