Once the members of Un-Sub-Mission / Urban Wreck and I grew tired of the roughness of punk-hardcore music, we decided to make a complete shift in sound. We invited Pedro “Peido” as our second guitarist and founded “No Class Youth” (later renamed “99 Stickers”). The band retained a punk foundation but featured more melodic and complex songs, heavily influenced by Californian bands such as NOFX, Lagwagon, and others. This was also the first time we all went to a real studio, where we recorded a 10-song demo tape called Who Wants a Banana?
Cover artwork for our “Who Wants a Banana?” demo tape, designed by André Laranjinha, colored by Catarina Hébil.
Here’s me recording vocals and drums.
To this day, many people see that demo as something unique in Portugal at the time, since most bands were focused on the typical punk and hardcore sound, not the melodic style we were playing.
After deciding to continue without Joana and bringing in Raquel as lead singer, we changed the name of the band to “99 Stickers”, and released a self-titled demo tape featuring 13 songs, some re-recorded from Who Wants a Banana?
Originally intended to be an album released through the Portuguese label Ataque Sonoro, it was ultimately released as another demo tape through a record label I founded, “World Sound Records” (this would eventually become the name of my studio in 2002).
99 Stickers self-titled demo tape cover artwork.
Download links coming soon…
We ended up deciding to also continue without Pedro Rolão (bass), adding Ricardo as the bass player.
Initial lineup (as No Class Youth)
- Tiago - Drums, backing vocals, some lead vocals
- Pedro Rolão - Bass
- Tó - Guitar
- Pedro “Peido” - Guitar
- Joana Anta - Vocals
Final lineup (as 99 Stickers)
- Tiago - Drums, backing vocals, some lead vocals
- Ricardo - Bass
- Tó - Guitar
- Pedro “Peido” - Guitar
- Raquel - Vocals