About Us

Nineteentwelve are five musicians from Birmingham, England, who began playing together in 2007, coming together as a band after previous collaborations across the city’s music scene.

Nineteentwelve have crafted a strong international reputation for their unique style, weaving exuberant rock with delicate neo-Prog.

Gavin Saunders: guitar
Alex Theay: guitar, keyboard, backing vocals, trumpet
Gary Sheridan: lead and backing vocals, keyboard, guitar
Dave Sutheran: drums, lead and backing vocals, saxaphone
John Pierpoint: bass, mandolin

The band enjoyed their first taste of fame when their song “Please Take Me Away From Here” was featured on the 2011 Monty Maggot Records sampler compilation CD Allies & Clansmen, generating some excellent reviews. Along with airplay on BBC Radio and a string of UK gigs in 2011, this sparked a considerable interest in the group — interest that exploded with the October 2011 release of their debut album, Waiting For No One.

Their second album, Elegy, was released on 1st September 2013. This album builds on the band’s reputation for writing intriguing lyrical stories wrapped in quality music,and introduces some more experimental ideas, including samples and “found sounds”.

Third album, New World Order, released on 1st February 2016, reflects the progressive development of Nineteentwelve’s music. The central elements of the band’s sound remain consistent beneath an evolution of melody and lyric that is broad and ambitious in scope.
Included as part of the same double-CD set, The Hybrid Project is a dazzling reworking of Nineteentwelve tracks from across their career, brought together with imaginative vision by Omenopus’s Lee Potts, blending the ribbons of Nineteentwelve’s music into a new and thought-provoking tapestry: a dystopian struggle for survival, with unsettling echoes of the present. The music offers a radically different approach to Nineteentwelve, an approach in line with the consistently shifting rhythms of Omenopus.

Fourth album, No Place Like Home, was released on 17th September 2022. This is an exhilarating collection of nine new and original songs. Showcasing the band’s talent for compelling song writing, the album offers a fresh and energetic blend of powerful melodies, memorable hooks and emotive lyrics.
"No Place Like Home" is a triumphant statement of everything the band represents: arresting musicianship, passionate vocals and the craft of songwriting.

Fifth album, Nineteentwelve, was released in October 2025 (available now on digital services) which sees the band exploring hooks and melodies in a tighter, punchier song format. The band embraces a broader palette of instruments and sounds, and welcomes guest vocalists keen to be involved with the growing reputation of Nineteentwelve.

After five acclaimed albums, Nineteentwelve are currently recording their sixth album, which will contain a suite of songs reflecting a politically volatile world.

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Web: www.nineteentwelve.com

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