[8] The members are Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes, who met as teenagers and encountered folk music as underage drinkers in a local pub.

They enjoyed the music and returned to the Stockton Folk Club, where "One day someone said 'let's hear a song from the young'uns' and we sang this one verse we knew from a sea shanty", hence the band's name.

[9] 2017 album Strangers includes nine new songs celebrating inspiring people "A homage to the outsider; a eulogy for the wayfarer; a hymn for the migrant".

[12][13][14] The Young'uns released a book titled Bound Together in 2017, chronicling their history as a band and the stories behind some of the songwriting.

[15][16] In 2023 The Young'uns released their ninth album Tiny Notes, which consists entirely of original songs that "recall victims of war and terrorism and heroes of the hour, turning the spotlight on injustice and ultimately celebrating love, tolerance and the indomitable human spirit.