From: Galway
Active: 1971-89
Style: Pop
Lineup:
- Tommy Flynn - vocals
- Senan Davies - guitar
- Willie Carty - guitar
- Tony Maher - keyboards
- Brendan Hogan - bass
- Mike Horan - drums
Bio:
A marginal case for inclusion. The Conquerors were an MOR pop/rock (show)band whose new
wave era singles are sometimes sold as "indie" or mod. It's a stretch, but
some rate these singles, from 1978-82 approx, many of which are 1960s pop
covers including The Beatles, which helps explain their popularity.
The band's recording career dates all the way back to the first single on Hawk
Records in 1972. I can't really comment on these early singles as I haven't
heard them but I'd be highly surprised to find anything 'mod' about them.
At some point they acquired a synthesizer which dominates the arrangements on their
later singles released in the 1980s on their own Conks label, launched in 1983.
"When I Get Back Home" for example is a dreadful
synth-drenched MOR ballad consisting mostly of harmony vocals over a synth heavy
arrangement (the B-side is an interesting instrumental version of a traditinal tune
played on synth). Anyone
paying more than 50p for any of these Conks singles needs their head examined.
Lineup:Tommy Flynn (vocals 1975-85), Senan Davies (guitar), Willie Carty (guitar),
Tony Maher (keyboards), Brendan Hogan (bass) and Mike Horan (drums).
Other members included Louis Bergoine (drums). Previous singers included
Tom Fitzgerald (1971-74) and Derrick Mehaffey (1974).
Discography
• Home Away From Home / Sweet Mental Revenge
7" - unknown label - IRL - 1972
• Same Old Song / Arms Full of Empty
7" - Hawk Records - HASP.339 - IRL - 1974
• Singing A Song About Love / All My Love
7" - Hawk Records - HASP.353 - IRL - 1974
• Leading Lady / Same Old Story Again
7" - Release Records - RL.914 - IRL - May 1978
• Baby Come Back / Hey Girl
7" - Spider Records - WEB 004 - IRL - November 1978
Produced by Liam Hurley.
Reached #12 in Irish charts in January 1979
• Galway Are Back / Same Old Story
7" - Spider Records - WEB 013 - IRL - August 1979
Novelty football tie-in re-recording of the previous single.
Reached #30 in Irish charts in September 1979
• Your Gonna Lose That Girl / You Made It Right
7" - Spider Records - WEB 024 - IRL - 1980? - PS
Beatles cover.
• Softly Softly / Galway Are Back
7" - Spider Records - WEB 033 - IRL - 1980 - PS
• Come On Over To My Place / Sugar Sugar
7" - Spider Records - WEB 043 - IRL - 1981 - PS
Two more 1960s covers.
• Help / Getting Out
7" - Libra Records - LIB 001 - IRL - 1982 - PS
Another Beatles cover on the A-side.
• Getting Out / Help
7" - was this a repress on Conk Records? - PS
• Baby Blue / You Make It Right
7" - Drive Records - DRS 009 - IRL - February 1983 - PS
Reached #7 in Irish charts duing a 9 week run
• When I Get Back Home / Lagan Love
7" - Conks Records - CRS 001 - IRL - 1983
• You're The Reason Why / Leading Lady
7" - Conks Records - CRS 002 - IRL - 1983? - PS
• Scarlet Ribbons / When I Get Back Home
7" - Conks CRS 004 - IRL - 198?
• Cover Up / Getting It Out
7" - Conks Records - CRS 006 - IRL - 198? - PS
• When A Lady Falls In Love
7" - Conks Records - CRS 007 - IRL - 1986 - PS
• Cover Up / Getting Out
7" - Conks Records - CRS 008 - IRL - 1986? - PS
• Lonesome Me / Tank U Jak
7" - Conks Records - CRS 010 - IRL - 198? - PS
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