Cactus World News

• Eoin McEvoy - vocals & guitar
• Frank Kearns - guitar
• Feargal MacAndris AKA Andrews - bass
• Wayne Sheehy - drums
  
  

Bio:

Bombastic U2 soundalikes formed in 1984 by Frank Kearns (ex Blue Russia) and Eoin McEvoy (ex Jump Iceland). Cactus World News were one of a number of mid-80s bands who favoured a big, overblown sound which instead of sounding passionate came across as so much hot air. Released their debut single on Mother Records before signing to MCA. They failed to break in America and were dropped before the second LP could be released. McEvoy & Kearns split acrimoniously from MacAndris & Sheehy and continued as a duo, eventually releasing the final single in 1990.

Wayne Sheehy (ex Banditz, Driveshaft, 1990) and Feargal Andrews played with in a brief line lineup of The Fountainhead which came about due to Wayne's involvement with Hinterland, i.e both bands were managed by Ciaran Owens at the time. Frank Kearns now runs his own studio and records as Francis Xavier. Feargal Andrews became a website designer.

A reformed CWN (without Eoin McEvoy) will play the Celtic Rock Festival at the INEC in Killarney on Saturday 30 July 2011.

tracks:
Years Later
Waiting in the Lowlands (acoustic)
Dave Fanning interview
The Bridge (acoustic piano)
a.o.

 

side one:
Worlds Apart
In A Whirlpool
The Promise
The Bridge
State Of Emergency

side two:
Years Later
Church Of The Cold
Pilots Of Beka
Jigsaw Street
Maybe This Time

Cashen Bay Strand (CD bonus track)

1997 Special Collectors Edition bonus tracks:
Worlds Apart (Extended Version)
The Bridge (Extended Version)
Years Later (Extended Version)
Hurry Back
The Bridge (Original EP Version)

2001 Red Coral CD bonus tracks:
The Bridge (Original EP Version)
The Other Extreme
Frontiers
Go Dti An Tra
Tables Overturn
State Of Emergency (RTE Radio Session)

12inch with extended versions of both tracks

 


free cassette tracks: Worlds Apart (extended) / The Bridge (live at Self Aid)

side one:
Church Of The Cold
Years Later
Tables Overturn
The Bridge
Hurry Back

side two:
The Other Extreme
Maybe This Time
America (Simon & Garfunkel)
Jigsaw Street

tracks: The Bridge

Notes: unreleased second album

The cassette version was probably promo only, issued for radio play. The 7-inch version which definitely exists is not listed on the official band website.