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Bio:
Powerpop quartet from Drogheda who had a huge local following. Made their
Dublin debut at the Underground on 15 February 1986 and TV debut on RTE the same year.
Dorian Mood released a fantastic
debut single in 1986, a re-recording of "It's A Funny Thing" from a Dave Fanning
session. This was
followed by a mini-LP approx 3 years later, by which
time Eamon Foley had left and the band had expanded to a five piece with
Gavin Kierans (initially their manager) taking over on bass and new
member Paul McQuillan. Eoin Holmes (of Hot Press) became their manager.
They split sometime in late 1989. Gavin Kierans was later in Sharpesville.
The band recorded several tracks for Dave Fannings Show, including
"What You Want", "Sleazy Attic", "Falling Deep Inside", "Vigilence"
and the original version of "It's A Funny Thing". If anyone has a
tape, please get in touch!
Dorian Mood's single is now considered a classic. Their LP doesn't attract as much attention
from collectors but copies are even harder to locate. But praise was not
universal. Richie Taylor reviewed it as follows: "I should really
say that this is good because it's Irish and it's reasonable.
However, the lightweight production and general lack of passion
render it decidedly uneventful" (In Dublin #266, Oct 1986).
In 2014, an mp3 download album of selected recordings was made available. Let us hope
this leads to a full discography CD.
Notes: Recorded on 8-track at Roland Hoek's R'N'R Studio in Drogheda in April 1989. The album was recorded in single takes and completed in less than five hours.
Notes: Released 25 years after the 'Can't Stand Still' mini-album, this collects 6 of the 7 tracks from that release and adds 3 demos recorded at Slane Studios in 1985.
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