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The Basics
JJ72 are a fresh, young band, barely out of their teens. Mark's soaring vocals did lead some journos to believe Hilary was the singer. Fairly sure you know she int. Fergal started the band, asking Mark to join cos of a mutual love of the Pumpkins, and after many unsuccesful bass players, they settled on Hilary. The fact that she hadn't ever played bass before was not a problem, and Mark taught her. Easy.

The Name
Nobody except Mark knows what it means, and he is going to keep it that way. And he's getting tired of the theories intrigued journos keep putting to him. Its doubtful he'd tell them if they were right.

The First Gig
A memorable gig for the industry was at the Camden Falcon, in October 99 although they had started in Dublin 98, in Barney Murphys, which has since closed down. Mark said of the gig: "I know it was mostly industry people at the gig, but we saw a queue around the corner and we were like 'Ooooohhh!'