From: Dublin
Active: 1988-1998
Style: Alternative
Lineup:
- Fearghal McKee - vocals
- Paul Page - guitar
- Myles McDonnell - bass
- Colm Hassett - drums
Bio:
For the full band story, check out the official website www.whippingboy.net
Not to be confused with the mid-80s Californians on CFY Records (pre- Oxbow).
Discography
• Sweet Mangled Thing EP
K7 - Gigantic Records - GIG-1 - April 1989
Self-released 5-track cassette EP.
tracks:
Velvet Crush
Alligator Smile
Highwayman
I Think I Miss You
Happy
• s/t EP
12" - Cheree Records - 8T - August 1990
tracks:
Switchblade Smile
Valentine '69
Sugar I Swear
• I Think I Miss You EP
12" - Cheree Records - 11T - February 1991
tracks:
Daze
Highwayman
I Think I Miss You
She Makes Me Ill
• Submarine
LP - Liquid Records - LQLP1 - April 1992
CD - Liquid Records - LQCD1 - April 1992
K7 - Liquid Records - LQMC1 - April 1992
CD - Whipping Boy Recordings - [no cat nbr] - May 2006 - remastered
side one:
Safari
Beatle
Sushi
Favourite Sister
Astronaut Blues
side two:
Betty Clean
Buffalo
Snow
Valentine 69
Submarine
• Favourite Sister / Safari
7" - Liquid Records - LQ4 - 1992
Radio promo in stickered white paper sleeve; both tracks from "Submarine".
Whipping Boy sign to Columbia Records in 1994.
• Heartworm Album Sampler EP
CDS - Columbia Records - XPCD625 - 1995
4-track promo sampler
tracks:
Twinkle (radio edit)
Blinded
Tripped
The Honeymoon Is Over
• Heartworm
LP - Columbia Records - 480281-1 - UK - October 1995
CD - Columbia Records - 480281-2 - UK - October 1995
Advance promo copies in the US came in a card sleeve with re-worked CD-label artwork
Twinkle
When We Were Young
Tripped
The Honeymoon Is Over
We Don't Need Nobody Else
Blinded
Personality
Users
Fiction
Morning Rise
A Natural
• Tripped (BBC Session version)
7" - Columbia Records - XPS 400 - December 1995 - PS
1-sided promo flexi sent to fanclub with letter + tour dates
• Twinkle / A Natural
7" - Columbia Records - 661371-7 - 1995 - PS, clear vinyl
• Twinkle / A Natural / Plaything / Favourite Sister(live)
CDS - Columbia Records - 661371-2 - 1995
• Twinkle / The Honeymoon Is Over (live)
7" - Columbia Records - 663227-7 - 1996 - PS, white vinyl, limited edition
• Twinkle / Fiction (live) / Tripped (live) / The Honeymoon Is Over(live)
CDS - Columbia Records - CD1 663227-2 - 1996 - red cover
• Twinkle / Blinded (live) / Personality (live) / Users (live)
CDS - Columbia Records - CD2 663227-5 - 1996 - blue cover
Twinkle re-released in 1996 with different B-sides.
• We Don't Need Nobody Else / Here I Am (listed as Disappointed)
7" - Columbia Records - 662220-7 - October 1995 - PS clear vinyl [4000 copies]
• We Don't Need Nobody Else / Disappointed / Here I Am
CDS - Columbia Records - 662220-2 - October 1995
• We Don't Need Nobody Else / Twinkle (acoustic) / We Don't Need Nobody Else (acoustic)
CDS - Columbia Records - 662220-5 - October 1995 - purple PS
• When We Were Young / As the Day Goes
7" - Columbia Records - 662806-7 - January 1996 - PS red, limited edition
• When We Were Young / As the Day Goes / When We Were Young (Philo Version) / Caroline Says II
CDS - Columbia Records - 662806-2 - January 1996
• various artists - Natural Born Elvis
CD - Dam Good Productions - DPG001 - IRL - August 1998
See Compilations section for full track listing.
track: Suspicous Minds
• So Much For Love / Pat The Almighty
CDS - Low Rent - PROMO1 - March 2000 - PS, promo
• s/t
CD - Low Rent - LOWRENT2001 - April 2000
tracks:
So Much For Love
Bad Books
Pat The Almighty
Mutton
Fly
That Was Then This Is Now
One To Call My Own
Puppets
Who Am I
Ghost Of Elvis
No Place To Go
Bootlegs
There are several live bootlegs in circulation.
• Black Session (Paris 21 March 1996)
CDR - bootleg
tracks:
Users
When We Were Young
Twinkle
Tripped
The Honeymoon Is Over
Caroline Says
Blinded
We Don't Need Nobody Else
Fiction
Favourite Sister
Buffalo
• Live at The Junction Cambridge (21 May 1996)
CDR - bootleg
tracks:
Favourite Sister
Fiction
Tripped
When We Were Young
Users
The Honetymoon Is Over
Personality
Twinkle
I Think I Miss You
Blinded
We Don't need Nobody Else
Buffalo
• Live at the Astoria London (29 May 1996)
CDR - bootleg
tracks:
Fiction
Favourite Sister
Tripped
When We Were Young
Users
The Honeymoon Is Over
Personality
Twinkle
I Think I Miss You
Blinded
We Don't Need Nobody Else
A Natural
Buffalo
• Live In The Red Box, Dublin (Feb.18. 1997)
CDR - bootleg - 8 tracks
Compilation appearances:
• v/a - Natural Born Elvis
CD - Dam Good Productions - DPG 001 - August 1998
See Compilations section for full track listing.
track:
Suspicious Minds
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