80's & 90's Irish Bands

Cuckoo - Blackmail

Signed to geffen at one stage and they're from Derry. Legends.

Tracer AMC - In Rivers

Admittedly they didn't release anything til 2004 i think but they've been around since the late 90's iirc.
 
good work lads, a bit let down by brewlio's contributions to be honest. I meant to put down a NO GLEN HANSARD warning at the start.

have some great stories re Fishermans Blues that deserve a thread of it's own, and will be done as soon as I scan the pics. got some cracking b&w shots of a fella that was there during the whole time in spiddal house.
 
good work lads, a bit let down by brewlio's contributions to be honest. I meant to put down a NO GLEN HANSARD warning at the start.

Thank you very fecking much Louis fecking Walsh. moses missed the game tonight as he was watching The Brits.
 
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I do believe that this constitutes a fail.
 
Listening to Aslan's Made in Dublin Live album at the moment. I don't know what the general consensus is on them but I've never heard anything I don't like.
 
good god theres some shite mentioned in this.

fecking bagatelle...blue in heaven...in tua nua....but worst of all..Catcus world news.

christallfrigginmighty.

ghost of an american airman were keek too...the only decent thing they did was their live cover of Champion the wonder horse.

sure lets post some freddie white or scullion or frigging LuvBug while we're at it.
 
In Tua Nua mmmmmm Leslie Dowdall



bonus points for SELF AID footage!

I was there that day....15 and stocious. it was a parade of piss poor bands with the odd good thing thrown in....though the highlight for me was some dublin girl letting me feel her tits and finger her during Bad by U2.
 
good god theres some shite mentioned in this.

fecking bagatelle...blue in heaven...in tua nua....but worst of all..Catcus world news.

christallfrigginmighty.

ghost of an american airman were keek too...the only decent thing they did was their live cover of Champion the wonder horse.

sure lets post some freddie white or scullion or frigging LuvBug while we're at it.

Blue in Heaven were great! I'll not start an efight because of your utterly hilarious next post. Dublin burds eh, not the best at keeping their knees together.
 
Blue in Heaven were great! I'll not start an efight because of your utterly hilarious next post. Dublin burds eh, not the best at keeping their knees together.

:D

start away.

awful band...their lead singer gave me the fingers at an echo and the bunnymen gig where they were doing support....apparently they didnt take criticism too well.

them and in tua nua were the mainstay support acts for half the bands I saw in the 80s....oh how the heart sank when "plus support" turned out to be them feckers.
 
By Aslan or in general? Either is funny.

I probably worded that wrong, by Aslan or in general, it is a very rare occasion that I dislike a song enough to turn it off.
 
Ring any chemical bells with anyone?


Bringing back some serious memories there Deco, I remember seeing them at Dance Nation 95 in the Point. Well I'm saying I remember, I know I was there and they were there, gets kind of hazy after that!
 
I was grounded for Dance Nation :(
If it's any consolation it was f*ckin brilliant! I was kitted out with a smog mask and olbas oil, ah the memories! Only downer was when the Gardaí in their infinite wisdom decided to cut off the water, because, you know, 10,000 are going to stop taking drugs if there is no water available. Well, that and the person dying after falling off the balcony and the looper that went around slashing a few people. Ah the memories!
 
If it's any consolation it was f*ckin brilliant! I was kitted out with a smog mask and olbas oil, ah the memories! Only downer was when the Gardaí in their infinite wisdom decided to cut off the water, because, you know, 10,000 are going to stop taking drugs if there is no water available. Well, that and the person dying after falling off the balcony and the looper that went around slashing a few people. Ah the memories!


ha ha quality. All my friends went, one of them collapsed outside before even going in. He ended up with medic's and garda grilling him on how many e's he did. Funny thing was he was just a 15 year old off his tits on Rum and Gin and a load of spliffs!!!.

That slasher thing happened again a few years later at a faithless gig. one of my mates was held forcefully by security for an hour during before being let go! Good times :cool:
 
ha ha quality. All my friends went, one of them collapsed outside before even going in. He ended up with medic's and garda grilling him on how many e's he did. Funny thing was he was just a 15 year old off his tits on Rum and Gin and a load of spliffs!!!.

That slasher thing happened again a few years later at a faithless gig. one of my mates was held forcefully by security for an hour during before being let go! Good times :cool:
Ah most of the nineties blend into one for me, it's all one big rave!
 
Did you ever head up to the Glen of the Downs for raves? A few were organised by lads from Artane we know.

One of them knew a lad in CIE, rented the wedding bus parked up behind McDonalds in Artaine Castle. the heads that appeared were gas , Ive never seen so many chemicals in my life. Getting stranded up there the following day wasnt as much fun though.
 
Did you ever head up to the Glen of the Downs for raves? A few were organised by lads from Artane we know.

One of them knew a lad in CIE, rented the wedding bus parked up behind McDonalds in Artaine Castle. the heads that appeared were gas , Ive never seen so many chemicals in my life. Getting stranded up there the following day wasnt as much fun though.
Brilliant! Never went, I can imagine freaking out if the wedding bus turned up though! Went to a load of random places for raves. We tried to organise one once in a barn except the farmer on the land next door caught us setting up all the gear and threatened to call the cops. We had to set up in some lad's sitting room, pretty much coerced him into letting us because his parents were away. All of these 5ft high speakers, woofers, strobes, lasers, and a smoke machine in a 3 bed semi-d in Leixlip! Some of the lads we invited were a bit, em, dodgy, they wanted to tie yer man up and lock him in a wardrobe because he was wrecking their buzz! Poor fecker was a dj on one of the pirates but wasn't much of a raver, didn't take drugs, and his neighbours were going ballistic. Surprisingly he didn't really talk to us after that. :lol: