A-Z Artist Index Compilations Record Labels Media
Help Us! Contact Us Resources Timeline
Bio:
Angel began as Fantasy circa 1971, before changing their name to Angel around 1973, by
which time they were a trio of Jimmy Gaynor (guitar, vocals), Doish Nagle (bass) and Jimmy's brother Dave
Gaynor (drums). They were managed by Pat Maguire. At one point they had a singer named Fran Heaton. I need
much more info about this band please!
Angel played the free Phoenix Park free concert on Sunday July 1st 1973. There are no known recordings.
The existance of this band is undoubtedly the source of the commonly repeated error that the mid-70s UK glam band
Angel who recorded a couple of singles under the patronage of The Sweet were Irish. The bands are unrelated. There
is also no link to the American glam-metal band on Casablanca Records.
Jimmy Gaynor later fronted the East Coast Angels [1975-78],
The Romantiks [1978] and
The Shy [1981] as well as his
own Jimmy Gaynor Band.
Dave Gaynor joined the Rob Strong Band for about 18 months in 1974-75,
followed by a couple of years in Skid Row [1975-76],
then Spud [1976-77, appearing on their "Smoking On The Bog" LP],
played on the Village Green LP,
and joined the Eric Bell Band [1979] with ex Radiator Mark Megaray on bass. Megaray
and Gaynor were then in UK NWOBHM act Girl. Donald 'Doish' Nagle was later in the Bogey Boys.
There was an unrelated outfit called Fantasy active in the late 70s, an extremely geeky
looking pop/showband.
Help!: We need your help to complete this entry. If you can tell us more about this band then please do! We welcome any corrections, missing details, connections to other bands, where are they now, etc. We also need photos, scans, copies of releases or live or demo recordings, and any other memorabilia gathering dust in the attic. If you can help, then please get in touch.