The 99s

High to the north-east of Manchester lies Saddleworth, nestled in the foothills of the Pennines in the borderlands of Lancashire and Yorkshire, its name sadly forever tarred with the memory of the Moors Murders. As fashionable locations go you’d have to concede that there are many better, but pride extends beyond shallow fashion, and melodic indie-rock trio The 99s have sidestepped the easy route of lumping themselves in as another Manchester band and instead are proud to proclaim their Saddleworth origins.