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Bio:
Barry Warner is from Limerick. His early recordings are under the name
Ultimate Treason though they are essentially solo releases.
Ultimate Treason spanned 1981-85; before that Barry was involved in
several intriguing bands active in the tape underground including
The Date Rippers (1978-80),
David Depraved (1980) and
Tripper Humane (1980-81).
He debuted under his real name with the "Real Man" single
in 1985.
Most releases are on his own Self Made Messiah label, later distributed
through EMI.
Ralph Lindheim of another Limerick band
Tuesday Blue owned the 4 track used for
some of Ultimate Treasons' early recordings which he also engineered. Barry
also played keyboards in an early lineup of Tuesday Blue.
Barry played with The Prunes in the mid-80s as
(temporary) vocalist. He appeared with the band both live and on a Fanning
Session, but he does not appear on any of their records. There are at least two
Prunes studio recordings featuring Barry on vocals which
have yet to see the light of day. He was also involved in comedian Jon Kenny's
"Emigrate On 45" single released in 1986 (Bus Records BUS32).
Barry bowed out of the music biz in 1991 with a cover of David Bowie's "Sound And Vision".
This was recorded under the name The Good The Bad And The Baseline with Pat Donne,
and received Bowie's blessing.
A number of Irish TV appearances are now hosted on
Barry's myspace site.
Notes::
10 track tape containing 6 songs and 4 instrumental versions, all in electo-pop in Soft Cell/Depeche Mode vein.
Brief member Brian Hartnett provides some vocals and percussion.
Alma Elvin provides French language spoken vocals on one track.
Engineered by Ralph Lindheim.
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