Those Nervous Animals

• Barry Brennan - vocals
• Seamie McGowan - guitar
• Padraig Meehan - guitar
• John Tobin - keyboards (1983-84)
• Trevor Knight - keyboards (1985-)
• Eddie Lee - bass/vocals
• Christy Behan - drums
  
  
  TNA in 1984, l-to-r: Barry Brennan, Christy Behan, John Tobin,
  Eddie Lee, Seamie McGowan, Padraig Meehan

Bio:

Sligo pop band active during the 1980s. Susan Rowland provided backing vocals for a number of years. Other musicians who passed through the band include Denis Woods (keyboards), John Donnelly (drums), Brian Despard (drums), Karl Geraghty (saxophone) and Helen Walsh (vocals).

Their 1985 LP "Hyperspace!" was memorably described as containing "...surprisingly deft Arthur Baker touches amongst their pop stylings."

In fact it's overproduced and fails to capture the power of the band's live sound. A small fortune was spent in Windmill Lane achieving this effect with the help of synclavier and samplers (the bass is completed sampled, for example) rather than using the bands natural live sound -- an error of judgement common with many mid-80s pop recordings.

The band's appearance at Self Aid was marred by a poor live mix (no guitar for most of the first two songs).

TNA have played occasional reunion gigs.

Notes:
One-sided white label promo for radio airplay purposes. Approx 100 copies were made.

tracks: The Business Enterprise (live)

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