From: IRL
Active:
Style: Powerpop
Lineup:
- Brain McGuire - vocals & acoustic guitar
- Gerry Stevenson - lead guitar
- Paul Egan - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, string machine, backing vocal
- Paul Ashe-Browne - bass, backing vocal
- Dave Ryman - drums, backing vocal
Bio:
"Denis the Menace" also played drums at some point -- was this Dave Ryman?
The A-side of their singles has been described as a "Pub Band Country Music piss take/comedy thing"
(i.e. a country pastische) while the B-side is a "superb slice of spikey new wave/powerpop".
Discography
• All I Own in Dublin (Are The Bars) / The Secrets of Young Brides
7" - Scoff Records - DT18 - 1982 - PS
A-side produced by Deke O'Brien at Lombard; B-side by Jim Lockhart/Deke O'Brien at Keystone/Lombard.
Billy Brown played piano on the A-side; Jim Lockhart played synth on the B-side
• various artists - Non Stop Pop
LP - RTE Records - RTE 63 - IRL - 1982
See Compilations section for full track listing.
track: The Secrets of Young Brides
• various artists - Non Stop Pop Vol.2
LP - RTE Records = RTE 69 - IRL - November 1982
See Compilations section for full track listing.
track: All I Own in Dublin (Are The Bars)
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