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Bio:
Aka Lord John White & the Bottleneck Train, name after the Orange Juice B-side
released in 1983. Martin McCann was ex Aiken Drum. Derek
Lee is the brother of Garrett Lee (Thee Amazing Colossal Men/
Compulsion/ Jacknife Lee).
Richie Taylor described their early 1986 demo tape as "very much in Prefab
Sprout/Style Council bag [...] well done if slightly jazzy" in a review
in In Dublin magazine in April 1986.
The band recorded a video in November 1986 which was aired on Megamix on RTE.
Lord John White's were an up and coming band who suffered a major
setback when their Hi-Ace van collided with a cow while returning
from a gig in Cork. John Brereton suffered the most serious injuries and
spent several months recuperating in hospital. By the time the band
was able to play again, they'd lost the progress they'd made as
Lord John White and so they decided to rename themselves
Sack.
Sack made a 100 copy demo "What Have The Christians Ever Done For Us"
which landed them a deal with Lemon Records. They relocated to London.
Lemon made Christians an official release which earned single of the week
in the UK weeklies and was followed by the acclaimed debut album You Are
What You Eat. Dave Dorgan joined on guitar. Lemon Records collapsed and the second album
was released on Dirt (Butterfly Effect, 1996) but without the resources to push it
it didn't sell as well as expected and the band found itself in the doldrums.
Sack's fortunes were revived by Morrissey (a fan of "Laughterlines") who invited
them to support him on his European tour. Sack self-released their third album
Adventura Majestica on the back of this success.
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