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Hinterland

From: Dublin

Active: 1987-1994

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Formed in Denmark by Gerry Leonard (ex Spies, Above The Thunderclouds) and Donal Coughlan (ex The Departure). With Wayne Sheehy (ex Driveshaft, 1990, Cactus World News) on drums.

Ambient pop/rock/folk, another exercise in "big sound" with spooky guitar, which led to comparisons to U2 and Cry Before Dawn -- not to mention Simple Minds, Tears For Fears and the Blue Nile. Give me The Spies any day! Having said that, the album is successful on it's own terms on about half the tracks, which is a good average for this sort of thing, and this LP deserves to be better known.

In late 1992, the duo were reportedly demoing songs for a second album scheduled for 1993 but this never materialised and the band split in 1994. Gerry Leonard uses the name Spooky Ghost for some of his projects and is now David Bowie's guitarist. Wayne Sheehy joined Ronnie Wood's band and has toured and recorded with many big names including Bo Diddley, Robert Palmer and Van Morrison. He also owns Ocean Studios Ireland.

During the 80s I remember seeing on a number of occasions a fantastic guitarist among the buskers on Grafton Street. He was usually sitting on a speaker playing electric guitar though some kind of delay pedal(s) to fantastic effect. Was this Gerry Leonard?



Discography

• Dark Hill / Aeroplanes
7" - Island Records - IS 443 - UK - October 1989 - PS
• Dark Hill / Aeroplanes / Part Of The Oilwheel
12" - Island Records - 12 IS 443 - UK - October 1989 - PS
CDS - Island Records - CID 443 - UK - October 1989 - PS


• Desert Boots / Love Quarantine
7" - Island Records - IS 463 - 1990 - PS
• Desert Boots / Love Quarantine / God's Reverb (live)
12" - Island Records - 12 IS 463 - July 1990 - PS
CDS - Island Records - CID 463 - July 1990 - PS

Notes:
"God's Reverb" taken from a session recorded for the Richard Skinner Show (BBC Radio) which was first broadcast 7th March 1990.



• Kissing The Roof Of Heaven
LP - Island Records - ILPS 9949 - April 1990
CD - Island Records - CID 9949 - April 1990
LP - Island Records - 842273-1 - July 1990


• Resurrect EP
CDS - CBM Records - CBMCDS002 - IRL - 1992 - PS


• various artists - Breaking Sound Barriers Vol.1
CD - PPI Records - BSBCD-1 - IRL - 1992
See Compilations section for full track listing.


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See Also: 1990, Cactus World News, The Departure, Driveshaft, The Spies

External Links: "Dark Hill" video on You Tube, "Desert Boots" video on You Tube



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