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Gerry Ryan speaks to members of a new generation of Irish punk rock groups like The Threat, The Peridots, the Nun Atax, Microdisney, the Virgin Prunes, the Vipers, Revolver and Berlin, and talks to people about why they became punks. He looks at how bands like U2, The Radiators and The Boomtown Rats who were products of this era were successful while others faded into the background.

Curated by singer Gavin Friday, music researcher Ben Knapp (SARC) & composer Linda Buckley. Preview evening Thurs 1st July Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin.

It being St. Patrick's Day, I dialed up a few of my favorite Irish bands on YouTube today, notably the Virgin Prunes, Thin Lizzy, the Boomtown Rats, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones and a couple of others. In the course...

"I got to sing with Gavin Friday, a great artist and a good friend, and I can’t think of a better companion to share my Carnegie debut with."

It appears I have been living in a fairytale world where I thought " Wig Wam Bam " was written Gavin Friday for the film Breakfast on Pluto...

Each week I flick through the Video tapes in second hand Limerick shops, often ending up with peoples TV compilations on Maxell or Bush tapes that i end up fast forwarding, shifting analogue chunks from someones attic. Its all history....

Courtney mentions Gavin's Carnegie Hall concert

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Thirwell includes Gavin Friday's birthday concert at Carnegie Hall

511 photos from Brixton Ace 6.4.83, Electric Ballroom 11.8.83, Lyceum 27.11.83, Electric Ballroom 10.12.85, Croydon Underground (including a Gavin Friday posed session) 12.12.85.

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