NIOTA IS:
BEN KEENAN - VOCALS
HUGH HARVEY - GUITAR/VOCALS
ANDY PRITCHARD - GUITAR/VOCALS
RICH INGHAM - BASS
G - DRUMS
NIOTA BEGAN IN MARCH 2003, FORMED FROM THE ASHES OF A HANDFUL OF COLCHESTER METAL, HARDCORE AND EMO BANDS, IT SLOWLY BUT SURELY EVOLVED INTO A BAND COMPRISING FIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, FORGING AN ORIGINAL AND HARD-EDGED SOUND SOAKED IN SOARING VOCALS AND GUTTURAL SCREAMS.
THE SOUND CREATED BY NIOTA IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN POISON THE WELL AND FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND. HEAR FOR YOURSELF.
IN THE SHORT TIME THE BAND HAS BEEN TOGETHER, THEY HAVE HEADLINED SUCH PRESTIGIOUS LONDON VENUES AS THE MEAN FIDDLER, THE GARAGE, THE BULL&GATE AND PLAYED THE FAMOUS LEICESTER SQUARE NIGHTCLUB, SOUND.