a plastic rose profile picture

a plastic rose

About Me


Irish Tour April '09
A Plastic Rose are purveyors of mid nineties post-hardcore tinged ‘Catchy Alternative Rock‘®, rooted firmly in late naughties peacetime Belfast, where they have been cutting their teeth on the northern front since August 2006.
2008 ended on a high for the band after being voted in the Top 20 Best Bands of '08 by BBC ATL and playing the X-mas Two Step gig in The Limelight with ASIWYFA and LaFaro. This was to top off a great year which saw two Irish tours to promote the release of their critically acclaimed 3rd EP 'Photograph's In Black and White', BBC Radio One and BBC ATL live sessions, taking part in the IMRO Showcase Tour, special guesting for RTE 2fm (alongside Concerto For Constantine & The Flaws) and a mention on Gary Lightbodies blog hailing them as one of his favourite new Northern Irish bands. Also some great supports slots with Frank Turner, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, ASIWYFA and more and part of ASIWYFA's historic A Little Solidarity Festival
2009 has started with a bang having already seen their song 'Suns A Shadow' hitting no.3 and Skin No.2 in the new Northern Irish download chart nichart.com and with two showcase gigs for BBC Radio One's Hew Stephens one last Feb the next March 10th (The Social, London). Immortal Records are to release a compilation CD called 'Time To Be Proud' as a tribute to the great punk scene in Belfast in the past which will feature A Plastic Rose's cover of the Ruefrex classic 'One By One'(listen now www.myspace.com/immortalrecordsireland) Ash, Therapy, Snow Patrol, Duke Special and many more are due to feature on the compilation
If that wasn't enough they were straight into the studio after xmas to record a brand new self titled EP with maestro Ryan Mitchell which was released in Spring & Airbrake, Belfast 20th Feb(check out the live videos) and recorded their debut videofor 'Kid's Don't Behave Like This' with Will Mc Connell (bandwidth/BBC) . To top off a promising beginning to the year their performance of UTV's Live At The Limelight was aired on March 4th which was the bands first appearance on national TV.
APR hit the road in April so keep an eye on the tour dates and hopefully we will see you somewhere in the UK and Ireland very soon. More on this soon. Join the mailing list and check this myspace page regularly for updates.
[links:]
Filmed and Directed by Will McConnell, January 2009
Super Speed live @ Spring and Airbrake, Belfast. Feb 20th '09 Directed by Will McConnell
The Snoodles ft. A Plastic Rose, ASIWYFA and mojoFURY created by Will McConnell

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/4/2006
Band Website: www.aplasticrose.com
Band Members: [Gerry Norman]

[Ian Mc hugh]

[Troy Heaton]

[David Reid]

CONTACT

Booking - [email protected]

Press - [email protected]

Influences: [pavement, the appleseed cast, sunny day real estate, the promise ring, my bloody valentine, radiohead, biffy clyro, idlewild, berkeley, elliott smith, leonard cohen, nick drake, bonnie prince billy, turn, 65 days of static]

Brand new 'A Plastic Rose' EP. Buy it now before the release date. Tell your friends. They will think your cool.

1- Kids Don't Behave Like This
2- Superspeed
3- Skin

Recorded by Ryan Mitchell in Belfast Jan 2009

T-shirts now available.

Sizes

My Blog

The Irish Times Future Sounds

We got a mention 'Jim Carrolls Future Sounds' column in The Irish Times yesturday. He said: 'A Plastic Rose Sligo-raised, Belfast-based combo throwing the sort of radio-friendly alt.rock shapes and l...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 09:21:00 GMT

APR on Cool FM Advert

From tomorrow Cool FM will be airing the new advert for Belfast Guitar Emporium featuring our song 'Silence, You'. Let us know if you hear it. It's us and Ed Zealous in a 2part series of ads promoting...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 11:06:00 GMT

The Kids Don't Stand A Chance-14+ Belfast Show

Were delighted to announce were taking part in a 14+ gig with LaFaro, The Audiables and The Postbox Theory! Its been run by the Northern Irish Youth Forum as part of their The Kids Dont Stand A...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 02:21:00 GMT

EP review by Finola Doran

Freelance journalist Finola Doran sent us on a review of the latest EP this week, and pulled no punches for the non-believers!http://www.myspace.com/goodnewsisonthewayA Plastic RoseIf Berkeley and fra...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 08:32:00 GMT

Hectic Times

Hey guys just a little update on what we've been doing and what we have planned. On Sat night (may 2nd) we played a huge show in TENT in the centre of Belfast City Custom House Square with two of the ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 02:50:00 GMT

Two Step review by BBC ATL

TWO STEP:A PLASTIC ROSEDUTCH SHULTZBLACK BEAR SALOONItfeels somewhat like a renaissance for Two Step at the moment, with astream of extraordinarily well attended gigs this year. There has beenmuch tal...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:11:00 GMT

Super hot mega babes... with lethal baps!

Is just one of the things that came up in conversation on our 3 day tour with the awesome Dutch Schultz. We played Portrush, Derry and the Infamous Warrenpoint! In true APR form we decided not to go h...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Custom House Square gig announced w/ ASIWYFA + FWW

Our buddies and mentors ASIWYFA finally get a chance to play with us again since the xmas Two Step in The Limelight. Lucky bastards. Here's the AU press release: FWW And ASIWYFA To Face...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:50:00 GMT

AU Review our latest EP

A Plastic Rose - Kids Dont Behave Like This EP Ayouthful Sligo-raised, Belfast-based four-piece with a confidentcommand of melody, A Plastic Rose have long since ran their influencesup t...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:45:00 GMT

Two Step Apr 16th

We play our biggest gig to date in The Limelight on Apr 16th and would love to see your cute wee bums fill the place so grab your family and friends and get down for fun times. Dave will play naked an...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:48:00 GMT