From: Dublin
Active: 1990-c1995
Style:
Lineup:
- Shane O'Neill - vocals/guitar
- Quentin Cowper - lead guitar
- Eamonn Tynan - keyboards (incl Hammond organ)
- Declan Jones - bass
- Dave Clarke - drums
Bio:
In 1990, Blue in Heaven ditched their old set,
added a second guitarist (Quentin Cowper), wrote a new batch of songs, and
relaunched themselves as the Blue Angels. They released several singles
between 1991-94 and an album "Coming Out Of Nowhere" (1993) which was produced
by Jimmy Miller.
Upon their demise, Shane O'Neill and Dave Clarke teamed up with Dave Long (of
Into Paradise as
Supernaut and released a self-titled CD in 1997.
Shane also launch the Dirt Records label in 1994.
Declan Jones went into TV work. Eamonn Tynan resumed his work as a carpenter.
Dave Clarke was later in the Black Velvet Band and Hothouse Flowers.
Discography
• Candy / Lucifer Sam
7" - Solid Records - ROC 739 - April 1991 - PS
• Candy / Lucifer Sam / Falling
CDS - Solid Records - ROCD 739 - 1991
#9 in Irish charts
• Get It Back / ?
7" - Solid Records - ??? - July 1991 - PS
• Get It Back EP
CDS - Solid Records - ROCD-745 - 1991
K7 - Solid Records - ROC-745 - 1991
#17 in Irish charts
tracks:
Get It Back
Over The Edge
My Addiction
Sarah
• Loose / My Addiction
K7 - Liquid Records - LQC-6 - 1992
• All The Way EP
CDS - Liquid - ??? - November 1992
#23 in Irish charts
tracks:
All The Way
Good Day
Point Of View
Turning
• When It's Gone EP
CDS - Solid Records - ROCD-766 - 1993
tracks:
When It's Gone
You Draw Me Out
Don't Let Me Fall
Surrender
Notes: Title track from the forthcoming album, tracks 2-4 were non-LP.
• Coming Out Of Nowhere
CD - Solid Records - ROCD-12 - 1993
• Coming Out Of Nowhere
K7 - Solid Records - ROCC-12 - 1993
tracks:
All The Way ¹
Shooting Star
Never Let You Down
Elvis Dream Boy
Coming Out Of Nowhere
Loose ¹
Over The Edge ¹
Nothing Left
When It's Gone ¹
Candy ¹
¹ previously released as single tracks
Notes:
Recorded and mixed at Eden Studios, London. Remixed at Abbey Road.
Produced by Jimmy Miller.
Additional Hammond and keyboards (on "Shooting Star" and "Loose")
by Gary Hughes; cello and Pan Pipes on "Nothing Left" by Tony Hannigan;
additional percussion by Jimmy Miller.
• Blow EP
CDS - Dirt Records - DIRTY-2-CD - 1994
tracks:
Last Chance
Hang On
Over
Wood
B Jamb
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Last update: 24 November 2010.
See Also:
Blue in Heaven,
Into Paradise,
Supernaut