Anthony Mackey: Guitar, Vocals
Mark Jordan: Guitar, Vocals Hugh McCabe: Bass Eric Stover: Drums
Influences
AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Misfits, They Might Be Giants, Megadeth, King’s X, Sebadoh, Drive Like Jehu, Marillion, DEV-O, Daddy Longhead, Dinosaur Jr, Weezer, Neil Young.
Sounds Like
"Ireland's best band" The Irish News (November 2007)
"My Whole Life Is Have To is one of the year's best rock albums, We salute you gentlemen!" Alan Jacques, The Limerick Independent (November 2007)
"For anyone who loves riffs and solos, this is a huge treasure trove. So huge that it will make you want to buy an amp for your air guitar." rte.ie
"Large Mound make the kind of joyful noise that inspires kids to form bands." Jackie Hayden, Hot Press (November 2007)
"(My Whole Life Is Have To is) A powerful and exciting album that you must have" The Star (November 2007)
"enough here to make even the most jaded observer of the local scene sit up and take notice" The Irish Independent (November 2007)
"they have maximised their policy of firing out sub three-minute stompers, welding alt-rock, classic metal and power pop together" Ciarán Ryan, Limerick Independent (November 2007)
"savvy brew of alternative indie rock and abounding riffs" John Cleary, Carlow First (November 2007)
"staggering metal with pop sensibility" The Sunday Tribune (November 2007)
"mighty riffs, witty lyrics, the complete lack of pretension to their craft and the fact that in their liner notes they credit the guitar solos in each song to the axeman responsible, just like Slayer used to (and probably still do)." David Roy, The Irish News. (review of Go Forth And Amplify)
"incisive rock tantrums and impressive pop hooks ... Where the Mound clearly take their cues from US rock, punk and metal benchmarks, they rarely jettison melody for mindless riffola, but rather accommodate both .......... blinding start-to-finish rocker" The Irish Times (review of Raised on Rock)
"... a stone cold classic... great songs, a great album, but, above all, great rock"
The Dublin Event Guide (review of Raised on Rock)
" ... somehow straddling an Fugazi meets AC/DC divide... classics!"
The Dublin Event Guide (again)
".. one day they will be looked upon as one of the best Irish rock bands of their time. Go Forth and Amplify is a tender and poignant manifestation of the metal dream"
Leagues O'Toole, Irish Examiner
"Go Forth And Amplify is seldom bereft of direction. It Is, in fact, a rather charming proposition, coyly lovelorn and brimming with melodies. As sweet and beguiling as a schoolyard crush" The Irish Times (review of Go Forth And Amplify)
", Large Mound are in irresistable form." Edel Coffey, The Sunday Tribune. (review of Go Forth And Amplify)
"Large Mound give guitar lovers fourteen lessons in the school of classic rock... they sure sound like they know what they're teaching." rte.ie (review of Go Forth And Amplify)
My Whole Life Is Have To: NEW ALBUM OUT NOW
"A No-Nonsense Contender For Best Rock Album Of 2007"
Large Mound is a well-known rock group based in Dublin. In the beginning things were scrappy: with 4-track tape experiments and a "here's a riff, here's a song" approach to writing. Since then the Mound have evolved into one of Ireland's best rock bands*, with two full length albums, extensive gigging experience, and mounting critical acclaim under their belts. The musical goal of combining downstroke rock, metal riffs and smart songwriting has remained constant tough. Reviewers have drawn comparisons with bands like Sebadoh, AC/DC, Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr, and Teenage Fanclub, and the band wouldn't have too much of a problem with any of that.
There have been a few line-up changes along the way. The one constant has been founding member and singer/guitarist Anthony Mackey who writes most of the songs, increasingly aided by second singer/guitarist "The Boy" Mark Jordan. All of Large Mound's songs are about working, rocking, and the funny things that happen to you in between. This was summed up in the opening line of their debut single, I Thought You Were Dead, "Short, simple songs about life".
The Mound have done all the usual band things like release 7" singles and split singles, the odd compilation contribution, and two full length albums: "Raised on Rock" (2002) on Julius Geezer Records, and "Go Forth And Amplify" (2004) on Scientific Laboratories. They regularly share stages with local and touring bands, and hit the road whenever they can. They heartily endorse Marshall amps, being nice to sound engineers, and red bounty bars.
The third Large Mound album, entitled "My Whole Life Is Have To", was released in late '07. They are now working on its follow up.
* this is true because The Irish Examiner said so
Video for "Your Holiday Sounds Boring". Made by Ian Lawton.
COITUS - "Fucked Into Oblivion" 20th Anniversary 2CD Retrospective! To mark the 20th anniversary of the inception of the band, Coitus release a fully remastered, 40 track double disc retrospect cd through Underground Movement......(LTD 500 Copies) Essential for fans of MOTORHEAD, CELTIC FROST, DISCHARGE & POISON IDEA... www.myspace.com/coituslondon
LIVIDITY/WARPATH "Alive & Split open" split live cd What more needs to be said, 2 sick bands who have just come back from Fisting Europe. The US Legends needed no persuasion to share this disc with Ireland's waste laying Motherfuckes Warpath...(LTD 500 Copies) www.myspace.com/warpathire www.myspace.com/lividity
INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL "North of Nowhere" (Cd version) Underground Movement has just released the Cd version of the album "North of Nowhere" from Germany's nastiest Stenchcore for fans of AXEGRINDER, AMEBIX and old BOLTTHROWER....(LTD 500 Copies) www.myspace.com/stenchcore
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Our 4th album "Time to burn" is just about finished. A new departure. Most of the songs are up on our myspace so if you have a spare minute have a listen.
To everyone who has entered or plans on entering the "Bomb Ass Anime Video Contest" The deadline is July 4th. Hit the blog on my page to watch cool videos already entered or learn how to enter your own Seth Fentress AMV. Good luck.
Hi, join us Saturday the 13th in the Village as we perfrom the Bumblee-Bee helicopter show. with Elavator and Romanov's Goodbye! Should be a cracker.. Have a great day and thanks for lettig us post this.
Wow, you guys are so great. You remind me of a mix between Hum and Ben Folds. The good orates off you like warmness. I love "I Hate All My Friends" You're my new favorite Irey band.
Broken Mirrors new album, "Seven Years...", will be available on Mai 20th (Europe) and June 10th (Worldwide). You can now listen some songs on the band's myspace page and pre-order your album at a very special price !!!! Thanks to thus who support us and the metal scene worldwide. Till Death...
Le nouvel album de Broken Mirrors, "Seven Years..." sortira le 20 Mai (en Europe) et le 10 juin (reste du monde). Vous pouvez déjà venir découvrir quelques morceaux sur la page du groupe et pré commander votre exemplaire à prix spécial !!! Merci à tous ceux qui nous soutiennent et soutiennent la scène metal. Till Death...
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Thanks for the add! I'm just back from Reamonn's Million Miles Tour, and there's a song with Rea on my profile called "Turn The World". Drop by and check it out! Greetings from Ireland! SJ
ALIAS EMPIRE UPDATE!
<br />www.aliasempire.com has recently gone live and on sign up members can download 'AEmix', a 6 track remixes EP, for free. This includes remixes of our own tracks as well as tracks by Messiah J and the Expert and Cars in Walls. Half of the remixes are by us while the rest have been handled by Philth and Seki, Nina Hynes, and Klass of '83. Each track has its own unique artwork included in the download. Hope to see you on there soon.
<br />Thank You.
<br />AE
