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QED

From: IRL

Active: c1987-88

Style: Metal/Hard Rock

Lineup:

Bio:

Metal/hard rock band with Dave King. Essentially a reformed Stilwood after they'd parted company with Fast Eddie Clarke and Fastway. Dave King later worked in an experimental metal band called Katmandu (circa 1991) and now fronts Flogging Molly, a Pogues inspired punk/trad hybrid.

The band's sole single "The Power To Love" is a power metal ballad with a belting vocal which explains why Dave King was so highly rated as a singer at the time. It is a magnificent single which transcends genre and is one of the best Irish singles of the 1980s. It was issued in two different cover designs. There's a great clip of the band's appearance on Mega Mix (RTE) on you tube. Check the Videos page for a link.

Gary Moore guested with the band onstage during a AIDS Benefit at the Olympic Ballroom in Dublin in 1988.




above: Dave King live at the Mean Fiddler, London c1988

Discography

• The Power To Love / The Chain
7" - Solid Records - ROC 711 - 1988? - PS, two different cover designs



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See Also: Stilwood



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