roboticempire Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Sterling, Virginia punk rock band pg.99 is returning for a live performance at this summer's Best Friends Day in Richmond, Virginia. Also known as pageninetynine, the influential group is reuniting after an 8 year absence of activity to perform their seminal album "document #8" in its entirety. Taking place from August 18th to the 21st this year, Best Friends Day is an annual event that started as a single day and has evolved into a weekend-long festival based on taking a break from the stresses of the world to just hang out and have a good time with your friends. When asked why they are reuniting now, pg.99 guitarist Mike Taylor responded with: "After a few reunion offers in recent months, it kind of just got us thinking that it would be fun to play those songs again, and if we were ever going to do it again, that now would be the time... We felt Richmond would be great place to do a reunion because of pg.99's early involvement with that area and its punk scene in the late nineties." The Best Friends Day organizers are thrilled to have pageninetynine on the bill celebrating BFD's 10th year as an event, and are announcing them as the first band confirmed for the weekend: "When we initially started planning Best Friends Day 10, we wanted to have a killer band that could share this milestone year with us, and nothing hits home better than one of Virginia's best DIY bands ever," says organizer Curtis Grimstead. "I couldn't be more excited about having pg.99 reunite for Best Friends Day 10." Formed in 1998, pageninetynine steadily gained notoriety as almost a cult of a band, with upwards of 8 people performing at the peak membership. With a menacing sound combining a wide variety of heavy/punk genres, pageninetynine was renown for their powerful and passionate live performances. In their five years of prolific activity they released 14 records and played over 300 live shows, earning them a formidable reputation and widespread dedicated following. Since disbanding in 2003 the many members of pg.99 have gone on to form a slew of bands, including but not limited to Pygmy Lush, Ghastly City Sleep, Tideland, Malady and more. While active, the band released albums with Robotic Empire, Reptilian, Electric Human Project, The Perpetual Motion Macine, Magic Bullet, Witching Hour and many others. On The Web: http://www.roboticempire.com/pg99 http://www.myspace.com/pageninetynine http://www.bestfriendsdayrva.com http://www.roboticempire.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Excellent news and a great reason to get my ass down to Richmond in August. Thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 HOLY FUCKING SHIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickheitman Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 w0w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 FUCK YES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drabley Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 News I can get behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesupervillain Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 AWESOMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEE Will not get a chance to go unfortunately, but maybe they'll play a few more shows after this. I like that they're playing document #8, but I hope they play some other stuff too. They have some great songs that aren't on that album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayeffscene Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Might have to. Who else is playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 lol @ that picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 HOLY FUCKING SHIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma36 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 First DFA79 now Pg99. Let's keep the awesome reunion train going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesupervillain Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 First DFA79 They should have stayed broken up. I REAAAALLY don't think they are going to be anything like the way people remember they were when they started blowing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest errolwest Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 WHAT. all the bands i love are doing reunion shows it seems. i can get behind that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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