By request
The band was formed in Galway in the mid-1980s and came to national attention with a self-published album, Songs for Swinging Celibates (an allusion to the Frank Sinatra album Songs for Swingin' Lovers), in 1988. With resources tight, the album was recorded on cassette tape via a TASCAM Portastudio in drummer and producer Neil Farrell's
home, and distributed only on cassette. Their characteristic style was
immediately distinguished by their unorthodox lyrics, the virtuosity of
guitarist Declan Collins, and the eccentric showmanship of frontman (and Nenagh native) Julian Gough.
