Patrick Fitzgerald, former singer and bass player with Kitchens of Distinction, now works under the name stephenhero
As stephenhero he has released 4 CD’s, three on Ragoora Records and one on Artful Records. The most recent one, 57 stars of the air almanac on the Ragoora label, is available HERE
"here’s proud validation of a most distinctive voice"
**** MOJO (September 07)
"epic, shimmering tones and vapour trails"
*** UNCUT (October 2007)
“this subtle and spacious record is one of the year’s finest”
**** The Times (August 4-10, 2007)
"songs of doomed hearts and dark imaginings"
*** The Irish Times (August 17th 2007)
“highly recommended”
The Irish Star on Sunday (September 9th 2007)
"the best thing he’s done"
Gay Times (August 07)
“a swirling collection of piano requiems”
Manchester Evening News (August 3rd 2007)
There is now a YouTube channel available, showing recent stephenhero performances as well as archive Patrick Fitzgerald related videos and footage.
Here’s Patrick live at Swansea Museum performing brand new stephenhero song "sudden ending" :
i can't believe i lost touch and just found you doing Stephenhero now. i had been following your music since "Love is Hell" and i was lucky to see and meet you in Los Angeles in 1995. i thank you for all the beautiful music you have given to the world. i hope we meet again.
Thanks for the add. I am not a person to admire artists, but since I heard Strange Free World of KOD I began to appreciate music and (some) artists in such a special way. Thanks for the great music, and best of wishes on all your projects. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Many Thanx for the add! Elephantine, The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule, Quick As Rainbows, Now It's Time To Say Goodbye, Prize, Margaret's Injection, Mad As Snow - Sheer beauty... KOD was one of my favourite bands the first half of the 90's, but I somehow managed to miss out on your post-KOD-career - until NOW! - Right now I'm catching up on the FRUIT and the STEPHENHERO output - Amazing! It's like meeting an old friend you lost touch with... Keep 'em coming - I'm listening again!
Hi Patrick! my wish for Xmast?, I hope to see you in a concert soon,because you are one of the few people that touched my soul with your music, since you were in KOD, all the best for you. Cheers Jose Manuel-Peru
Thanks for the add! I've been a big fan since Strange Free World came out though Death of Cool narrowly beats it out as my favorite (especially 4men). I still regularly play all the KoD disks. More importantly, as someone that was dealing with my own coming out in high school when SFW came out - your music and lyrics helped me in that process. It was refreshing to hear music that wasn't "generic gay dance music" and it had such depth and masculinity. I can't wait to listen to what you've been up to since then. Glad to have discovered your site. LOVE the Cure cover - was always one of my favorites by them. I wish you all the best and hope you keep making wonderful music. Hugs - Kelly
So glad to find you here and seeing you're still making great music. The Kitchens of Distinction were and will always be one of the soundtracks of my life! Thanx for the Add!
I've finally made a start on converting my videos n stuff, bear with me, I can only do it when I get time..
I've just uploaded a few to youtube :
(will post the setlist when I get a chance too)
From an unknown venue, 1992 :
Four Men : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yqJwxltSgk 3rd Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4R3uydeQo Quick as Rainbows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cITTcUx_BRw
