From: Belfast
Active: mid-80s
Style:
Lineup:
- Dodge McKay - vocals, guitar, percussion
- Ben Trowell - guitars, backing vocals
- Alan Galbraith - bass
- Matt - drums
Bio:
Acclaimed indie debut LP, signed by major label Atlantic Records who release a cassette EP but then sit on the
second album for almost 2 years before it's finally picked up by smaller label Hollywood Records, who also
release the third but then go bust after which the band splits. Dodge McKay and Alan Galbraith then recorded
as The Sunday Club (on UK indie label Fire Records, who also went bust in the mid-90s) and McKay
later as Thompson.
Discography
• I Hear Voices / Dance On Air
7" - Plain Paper Records - GLOP6 - 1987 - PS
7" - Recoil Records - RCL9 - 1987 - PS
• I Hear Voices / Dance On Air / Flesh And Bone
12" - Recoil Records - RCL9T - 1987 - PS
• Someday
LP - Plain Paper Records - GOAA11LP - 1988
side one:
Big Lights
What I Want
Dance On Air
She's The One
Strange Times
side two:
I Hear Voices
Precious
Flesh And Bone
Saving Grace
Time Means Money
• various artists - Solid Citizens
K7 - Solid Records - ROCC 1 - 1988
See Compilations section for full track listing.
• Silverman / Just Like A River / These Days
12" - Plain Paper Records - GOAA1P - February 1989 - picture disc
Recorded at Fairview Studio, Hull in September 1988
• Honeychild / Saint // Empire Song / Freakshow
K7 - Atlantic Records - GAAC1 - October 1990
12" - Atlantic Records - SAM 722 - October 1990 - promo
A1+B1 from 2nd album; A2 from Dave Fanning Show session (RTE radio); B2 from album sessions
• Honeychild (LP version)
CDS - Hollywood Records - PRCD-85242 - USA - 1992 - promo only
1-track promo CD issued to promote the Life Under Giants album.
• Life Under Giants
CD - Hollywood Records - HR-612832 - USA - 17 March 1992
Recorded Spring 1990
tracks:
Bring on the Mystery
When the Whistle Blows
Saving Grace
Honeychild
She...
Empire Song
House on Fire
16 Tons
Whipping Boy
For Your Love
Walking Jack
Hello and Goodbye
Notes:
Originally recorded for Atlantic Records who'd already released the bands "Honeychild" 12-inch, this
sat on the shelf for some almost 2 years until Hollywood Records picked it up.
• For Your Life / Freakshow
CDS - Hollywood Records - PRCD-101842 - USA - 1992 - promo
A1 from Life Under Giants; A2 recorded at Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX on 5 May 1992 (previously unreleased).
• various artists - Hollywood Sampler
CD - Hollywood Records - PRCD-102392 - USA - 1992
tracks: Teenage Kicks (live at The Limelight, Belfast, 25/8/1992)
• 4 EP
CDS - Hollywood Records - HWD127CD - USA - February 1993
All albums tracks except Freakshow (recorded 5 May 1992), previously on a promo only CDS
tracks:
Home
Honeychild
Freakshow
Country
• Skin
CD - Hollywood Records - HR-61406-2 - USA - August 1993
Recorded October-December 1992.
tracks:
Warboys
1955'er
King of Nothing
Buried at Sea
Clown #2
Country
Late Great World Collapse
Coathanger Love
Beautiful
Fairytale World
Home
Bird
Wichita Lineman
Notes:
Guest musicians Nicholas Sansano (accordian, hammond, tambourine), Jane Scarpantoni (cello) and
Julian Raymond (backing vocals).
• King of Nothing
CDS - Hollywood Records - PRCD102972 - USA - 1993 - promo only
1-track promo only CD single
• Sunday Club - Underground Cinema EP
CDS - Fire Records - FIREMCD49 - June 1995
6 tracks recorded, March 1994
tracks:
Cop
Driver
Rope
Happy Sad
The Street
Isolation Radio
• Sunday Club / Pure Blind Panic (split) - The Dolphin Hotel / The Visit
7" - X-tension Records - X10-02 - November 1995
Licensed from Fire Records
• Thompson - Gravity Suit
CD - Fire Records - FIRECD69 - 1997
Recorded 1995-97
tracks:
Cop
Milk
Pearl
Waltzer
Cow
Silver Madonna 49
Kingfishers
Isolation Radio
Garden
War Memorial
Sleepyhead
Mouthpiece
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