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Members: David Lydiard - Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Drums/Producer, Rob Hollands - Guitars

Falling Nine is a British rock project, founded in 2003 by David Lydiard in Cardiff, Wales. As its main producer, singer and songwriter, Lydiard is the only official member of Falling Nine and remains solely responsible for its direction.
Since it’s inception, Falling Nine has been joined by several collaborators, one of which, Steve Watts (bass, rhythm guitars, producer, engineer), had been working closely with Lydiard since 2003 and he features heavily on the bands two albums All Paths Divide and Sound Machine”

All Paths Divide (2005 – 2007)
After two years of line-up changes, personal problems and lots of frustration, Falling Nine found themselves not only personally, but artistically on previous release All Paths Divide (2007). With the departure of Jenny Jarman, who had shared vocal duties with Lydiard on demo EP Attempted Fate (2006), the band scaled themselves down to a two-piece and began work on what would be a breakthrough for them.
Multi-layered vocals added extra weight and counter melodies to already strong songs and the pair utilised every instrument they could lay their hands on to painstakingly craft a solid, cohesive six song EP.

Quicksand picked up radio play when Tom Robinson played the short a cappella song on his Introducing radio show and it proved so popular that it was played the following week due to it being chosen as the best song of the week. With All Paths Divide, Falling Nine had started to build a fan base through the Internet.

Sound Machine (2007 – 2009)
Sound Machine, saw Falling Nine strip everything away and turn to a more basic rock setup of drums, bass and guitars. The multi-layered vocals were used sparingly and the use of keyboards kept to a minimum as the band set about showing us that they can rock with the best of them. This album saw Rob Hollands come in on lead guitars and his work propelled the album to bigger heights
From the big, catchy riff of vitriolic opener Fist Through A Wall right through to the didgeridoo drone of closing track Trapped (1810 Onwards), Sound Machine captured Falling Nine doing what they do best, creating catchy, melodic music that demands to be listened to again and again.

Hiatus, and new album (2009 – present)
The momentum generated after the release of Sound Machine began to wane quite quickly, although Falling Nine gained a lot of new fans upon its release via the Internet. There had been no new news relating to the band until on August 6th 2010 via Twitter, Falling Nine announced that they were working on a new album.
Rob Hollands who recorded the lead guitars for Sound Machine is once again working with Lydiard but is a lot more involved than before.
On January 31st 2011 it was announced that Steve Watts had parted ways with Falling Nine citing personal commitments.