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Bio:
Highly promising hard rock/metal act with a volatile lineup, Driveshaft's one
constant was it's founder Gerry Lane who'd been playing in bands since his
early teens. In 1980 he had a pop/new wave band called Discovery who recorded
a single with the help of famous West Cork resident Noel Redding and released
it on their own Undercover label. The single was well received and got quite
a bit of airplay on RTE, but Gerry wasn't happy with the musical direction of
the band and he and drummer Wayne Sheehy formed Driveshaft. Remaining
copies of the Discovery single were re-labelled as a Driveshaft release with
the sides reversed.
Hot Press lists the bands lineup in 1981 as Lane and Sheehy with guitarist Noel
Curran and Pat O'Driscoll on bass. Even so, only Lane and Sheehy appear on the
band's second single "Heartbreaker" released in 1982, which won them several TV
appearances: Non Stop Pop, Anything Goes, SBB ina Shui (hopefully someone out
there has these on video??) Lane moved to London in 1983 and London became
Driveshaft's home for the rest of the 1980s. They gigged sporadically and worked
with many big names in the rock/metal world. They recorded demos in 1986 which
led to recording an LP which unfortunately was never released. After a late name
change to Cajo, Driveshaft folded sometime towards the end of the decade.
Lane collaborated on Cozy Powell's 1992 solo LP and continues to play live.
For more details of his career, check out his website (link below).
Two ex members of Driveshaft (Wayne and Kieran Kennedy) were involved in 1990.
Sheehy later played in Cactus World News and
Hinterland among others.
All Driveshaft's records are hard to find and all have become significant
collectables, especially the "Live Cutz" 12-inch.
Lineups
| 1981 | Gerry Lane (guitar/vocals), Noel Curran (guitar), Pat O'Driscoll (bass), Wayne Sheehy (drums) |
| 1983 | Gerry Lane (guitar/vocals), Jeremy Nagle (guitar, ex Megaton), Noel Murphy (bass), Gary Hartnett (drums) |
| 1986 | Gerry Lane (guitar/vocals), Fred Avesque (guitar), John Hennessy (bass, ex Sledgehammer), Graham Waxman (drums) |
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