Carter USM, Smashing Pumpkins, Crowded House, Sex Pistols, Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Pixies, The Clash, The Jam, The Adverts, Gary Numan, Nirvana, Ministry, The Undertones....
Once upon a time, after a couple of gigs..... we found ourselves in recording studios working with notable producers including John O'Neill (the Undertones), Gil Norton (Pixies) and Steve Hillage.
.....................our debut album A Map Of The Universe By Blink was a great experience to make, while sending us on an amazing journey. We're still very proud of it.....
Some very enjoyable and eventful tours of the UK...
............................Soundcrowd Orchestra remixed Cello, once of our best known songs, which was a real honour.........
..............A-listed on radio stations across the North East USA and across college radio. .......we set up our own New York based label, released A Map Of The Universe By Blink' and went on to sell nice numbers of copies of it in the USA..... We then hooked up with Paradigm Records..... 'The End Is High' released in the USA.
.......Billboard Magazine made 'The End Is High' their five star album of the month, (which was a thrill) and the album went on to sell nice numbers of copies in a very short space of time
Some very enjoyable and eventful tours of the USA, most noteably with Samiam (Hi guys!)...
'The End Is High' released in Japan and Australia, although we don't think the Australians were mad about us.....
We played shows, sharing dressing rooms with, amongst others, The Verve, Oasis, Carter USM, Crowded House, Samiam, The Ramones, Mercury Rev, Moby, Lloyd Cole, Sultans Of Ping, The Frank & Walters, The Frames, The Cardigans, Mark Geary, Brendan O'Shea and Blink 182......
......There's no point in saying that the whole Blink182 thing didn't affect our morale, we'd rather be known for our music, so we'll keep making what we think is great music, and hope that someday that's what we're known for.........
In 2003, we worked with our friend and producer Howie Beno (Ministry founder, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blondie,) recorded the third album..... Deep Inside The Sound Of Sadness,,.... Wendy Starland took time out from writing with Quincy Jones to sing on 'Don't You Rollerblade In Nashville Tennessee? .......... New York underground darling, Madison, joined in on 'Angel Of Light (Catwoman)'.......... Dave Browne flew in to play guitar on 'Walking Away', ............ John McCurry (the man behind monster 80's classics 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth' and ' Alice Coopers' 'Poison') stuck his head in for one or two guitar parts, but mainly for coffee. ...
.................The album was released in Ireland in 2004, winning some award nominations and nice reviews......
.........Now we're recording our fourth album, and will also be re-releasing all of our earlier work, along with some really cool stuff that never got released before. ........
....So it looks like we're a band that releases an album every four years or so!!! .....Who'd have thunk it?..........
These releases will be available on this website, and also on www.irishblink.ie
A 2CD limited edition of the classic debut album 'Immigrants, Emigrants and Me' containing all 14 original tracks plus the debut “A Little Piece of God” ep and various b-sides, will be released on 1st March 2010. Pre-order @ One Hundred Percent Music
Michael Brunnock will be performing with his Irish Band "Little Palace" November 5th 8pm Whelans, Dublin November 7th 9pm Headfort Arms, Kells, Co. Meath November 12th 8pm The Backroom, Navan, Co. Meath Little Palace will be releasing their New Single "Beekeeper" from their latest album Invitation Time. We all hope to see you there. Keep Music Alive go hear a show.
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Everyone at indiecater records would like to wish you a happy summer and let you know that there is an indiepop song from the Very Most available to download FREE from our site!
The Annesley House North Strand (Fairview) Dublin 3
The Hootenanny Launch Gig
2 Stages 7 Acts
Collaborations on the night from…
Matthew Devereux (from The Pale) Keiron Black (from The Amazing Few) Wally Page Stephen and Tony Boylan Mick Duffy and Niall O’ Shea Alan and Breda Trimble Q and more…
Kicks off at 8.30pm Admission: 5 Euro
Everyones welcome along-it's gonna be a great nite full of fun+frolicks, so come along+join us for lots of Hootenanny Maddness!!! Emma, Q and Co. at The Qube Studio:)
FairplayCollective's Michael Brunnock has teamed up with his old band Little Palace and have just released a single entitled "Eviction" and can be down loaded at www.downloadmusic.ie
They have also released their third album called Invitation Time and is available in all good music stores.
Little Palace will be touring Ireland to support the release of their album and can be seen/heard at these venues.
March 29th CRANE LANE - CORK March 31st ROISIN DUBH - GALWAY April 1st DOLANS WAREHOUSE - LIMERICK April 3rd THE SPIRIT STORE - DUNDALK April 4th HEADFORT ARMS - KELLS April 7th WHELANS - DUBLIN April 9th THE BACKROOM - NAVAN
Hey Friends,
Let me take this moment to wish
you all a Happy Christmas and
here's to a better New Year.
I would also like to announce that
Michael Brunnock is to play 2 gigs
in Ireland just before the New Year.
27th Dec. 8pm The Village (26 Wexford St, Dublin)
supporting Mr North.
29th Dec 9pm The Railway Bar (Athboy Rd, Kells)
Please come and show Your support for LIVE music.
Hey there,
Just a quick comment letting some of our MySpace friends know that the "Who The Hell Is Doug Derek?" album has just been released in limited CD format on the Kool Kat Musik label (PURR 2023). Available exclusively from the Kool Kat Musik Power Pop/Alt Country online store, the album comes with a free second bonus disc of 11 more songs - all for just $15!
To purchase, just click and go to directly to this buy link or copy and paste the URL in your browser address bar:
http://www. koolkatmusik. com/showproduct. aspx?productid=4801
