The following recordings come from the Dennis Herlihy collection which we currently have on loan. Very Much In Love were John Borrowman (vocals), Pat O’Connell, Uli Hoffman, Frank West, Mick Collins and Mark Van Dam. Recorded at Elm Tree Studios, the engineer was Ger O’Leary. John Borrowman was of course frontman with The Atrix, Uli Hoffman and Pat O’Connell were in Max Von Rap.
We recently had a comment from someone with a Max Von Rap VHS looking to contact the band. Happily a DVD is now winging it’s way to Joe Rex. With Max Von Rap in mind we decided to see if we couldn’t chase down their elusive 1984 single and thanks to Ken Connor we did just that.
Max Von Rap were Joe Rex (bass & vocals), Mick Finnegan (guitar), Ulli Hoffman (synths) and Rob McKahy (drums). Dennis Herlihy produced. If you like this you should check out this 1986 demo to which we are very partial.
Wish I Had A Kawasaki (1984)
Pretty Girls (1984)
From Cork, Max Von Rap were Joe Rex aka Pat O’Connell (bass & vocals), Mick Finnegan (guitar), Ulli Hoffman (synthesizers) and Rob McKahey (drums). Mick Finnegan was previously in Nun Attax and later in Expresso Mambo. Rob McKahey was and still is a member of Stump!. Pat O’Connell was later a member of The Atrix. This track possibly features Mark Van Dam (saxophone) and Jerry Fehily of Hothouse Flowers (drums). Thanks to RiochtNaSaor for the photo.
Still Deep (1986)
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 | Joe on Grasshopper (1995) |
 | Johnny99 on Hothouse Flowers (1988) |
 | john mcguire on Burning Embers |
| john mcguire on Cork Rock |
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