Way back in '97 and '98 there was an Irish band called Junkster who made really good electro indie music not a million miles from the current music of Alphastates. They released one good 'self-titled' album, two good singles and opened Slane in 1998 for the likes of The Verve, Robbie Williams and James. Strange that with the limelight shining on them for those two years that there is very little online about the band! Here's what I found;
Junkster were Deirdre O'Neill [Vocals], Aidan Lane [Guitar], Mick Creedon [Guitar], Graham Darcy [Bass Guitar] and Donal McPartlin [Drums]. According to their last.fm page; "Junkster produced exceedingly laid back, melodic Irish alternative rock. Deirdre O’Neill has a classic Irish voice, complementing the chill rock of the rest of the band."
In 1997 the self-titled debut was released and it was a decent album. I seen the band live in Virgin Megastore on the Quays one Saturday afternoon!
Legacy: Junkster's debut consisted of two excellent singles 'The Only One' and 'Slide'. As mentioned above there are virtually no web pages about Junkster. Here are the two pages I consulted for the blog;
http://www.last.fm/music/Junkster
http://irishmusicdb.com/j/junkster/frame.htm
Buy the Album in old fashioned CD format here; http://www.amazon.com/Junkster/dp/B000002X3B
1 comments:
Still one of my favorite albums of all time. Not a bad track on the entire thing. Oh why couldnt they have stuck around?
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