John Doe Basic Member Posts:338  
| 4/6/2005 1:54 PM |
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There was a cracking Dublin band knocking around in the late 80's / early 90's called Scale The Heights, then renamed themselves to The Beekeepers. If memory serves me correctly the lead singers name was Dave Carroll.
If anyone knows what became of them I'd love to know. I spent many a happy night in thrall to their REM - esque power pop at the Baggot Inn and other long gone relics of Dublin's rock heritage.  |
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John DoeBasic Member Posts:338
| 4/6/2005 2:01 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
wasn't he exposed as a covert Nazi or something equally stupid?
Worse, he was exposed as being a sh*t songwriter. |
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Daragh Advanced Member Posts:666
| 4/6/2005 3:10 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
the swastika was a symbol in ancient Rome, don't know about eastern symbolism.
the swastika is a buddhist symbol for peace (ironically enough!) you can see it all over the place in many buddhist countries, nepal, tibet etc, it takes a bit of getting used to though. The reverse swastika is also a symbol for the Bon religion, if you really want to know it determines which way they circumnavigate holy objects, so the buddhists will always go counter clockwise.
and thats daragh's table quiz question of the day! |
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sweetieBasic Member Posts:132
| 4/6/2005 3:27 PM |
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Some of symposium, who were great live (imho), are in (nu)metal band 'hell is for heroes'
I have an ep by an irish band called the asteroids that was ace but nothing since that.
English band 'Delakota' released a great debut about 5 years ago, a middlin single about 3 years ago and nuthin since.
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 4/6/2005 3:30 PM |
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Originally posted by sweetie
Some of symposium, who were great live (imho), are in (nu)metal band 'hell is for heroes'
I have an ep by an irish band called the asteroids that was ace but nothing since that.
English band 'Delakota' released a great debut about 5 years ago, a middlin single about 3 years ago and nuthin since.
That asteroids single was deadly alright and Delakota's "C'mon Cinncinati" single remains one of my all-time faves.
There was also a great act from years (and years) back from Freaky Realistic that i always wondered what happened to. Another great band destined for the shadows are Sweetback (Sade's backing band who released two fine fine albums on their own).
Irish acts - I loved that carlow band The Castanedas and always thought they would do better than they did. I hear one of them (the drummer) is now a fairly well-respected artist in New York. |
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 4/6/2005 4:14 PM |
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Anyway, he seemed like a twat, although 'Hush' was a good song.
It was also a cover. It was originally a Joe South song altough the most famous version of the song was recorded by Deep Purple.
With regards to Krist Novoselic, he formed Sweet 75 who released their self titled album in 1997. More recently he popped up in Eyes Adrift who also released an eponymous debut in 2002. |
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Una Veteran Member Posts:1721
| 4/6/2005 4:35 PM |
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I saw a book Krist Novoselic wrote recently. Michael Moore type cover. Can't remember what it was called - something softly political.
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 4/6/2005 5:06 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
I saw a book Krist Novoselic wrote recently. Michael Moore type cover. Can't remember what it was called - something softly political.
It's called OF GRUNGE & GOVERNMENT. he's now a political activist in Washington state - find out more at http://www.fairvote.org/novoselic/ |
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| 4/6/2005 7:31 PM |
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Bands that I wonder what happened to them; New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Catatonia, Into Paradise, Marxman, Sunbear, The Aloof, The Revenants, Toasted Heretic, etc, etc ......
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
| 4/6/2005 8:51 PM |
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While we're on the subject of Irish acts that disappeared, anyone know what happened to an Irish big beat duo called Dirty Beatniks? I've got an album they released in 2000 called "Feedback". Its a bit patchy, but it has a couple of really good tracks, especially "Disco Dancing Machines", the video for which got a fair bit of airplay on No Disco at the time.
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PilchardAdvanced Member Posts:699
| 4/7/2005 9:25 AM |
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Originally posted by MarkO
Bands that I wonder what happened to them; New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Catatonia, Into Paradise, Marxman, Sunbear, The Aloof, The Revenants, Toasted Heretic, etc, etc ......
Catatonia - lead singer Cerys released a not-bad countryish album in 2003 or 2004
Into Paradise - disbanded. think the lead singer is back fixing televisions in Churchtown in Dublin
Marxman - disbanded. Oisin Lunny made some great records as Firstborn, a great stomper called "The Mood Club"
The Revenants - there was talk of a Stars of Heaven reunion (the band some of the Revenents were in before) but nothing came of it. Stephan Ryan is one of the Ireland's most under-appreciated songwriters
Toasted Heretic - lead singer Julian Gough became an author. Good debut novel Juno & Juliet
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sweetieBasic Member Posts:132
| 4/7/2005 10:38 AM |
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Disco Dancing Machines was a wicked tune but only the producer or 'beatmaker' was irish, I think. Speaking of big beat, whatever happened to 'lo fidelity allstars.' I loved 'how to operate...' and there were a couple of decent tracks on the last one. Their cover of 'battleflag' is still one of my fave party tunes.
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spurtacusBasic Member Posts:229
| 4/7/2005 10:49 AM |
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'how to operate....' was a deadly album, heard a few tracks off the last one and wasnt very impressed at all at all, not many bands survive replacing the lead singer
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BinokularVeteran Member Posts:1665
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bluebean New Member Posts:1
| 4/11/2005 4:25 PM |
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What about the band Big bag of sticks? Or The Pale? Where are you now? Or at the very least, where the flip can I buy some of your old albums?
Also a band from Cork that I had an ep of, the Orange Fetishes....
If anyone has any clues please do tell!
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