Norman Teeling

Bio:

Norman Teeling (b.1944) played in various Dublin bands in the 1960s, most notably The Difference. He later enrolled in NCAD, graduated with a Fine Art degree in 1975 and became an art teacher for a number of years. He is credited on both side of the Jim Power & Taurus single released in 1978 which is well known to new wave collectors but I'm unsure if he was actually a member of the band. He released solo material on the Phaeton label in the early 1980s, including two albums. The first contains mostly instrumentals in a mixture of styles including rock, blues, country and jazz. It shows a very muscular Teeling on the back cover (see also the back cover of the "Health Freak" single). The second is blues rock. Norman continued to play and record into the mid-1980s but eventually took up painting full-time but is now best known as a successful artist.

Norman's brother Derek Teeling played drums in the early 1970s with Freeway who became the second version of Time Machine, a name Derek continued to use into the late 1970s. He was later involved in Phaeton Records.

Phaeton Records adverts 1980-81

Notes: Album recorded at Keystone Studio in Dublin over a ten month period. It was declared ready for release in June 1979, but never came out. Tracks may have been recycled for later releases. The lineup was Teeling, Tony Fitzsimmons (bass) and Tony Andrews (drums).

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