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Mean Features

From: Cork

Active: 1980-84

Style: Punk

Lineup:

Bio:

Punk rock from Cork with Mick Lynch (ex Constant Reminders) who later found fame with Stump. Mean Features were active for several years but their only vinyl appearance is the "Kaught At The Kampus" EP recorded in August 1980. They were instrumental in the opening of the Cork Musicians Collective in the Bogeda circa 1982, following the closure of Arcadia in 1981.

The band is mentioned in the Cork scene report published in Maximum Rock And Roll #12 in March 1984, suggesting they were still active at that time, four years later. Mick Lynch moved to London in November 1984, by which time the band had presumably split.

Mick Lynch later fronted Stump. Liam Heffernan became an actor, appearing in the popular TV series Glenroe. Steve O'Donoghue (who was born in the USA) joined the US Marines. Kenneth Carr played guitar with Mean Features for one gig.

Notable Dates

• 29 May 1980 - St Francis Hall, Cork - with Micro-Disney, Nun Attax, Urban Blitz & Waisters.
• 30 August 1980 - Arcadia, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork - with Micro-Disney, Urban Blitz, Nun Attax & Open Hearts. Immortalized on the Kaught At The Kampus EP.
• 24 January 1981 - UCC Granary Theatre, Cork - with Radio 4, Micro-Disney, The Flaamacks & Nun Attax.
• 7 February 1981 - Arcadia, Cork - with Micro-Disney, The Flaamacks & Nun Attax.
• 28 February 1981 - Magnet Bar, Dublin - with Micro-Disney & Alphabet Music.


Mick Lynch and Pat Kelleher at The Magnet Bar 28 Feb 1981
[photo courtesy Nicky White]


Mick Lynch and Pat Kelleher at The Magnet Bar 28 Feb 1981
[photo courtesy Nicky White]


Mick Lynch and Pat Kelleher at The Magnet Bar 28 Feb 1981
[photo courtesy Nicky White]


Discography

• various artists - Kaught At The Kampus EP
12" - Reekus Records - RKS01 - IRL - 1980
See Compilations section for full track listing.

Notes:
Recorded at the Downtown Kampus, Arcadia, Cork August 30 - 1980.





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See Also: Constant Reminders, Stump



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