The Sultans Of Ping FC

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The Sultans of Ping FC
Niall O'Flaherty at the Savoy, Cork, 30/12/2006
Niall O'Flaherty at the Savoy, Cork, 30/12/2006
Background information
Origin Cork, Ireland
Genre(s) Punk
Years active 1988—1996.
Reformed 2005
Website http://www.sultansofping.com
Members
Niall O'Flaherty
Pat O'Connell
Ian Olney
Morty McCarthy
Sammy Stieger

The Sultans Of Ping FC are an Irish band formed in 1988 by Niall O'Flaherty, Pat O'Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons. It was not until another couple of line up changes later that the band came to the attention of the music press, when the song "Where's Me Jumper" was released. This was an energetic punk song about Karl Marx, eating mushrooms, filling one's nostrils up with gravy and losing one's jumper whilst on a night out at the local discotheque.

After another couple of independently released singles, the band signed to Epic Records, through a deal organised by Rhythm King Records's Martin Heath.

With Epic, the band released their debut album Casual Sex In The Cineplex, and its follow up Teenage Drug. By this time The Sultans Of Ping were becoming popular in Japan, with many tracks gaining release in that market only. The latter album was called Teenage Planet Sexy War in Japan, and included the single "Michiko".

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[edit] Controversery

After dropping both the FC and the Ping from the band's name, The Sultans returned in 1996, with their third album Good Year For Trouble. However, the album cover's artwork caused problems, as major record chains like HMV and Virgin decided that the display of bondage and S&M was too explicit. By this time, Rhythm King had been absorbed into Arista Records, as Martin Heath became the head of the department. However, the record label no longer wanted to be associated with the band, and released them from their contract.

[edit] Reformation

Following a split 1996, McCarthy joined the band Pharmacy, O'Flaherty was involved in producing the Japanese girl band Mika Bomb, while McFeely formed the laid back rock'n'roll band Sister, and later recruited a former member of The Young Offenders Steve Hackett.

The band reformed as The Sultans of Ping in 2005, and played a number of gigs with Jim Bob, from the band Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. In 2006, the group played a show with Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe, and his band The Family Mahone, as part of Manchester's yearly Irish Festival.

[edit] Band Members

  • Niall O'Flaherty - vocals
  • Pat O'Connell - guitar
  • Paul Fennelly - bass (until 1990)
  • John McAuliffe - bass (until 1991)
  • Alan McFeely - bass (1991 - 1996)
  • Ian Olney - bass (2005 - )
  • Morty McCarthy - drums (from 1991)
  • Ger Lyons - drums (until 1991)
  • Sammy Stieger - guitar (from 1995)

[edit] Singles

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  • "Mescaline" (1996) #21 (UK Independent Chart)

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[edit] Trivia

The band's name is a play on the Dire Straits song Sultans Of Swing.

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