Nick Cave Interview (30th April 1992)

I don’t do festivals but if I did this year’s Body & Soul at Ballinlough Castle, Co Meath would be top of the list. Dave Fanning interviewed Kurt Vile on Thursday night but 21 years ago he interviewed another performer at next weekend’s festival.

places we play / elbow deep in baby shit / leaving brazil / berlin / boys next door / birthday party / london / the bad seeds / the firstborn is dead / when the ass saw the angel / the new album / 80s / wim wenders

Nick Cave Part 1

remixing ‘henry’s dream’ / “Straight to You” / Leisureland Galway tomorrow (01/05/1992) / Dublin, SFX (02/05/1992) / “Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry” / “Till The End Of The World”

Nick Cave Part 2

Cyclefly

Cyclefly were were Declan O’Shea (vocals), Ciaran O’Shea (guitar), Nono Presta (guitar), Christian Montegue (bass) and Jean-Michel Cavallo (drums). Hailing from Cork, the band released two albums ‘Generation Sap’ (1999) and ‘Crave’ (2002). I believe this RTE 2FM Fanning session dates from 2002 but am open to corrections.

World Eater (2002)

Before I (2002)

Bubble Fly (2002)

Burning Embers – Now That You’re Gone

Cork’s Burning Embers have featured before but the above newspaper clipping of Dave Fanning’s Radio Rock Selection in The Sunday World (26th June 1987) prompted a root around. This single from 1987 was released on Nouveau Wax and features Sean O’Neill (vocals), Christine Utzeri (vocals), John Poland (guitars), Mel Poland (bass), Gordon Ashe (drums) and guest pianist Niall Macken.

Now That You’re Gone (1987)

‘The Bands That Nearly Made It’ Dave Fanning (Irish Independent, 20th April 2013)

Dave Fanning had a two page spread in last weekend’s Irish Independent titled ‘The Bands That Nearly Made It‘. In it he recounts the story of his early days at RTE when himself and Ian Wilson started the Fanning Sessions and what that meant to up and coming Irish bands of the time. Dave then gives a nod to Rodriguez and Gilbert O’Sullivan before turning to Stephen Ryan of The Stars of Heaven and The Revenants (did they do a Fanning session?). Others mentioned are Paul Cleary, Gerry Leonard, liR and The Undertones. Read the full article online, thank you to Reekus Records for the image.