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IT'S NICE TO BE NICE
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IT'S NICE TO BE NICE
Album: JOLLITY
Released: Sep 23, 2005
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General Info

  • Genre: Pop / Psychedelic / Soul

    Location Dublin., Dublin, Ir

    Profile Views: 117236

    Last Login: 6/11/2011

    Member Since 9/11/2005

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnB1Z3dhc2h0aGViYW5kLmNvbQ==

    Record Label E.M.I & 1969 RECORDS

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    PUGWASH - KINGS AND QUEENS (Road Records Dublin 19-04-2008) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PUGWASH - AT THE SEA .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PUGWASH - TAKE ME AWAY .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PUGWASH - ON WITH THE SHOW .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PUGWASH @ ABBEY ROAD STUDIO 2 RECORDING STRINGS FOR 'JOLLITY' .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PUGWASH - IT'S NICE TO BE NICE .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PUGWASH - MONORAIL .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ .. Thomas Walsh is a Choice Music Prize, Meteor and Ivor Novello nominated songwriter having been the driving force behind his cult pop outfit PUGWASH for ten years and recently being one half of the cricket loving pop duo 'THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD' with musical partner Neil Hannon. Thomas was born in his parents house in Drimnagh in 1969. "Lazy bugger even then I was, not wanting to go to the hospital to be born". As men landed on the moon and the sixties were officially coming to a grand musical close at Woodstock, Thomas set about listening to all the classic pop music that was streaming forth literally every week from his parents TV, radio and stereo. "My brothers started to bring Al Stewart, Mike Oldfield, Queen and E.L.O records into the house along with Roy Wood, Slade and Gilbert O'Sullivan ones that my Mam and Dad already had there.....you can see why I'm steeped in a love of great pop!". Thomas, in his guise as PUGWASH has released 6 albums in ten years and been given numerous accolades..one of which is still a 'goosepimple' moment for him. "Back in 2006 Brian Wilson's manager David Leaf obtained my e-mail through an acquaintance and sent me a mail saying that Brian loved my track 'It's nice to be nice' and as he was coming to Dublin to play in Vicar Street he'd love to meet me. MEET ME!!?? He came, I met Brian, he said 'Hey! You're the nice to be nice guy', I said 'Yes' and he said 'Great song'.....I still think it was all a fantastic dream to be honest". After years of artistic success it was time to get something more out of the music game, so OF COURSE an album all about cricket was the obvious step towards that..??!! No? Well 50,000 sales in the U.K, a Top 40 U.K debut chart placing, numerous award nominations, famous fans (Stephen Fry, Simon le Bon and Noel Gallagher to name but a small few) and sell out shows in London (Queen Elizabeth Hall) and Dublin (Olympia) all within a year of the release of 'THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD' certainly adds up to a resounding YES!! In 2010 Thomas & Pugwash were snapped up by the renowned AMA - Music Agency and Thomas has just secured a worldwide publishing deal with SONY/ATV. August 2011 will see Pugwash release their 5th album "THE OLYMPUS SOUND" on none other than the venerable E.M.I., the bands new home.

  • Members

    Thomas Walsh Tosh Flood Joey Fitzgerald Shaun McGee

  • Influences

    The Electric Light Orchestra The Idle Race The Beatles The Grays Colin Hare Finn Brothers High Llamas Bee Gees The Kinks The Move Roy Wood Jeff Lynne Beach Boys The Zombies Jellyfish Michael Penn John Cunningham Honeybus Crowded House Judee Sill Nick Drake Jason Falkner The Lemon Pipers The Left Banke Cream Queen Jethro Tull Wizzard AIR KD Lang New Musik The Buggles Squeeze Elvis Costello LIR Saville Madness The Byrds Graham Fellows John Shuttleworth Stealers Wheel Nelson Bragg

  • Sounds Like

    E.L.O - The Beatles - The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Kinks -

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PUGWASH - KINGS AND QUEENS (Road Records Dublin 19-04-2008) PUGWASH - AT THE SEA PUGWASH - TAKE ME AWAY Thomas Walsh is a Choice Music Prize, Meteor and Ivor Novello nominated songwriter having been the driving force behind his cult powerpop outfit PUGWASH for ten years and recently being one half of the cricket loving pop duo 'THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD' with musical partner Neil Hannon. Thomas was born in his parents house in Drimnagh in 1969. "Lazy bugger even then I was, not wanting to go to the hospital to be born". As men landed on the moon and the sixties were officially coming to a grand musical close at Woodstock, Thomas set about listening to all the classic pop music that was streaming forth literally every week from his parents TV, radio and stereo. "My brothers started to bring Al Stewart, Mike Oldfield, Queen and E.L.O records into the house along with Roy Wood, Slade and Gilbert O'Sullivan ones that my Mam and Dad already had there.....you can see why I'm steeped in a love of great pop!". Thomas, in his guise as PUGWASH has released 6 albums in ten years and been given numerous accolades..one of which is still a 'goosepimple' moment for him. "Back in 2006 Brian Wilson's manager David Leaf obtained my e-mail through an acquaintance and sent me a mail saying that Brian loved my track 'It's nice to be nice' and as he was coming to Dublin to play in Vicar Street he'd love to meet me. MEET ME!!?? He came, I met Brian, he said 'Hey! You're the nice to be nice guy', I said 'Yes' and he said 'Great song'.....I still think it was all a fantastic dream to be honest". After years of artistic success it was time to get something more out of the music game, so OF COURSE an album all about cricket was the obvious step towards that..??!! No? Well 50,000 sales in the U.K, a Top 40 U.K debut chart placing, numerous award nominations, famous fans (Stephen Fry, Simon le Bon and Noel Gallagher to name but a small few) and sell out shows in London (Queen Elizabeth Hall) and Dublin (Olympia) all within a year of the release of 'THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD' certainly adds up to a resounding YES!! In 2010 Thomas & Pugwash were snapped up by the renowned AMA - Music Agency and Thomas has just secured a worldwide publishing deal with SONY/ATV. August 2011 will see Pugwash release their 5th album "THE OLYMPUS SOUND" on none other than the venerable E.M.I., the bands new home. PUGWASH - ON WITH THE SHOW PUGWASH @ ABBEY ROAD STUDIO 2 RECORDING STRINGS FOR 'JOLLITY' PUGWASH - IT'S NICE TO BE NICE PUGWASH - MONORAIL Thomas Walsh Tosh Flood Joey Fitzgerald Shaun McGee ..

Influences:

The Electric Light Orchestra The Idle Race The Beatles Colin Hare Finn Brothers High Llamas Bee Gees The Kinks The Move Roy Wood Jeff Lynne Beach Boys The Zombies Jellyfish Michael Penn Honeybus Crowded House Judee Sill Nick Drake Jason Falkner The Lemon Pipers The Left Banke Cream Queen Jethro Tull Wizzard AIR KD Lang New Musik The Buggles Squeeze Elvis Costello LIR Saville Madness The Byrds Graham Fellows John Shuttleworth Stealers Wheel Nelson Bragg

Sounds Like:

E.L.O - The Beatles - The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Kinks -

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