The BibleCode Sundays
| The BibleCode Sundays | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Slainte |
| Genres | Celtic rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website |
www |
| Members |
Patrick Franklin Carlton Hunt Ronan MacManus Enda Mulloy Andy Nolan Kian Chanter |
The London-based The BibleCode Sundays are a band often described as Celtic rock, folk music or rock music. Their sound uses influences from a mixture of traditional Irish instruments and contemporary rock back line. Managed by Shane Doherty of Rayners Lane
History
Formerly known as "Slainte", they were voted "Best Band on the London Circuit"[1] 2006 in The Irish World awards in their first year as a band.
The band started their recording career under the band name "Slainte" in 2006 with an album of traditional Irish songs. The name of that particular album was BibleCodeSundays (in reference to the Bible code and other drink fueled conspiracy theory conversations regularly held after Sunday gigs) and later to be the name of the band.
The success of their first recording - primarily of cover songs - gave the band confidence to go back to the studio to record original material. Ghosts of our past was recorded in 2007 in Panic studios Park Royal. They signed to the cosmic trigger label in New York whilst on tour there promoting the album, and had several tours to the States afterwards.
Almost directly after the completion of Ghosts of our past, the band returned to the studio to record Boots or no Boots in 2008, the band toured extensively in Europe and the US to promote the album under the 'Scarlet' label
The success of both albums culminated in the band being booked to play many prestigious gigs and events including the Glastonbury festival, Celtic Park in Glasgow to play before Glasgow Celtic F.C. matches and being the guest band on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Christmas Special, a spoof of the X Factor programme called the Y factor in 2006. The band have also supported the Boston band 'The Dropkick Murphy's' on their homecoming tour in Boston on St. Patrick's day 2009. The band supported Van Morrison & Thin Lizzy at the London Feis in June 2011.
The band are the official band of London Irish Rugby club, with their song "Maybe it's because I'm an Irish Londoner" being an official club song.
In 2011 the band released their EP The Pittsburgh Kid, their first release for over 3 years.
A BCS song "Boys of Queens" was also used as an epilogue in the US TV series Unforgettable.
On 22 November 2013 the band recorded and released their third album New Hazardous Design, and followed up with a covers album entitled Live Near Abbey Road in spring 2014
In 2015 the band twice supported Johnny Rotten's PiL at the o2 indigo arena in London, and are rumoured to be recording a forth studio album.
Line up
- Patrick Franklin - Fiddle
- Carlton Hunt - Drums
- Ronan MacManus - Vocals and guitar
- Enda Mulloy - Bass and vocals
- Andy Nolan - Accordion
- Kian Chanter - Lead Guitar
Discography
- Ghosts of our Past - 2006
- Boots or No Boots - 2007
- The Pittsburgh Kid EP - 2011
- New Hazardous Design 2013
- Live Near Abbey Road 2014
References
- ↑ "The Irish World : Awards". The Irish World. 2006-03-01. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
http://www.theirishworld.com/?p=4500