Real Wild West – Live at Eurorock (1987)

“Dublin’s most uncompromising rockers” Dave Fanning

From Dublin, Real Wild West were Charlie Rafferty (bass & vocals), Paul Murtagh (guitar), Robbie Warren (drums) and Ian Smith (trumpet). Thank you stilpix for the very cool poster for a gig in The Project with The Golden Horde, Guru Wierdbrain, The Amazing Colossal Men and Duane Ripley and his Gogo Set. Fondly remembered by respected opinion Real Wild West recorded an album for Setanta Records which unfortunately never saw the light of day. Thanks to Cork Zine Archive for the tape recording.

Real Wild West (1987 Session)

This 1987 Fanning session by Real Wild West is their second and was recorded on 4th May 1987. Real Wild West were from Dublin and featured Charlie Rafferty (bass & vocals), Paul Murtagh (guitar), Robbie Warren (drums) and Ian Smith (trumpet). Photo via this YouTube video of ‘The Sixties’.

Chappaquiddick Bridge / Hello Joe / Captain Of Your Ship / Burn, Burn, Burn (1987)

The Radiators / Gavin Friday / Real Wild West (Hot Press 8/10/87)

As pointed out by @cvodb The Radiators set was released in 1988 on World Aids Day as ‘Dollar For Your Dreams’ on Comet Records. More details on the Irish Rock page. Caroline has also posted Gavin Friday’s setlist here.

The Real Wild West

Today we have a track from ‘great lost Irish band of the 1980’s’ (according to The Irish Punk And New Wave Discography and who are we to argue) The Real Wild West. From Dublin and comprising Charlie Rafferty (bass & vocals), Paul Murtagh (guitar), Robbie Warren (drums) and Ian Smith (trumpet) this band was active from 1984 until 1990. This was taped in 1989 and we do not know what the track title is nor it’s ordinance, corrections as always most welcome.. Update: Thanks to Brian the track has been identified as the B side of ‘The Sixties’ produced by none other than Shane Macgowan and Philip Chevron.

Under Creeping Trees (1989)