3355409s

• Ruth Beecher - vocals
• Dave O'Connell - guitar
• Jerry Buckley - bass
• Paul Prior - drums

Bio:

Formed in 1984 by guitarist David O'Connell, who'd previously been in Urban Blitz, the 3355409s were a spikey pop band who recorded a well regarded demo in 1988, "Celebrity Blackout" and had a track ("Barbarous") on the second Comet compilation LP, and another, "Fast Friends" entered in an RTE Video competition, but never managed a release of their own despite their relatively long lifespan.

Jerry Buckley had previously been in Real Mayonnaise. Buckley, Beecher and O'Connell had all been in punk band Denis & The Dinmakers Main lyricist Ruth Beecher married Ian Olney (Cypress Mine, Power of Dreams).

There were many lineup changes. Anne O'Halloran played drums for a period. She later went into photography. Her replacement was Morty McCarthy, later of the Sultans of Ping. Jerry Buckley was replaced by Caroline Parr, from Australia, who played bass with the band for 3 years before making way for Paul Linehan, later in The Franks & Walters. Another one time member was Stephanie Vink who left when she return to Holland. Dave O'Connell emigrated to Australia with Caroline (who was then or was soon to be his wife), followed by Paul Prior who played with VRAG, a predecessor of Machine Gun Fellatio.

track: Barbarous

Recorded at Elm Tree Studios, Mardyke Walk, Cork.
Engineered by Ger O'Leary and Produced by the 33554O9's and Ger O'Leary.
Introduction and Conclusion: Caroline Parr.

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