• Billy Roche - vocals &amop; guitar
• Paul Spencer - guitar
• Des Gaffney - guitar
• Mick Odlum - bass
• Alan McGuire - drums
  
  
  Billy Roche, above right

Bio:

Billy Roche (b.1949) fronted a band for most of the 1970s, gigging up and down the country, including the famous Carnsore Point Anti-Nuclear Rally. He is now best known as a dramatist.

The lineup listed above is for the "Italy" single, which has one of the worst ever hand drawn illustrations on the cover. Some sources claim the Roach Band was from Limerick but this is an error (of course it's always possible there was another band in Limerick using this name).

Both singles are recommended. "Shamrock Shuffle" is closer to pubrock, reminiscent of the early days of Stiff and Chiswick. It also reminds me of Dire Strait's "Lady Writer". The second single is better, more powerpoppy.

Des Gaffney and Mick Odlum later in the Bantu Bottle Company

Notes:
Some sources date the actual release to December 1978 or January 1979, the hold up due to the (pre-) xmas deluge at the pressing plant.

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