To be a teenager in Sydney in the 1990s was to be a fan of You Am I. To not be, was heresy and inexcusable.

You Am I is Sydney.

They sing songs about the Town Hall Steps, drinking beer, taking girls home and the Glebe Island Bridge. Without them, Sydney club night institution Purple Sneakers would be nameless, as would new band Dead Letter Chorus. To see them on a good night is to be reminded why Rock and Roll will never die. They tried to break in America and failed, but inspired fly by night bands like The Vines and Jet who did it for them. They opened for Nirvana!!

They mix punk, grunge and country into a timeless mix, as old school as Sydney's old sandstone buildings.