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With their debut album, Touch the Sky, fresh off the press in July, 2004, 669 insinuates itself into the alternative music scene. Their melodies ensnare the ear like a musical bear trap carefully set over pop oriented instrumentals. The lyrical content is equally divided between the thoughtful and the hormonal, covering a range of themes from civil liberties to sexual liberties. The sound is a blend of elements taken from the new wave of the 80s and 90s, country power ballads, intimate jazz vocals and contemporary alternative rock. It's a bit Belle and Sebastian, a bit more They Might Be Giants, and some Bare Naked Ladies.

669 was conceived by Tony Bonjorno to produce original, queer-themed pop and rock music. The band itself is mixed, made up of Tony Bonjorno on vocals and electric violin, Shane Rooks on vocals and bass, Bob Silverstein on guitar, Cheri Johnson on backing vocals, and Dean Moore on drums. Shane and Tony did all the songwriting for Touch the Sky. The two songwriters have musical backgrounds as diverse as graduate studies in classical composition and playing in an alt-country band.

Why this name?
It means so many different things to so many different people...
Do you play live?
Yes. Yes we do. Except when we've been infected with zombifying viruses, then we play undead. Tony's dog plays dead.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Internet distribution of music is such a threat to the (what are we down to? 3? 4?) major mega-labels because they suddenly have to compete in a market over which they don't have absolute control.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Depends on the contract.
Your influences?
With three songwriters in the group, our influences are pretty broad, but include the Who, Jim Croce, and the Talking Heads. That's what we write. What people tell us they hear includes the Barenaked Ladies, Pink Floyd, They Might Be Giants, and the Tragically Hip.
Favorite spot?
On stage.
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