Chris Nine, Bill McShane and a bunch of their friends are successful business professionals these days. Company owners, architects, ad agency and real estate professionals. Some of them have kids. But there was a time when they all seemed destined for rock and roll superstardom as members of their respective bands,
“So, we signed a deal with those guys and it was basically a dream come true, everything we’d always basically dreamed about,” McShane said. “We always felt that we were a radio band, at heart. Even though we kind of played all-ages shows and stuff, we made no bones about the fact that we were mostly interested in songwriting
The band began its own hiatus in the early 2000s when co-founder and guitarist Montez Williams left the group to start a family. Tragically, Williams died in an Oklahoma City flood in 2020. The band has refocused since then and for Schatzi these shows aren’t just a trip down memory lane. Nine grew up in Houston and was a member of the Houston-based all-girl, hardcore, political punk band Manhole in the ‘90s.
“I just felt like I had a lot I really wanted to say to kind of close out our story a bit. You know, we kind of ended with some untended business in a certain sense, so I got inspired to make a new record. So, that’s what that new record is.”Both McShane and Nine agree this joint tour is as much about the fans as the bands.