The Frames

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The Frames
The Frames
The Frames
Background information
Origin Dublin, Ireland
Genre(s) Rock
Years active 1990–present
Label(s) Plateau Records
Website Official website
Members
Glen Hansard
Joe Doyle
Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Rob Bochnik
Johnny Boyle
Former members
Noreen O'Donnell
Dave Odlum
Paul Brennan
Dave Hingerty
John Carney
Graham Downey

The Frames is an Irish band based mainly in Dublin. As of late 2004, the band consists of Glen Hansard (vocals, guitar), Joe Doyle (bass guitar, vocals), Colm Mac Con Iomaire (violin, keyboard and vocals), Rob Bochnik (lead guitar) and Johnny Boyle (drums). Various people played drums during 2004, including Graham Hopkins who drummed on Dance the Devil, Burn the Maps and the band's latest album The Cost. On both versions of the album Fitzcarraldo the band went by the moniker "The Frames DC", to avoid confusion with a United States band.

The band has existed since 1990 and is a survivor of Dublin's prolific early 90s rock and roll scene. They have also been central to the development of the current crop of emerging Irish rock bands, including Turn, and have toured with other Irish artists as support, including Damien Rice and Bell X1. In December 2004, Hansard appeared on stage to collaborate with singer songwriter Paddy Casey.

The name "The Frames" arose from Hansard's habit, at a young age, of fixing the bicycles of many of his friends. The large number of bicycle frames lying around his house led neighbours to dub it the "house with the frames". In a 2001 interview Hansard said, "I worked in a bicycle shop for a little while, but the name came from… my back garden was so full of frames, my house became known as The Frames house, much to my mothers distaste, she hated it. But my garden was full of frames, old bikes, I would make up bikes for my friends out of all the old bikes. So it sort of became known if anybody found a bike up on the hill on the way home they would throw it into my garden, a graveyard for old bikes".

The band released their 6th studio album The Cost on September 22nd 2006 to more widespread acclaim. The Frames are currently touring around Europe and will hit America in early 2007.

Their intimate stage presence has won them many dedicated fans.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

  • Glen Hansard: lead vocals, electric guitar (1990-present)
  • Joe Doyle: bass guitar, vocals (1996-present)
  • Colm Mac Con Iomaire: violin, keyboard, vocals (1990-present)
  • Rob Bochnik: lead guitar (2002-present)
  • Johnny Boyle: drums (2003-present)

[edit] Former

  • Noreen O'Donnell: (1990-1996) (singer)
  • Dave Odlum: (1990-2002) (guitarist, Odlum later co-produced album Burn the Maps with Bochnik)
  • Paul Brennan (Binzer): (1990-1998) (drums)
  • Dave Hingerty: (1998-2003) (drums)
  • John Carney: (1990-1993) (bass)
  • Graham Downey: (1993-1996) (bass)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles & EPs

  • "The Dancer" (1991)
  • "Masquerade" (1992)
  • Turn On Your Record Player EP (1992)
  • Picture Of Love (1993)
  • Angel At My Table (1994)
  • "Revelate" (1995)
  • "Monument" (1996)
  • I Am The Magic Hand (February 15, 1999)
  • Pavement Tune (1999)
  • Rent Day Blues EP (1999)
  • Come On Up To The House (1999 - Compilation featuring "Star Star" by The Frames)
  • Lay Me Down (2001)
  • Headlong (2002)
  • The Roads Outgrown (2003)
  • "Fake" (September 12, 2003)
  • "Finally" (August 20, 2004)
  • "Sideways Down" (January 28, 2005)
  • "Happy" (Radio Single Only - 2005)
  • "Falling Slowly/No More I Love Yous" (September 1, 2006)

[edit] Trivia

[edit] External links

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