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Bio:
Late 70s band from the Navan Road area in Dublin which included Joe Savino
(vocals) who later fronted the Brown Thomas band AKA The B.T's
but is now better
known as an actor (Ballykissangel, Fair City); guitarist Dave/George Sweeney
later of Rocky De Valera & The Gravediggers
and The Vipers; bassist Alec Clince
(ex Exodus) who is still active as a musician and his temporary replacement Adam
Clayton (U2); and Rod Quinn (drums), now a highly regarded
session drummer (see his entries on the Zildjian and Pearl sites).
Joe Savino and Dave Sweeney were both involved with the
Passion Machine theatre
production in the mid-1980s.
Joe Savino and Dave Sweeney were reunited in a number of bands in the 1990s
including With A Hip and The Corsairs, the latter featuring Dave Bell on drums
and Rachel Peer (Mrs John Prine) on bass.
Alec Clince later in Panache, Clowns, Reunion, Dave Lawlor's band, Jigsaw and
The Deputees. Brian O'Rourke quit the band and rock music in 1977.
No known studio recordings!
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