Cormac Kavanagh [Guitar/Vocals/Keys]
Shane Barry [Guitar/Vocals/Keys/Banjo/Mandolin]
Tom Farrell [Bass/Vocals]
John Daly [Drums]
Jay barden [Piano/organ]
Stephen Haberlin [Drums on Big day/Good nature/One too many times/Second chance/I cant win]
Influences
The Beatles, radiohead, Blur, QOTSA, Wilco, Elvis costello
Sounds Like
Ok, FORGET alternative, new age, lo-fi..gothic death metal. There's only good and bad music.
DUPED are good..Killer rock/pop songs that stay in your head forever, .Just bloody great songs, remember those? Think The Beatles mixed with Radiohead, Coldplay, a sprinkling of Wico and Elvis Costello for artistic good measure and you're half-way there.
Anyway, let your ears decide....
Quirky pop, that lies somewhere between the Smiths and the Beatles! That's where you'll find Duped these days. Either playing high profile gigs up and down the country or tucked away in their studio adding whistles and bells to harmonious driven guitar songs.
Duped consists of 4 core members, with the odd ivory -tinkler or brass player added (only when they run out of hands themselves of course!) to their high energy live shows. it's often in these live settings where the band find themselves at their peak. as is evident from recent performances at the Hard Working Class Heroes A+R showcase, Murphy’s band of the year finals, On The Verge expo in Derry, supports with Hal, Mundy and Paddy Casey and of course racking up 4 (and counting) appearances at the famed Ruby Sessions which has played host to Damien Rice, Damien Dempsey, Joe Chester, etc.
Duped have just released their first E.P. - "Meanwhile Elsewhere", as an industry release which has been selling quickly on their website dupedmusic.com. The E.P. was recorded, produced, engineered and packaged in their own hand built studios. Add to this a track on a forthcoming Thin Lizzy tribute album due for international release in the new year and is to include such luminaries as the Darkness. the track itself, a version of Don't Believe a Word (featuring electric piano's, banjo's and backward guitars!) has already met the approval of the surviving Thin Lizzy line-up.
So if you haven't been Duped yet, you will be
Nice one CK! Is this the resurrection of duped? You can never have enough guitars man! Deadly tune and I think if im not mistaken ive heard ye play it live back in the day?
Yesterday, I was driving to Palatka, FL to celebrate the Blue Crab Festival. It's a two hour trip on the highway and we passed many convenient stores. So, as you can imagine, we stopped at every one we saw and bought "Gold Rush" scratch offs. They're $20, and we lost $100 by the end of a two hour journey.
We reflected on our lotto binge in Ireland, and decided to stick to $1.
I want to come back more than anything. We will soon. We have a room waiting for you two when you fly into Orlando. Big, big plans.
Prison Love invites you upstairs this Fri May 25th to the NY dive-bar of Dublin for music from their new album "A Night in the Box."
With support from the excellent I Draw Slow (acoustic, roots, Americana)
The Cherrytree, Walkinstown roundabout, Dublin 12
Doors 9pm, €15/13 concessions from www.musiclee.ie
Bus it there 19a, 50, 56a, 77, 77a.
lol, should be a good laugh alright, only thing is that they dont really use the main stage anymore, its more of a tourist attraction now then anything else.Shame but still should be fairly cool.How are things anyway???
Hey there!
Just to let you know I'm performing my newest song on Balcony tv (www.balconytv.com)today!
If you have a spare 4 mins to check it out and/or rate it on youtube, that'd be fantastic!
Cheers,
Rebecca
It's great being your friend. We're going back into the studio this summer to record another album. Let us know if you're interested in hearing more about it.
just dropin by to tell you that we have uploded 2 new songs on our site and would love to know what you think of them. Please have a listen and leave a comment
I'm so flattered at all the good comments I've been getting about my song, Cast Adrift.
If you like the track and would like to hear more, it would help if I could afford a couple days recording time - show your support! - the song is available on iTunes.
We play tommorow night in the Bowery front bar for the re-launch of the backroom sessions.
Support on the nite comes from The Huzzars and Goat,
Admission is free and everything kicks off at 8.30pm
Hope to see ye there
P.S.
Click on the picture for our the video of our single Chinese Burn
UK Release is 22 Jan 07 on Art Goes Pop
P.P.S. We are heading to Texas in March for SxSW so if you know anyone down Austin way who is putting on show/party and wants a wee Scottish indie band to play please point them our way!!!
just dropping by the people on my friends list to say hi!... and to ask if you have a chance to drop by and let me know what you think of my new vid/songs etc...really appreciate the gift of folk's time...and if you know anyone who'd be into what i do send them my way... much respect to you.
james o'toole.
We are playing a headline gig in the Gingerman this Friday 1st of December.
Its a FREE gig.We are also playing some new songs never heard before.
support is by Baren Samedi.
Showtime is around 9.30pm.
Hope you can make it.
Hi,
I'm currently doing all the bookings for The Zoo Club and live music venue in Kilkenny until Christmas so if your band would like a gig there between now and then send me a mail ASAP and I will sort something for you.
I know it's hard for bands outside Kilkenny to pull a crowd but we can help with all the promotion etc. I work in a local newspaper too so I can get a good write up for any of the gigs. The club now has an extensive advertising campaign in place for all its gigs also
