Great singles by lost irish bands (1 Viewer)

[old]

Aye, that Sound of Bells single was good stuff.

 

[dudley]

sound of bells! yes, i thought it were smashin'

 

[MDR]

Drug Free by the sewing room - I got that ep for my 21st as a present. Their debut 'And Nico' is still one of my all-time favourite Irish albums.

 

[Anthony]

Venus Envy. The ep hasn't aged so well but the album still rocks.

 

[BIGalittleA]

Brian 'You Don't want a Boyfriend' is a classic
'Colourblind' by Belsonic Sound
Sunbear esp. 'bits'. It has one of the best guitar hooks ever.

Also being listening to 'Down market' by The Blades. Perfect recession music

I also love Cry Before Dawn 'The Seeds thats been sown' and Fountainhaeds 'Angel'. There were some great Irish bands.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Drug Free by the sewing room - I got that ep for my 21st as a present. Their debut 'And Nico' is still one of my all-time favourite Irish albums.

Big spenders in your family

 

[Lolo]

Anyone mention the Great Western Squares yet? First date with my youngfella, double bill with Asian Dub Foundation, bizarrely. All I can find on Youtube is their Ace of Spades cover, but they had some great originals, Shake the Memory was deadly.

When I was a young wan I was very fond of Guernica (featuring Joe Rooney, aka Father Damo from Father Ted, on vocals), Orange and Red was a lo fi pop classic:

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And then during my goth phase I liked Tower of Bable, They were a bit of bargain-basement Fields of the Nephilim, but Mark-from-Freebird (as he was in those days) had a great voice.

 

[Space]

Anyone mention the Great Western Squares yet? First date with my youngfella, double bill with Asian Dub Foundation, bizarrely. All I can find on Youtube is their Ace of Spades cover, but they had some great originals, Shake the Memory was deadly.

When I was a young wan I was very fond of Guernica (featuring Joe Rooney, aka Father Damo from Father Ted, on vocals), Orange and Red was a lo fi pop classic:
YouTube - Guernica - Orange And Red (Audio)

And then during my goth phase I liked Tower of Bable, They were a bit of bargain-basement Fields of the Nephilim, but Mark-from-Freebird (as he was in those days) had a great voice.

So there was two Guernicas in Ireland then. Mad.

You can add the Donegal Guernica to the list of great lost singles. they had a few but I've lost the titles. Presume a few people round here would've heard them.

 

[Lolo]

So there was two Guernicas in Ireland then. Mad.

You can add the Donegal Guernica to the list of great lost singles. they had a few but I've lost the titles. Presume a few people round here would've heard them.

That all sounds familiar, I have a vague recollection of the Donegal franchise. What era?

 

[Space]

That all sounds familiar, I have a vague recollection of the Donegal franchise. What era?

Roughly the mid nineties. Defo had a video or two on No Disco IIRC. Can't find anything at all online about them bar a bit in the hotpress archive:

http://www.hotpress.com/archive/432366.html

 

[mark]

Tension were great too! can't remember what their e.p was called but ger the singer was a cool fucker.. and the bass player michael was also awesome...

was it 'i only like you when i'm drunk'? or was that the album? anyway, they were excellent. what a rhythm section!

did k-deck ever release anything?

 

[BIGalittleA]

was it 'i only like you when i'm drunk'? or was that the album? anyway, they were excellent. what a rhythm section!

did k-deck ever release anything?

wasn't he in Wheel as well? World bank projects great ep. Yeah Michael he was great! Where is he now?

 

[fanningsessions]

pleasure cell - 'new age', classic

'New Age' is the latest track to feature over at The Fanning Sessions Archive. Not sure if it's a demo or the actual single, please leave a comment if you can clarify. Thanks..

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

loved the early singles by The Would-be's

the gorehounds had a track i totally loved but it's name is lost to me

 

[GO]

'New Age' is the latest track to feature over at The Fanning Sessions Archive. Not sure if it's a demo or the actual single, please leave a comment if you can clarify. Thanks..

That wasn't bad

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Tension were great too! can't remember what their e.p was called but ger the singer was a cool fucker.. and the bass player michael was also awesome..

then there was the idiots, stigma, splatterpillar, luggage, knocking shop, underfoot, so many good bands..

so many aul fellas itt.

tension were AWESOME!!!!!

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Gout
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fantastic live band

 

[Jim Daniels]

loved the early singles by The Would-be's

the gorehounds had a track i totally loved but it's name is lost to me

They had a version of Ruby (as in.. don't take your love to town) that was ace .|..|

http://dublinopinion.com/2009/02/21/the-gorehounds-semtex-1989-side-one/

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

loved the early singles by The Would-be's

I scrolled through 10 pages to say this exact thing.

Fuck it.
Bed.
My computer sounds different in the dark.

http://www.myspace.com/thewouldbesofficial

 

[niallmc]

'New Age' is the latest track to feature over at The Fanning Sessions Archive. Not sure if it's a demo or the actual single, please leave a comment if you can clarify. Thanks..

i think that's the 7" version. They did do a fanning session