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Ro Tierney

About Me

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Having spent my late teens immersed in a usual band of hopes and dreams, egos and eegits, fists and fashion issues, I eventually broke free to find out what exactly I wanted from music - or what music wanted from me.
Not being trapped in the boundaries of a common 4-piece rock band was new and refreshing, albeit scary and somewhat lonely. I now found myself with an infinite horizon and endless possibilites of where I could go with music. I began writing a new breed of song and performed solo to audiences around Ireland, usually as an opening act. The reaction was great and excited me but I still felt like a half-ass songwriter. I grew tiered of my songs as I felt they lacked...something. I needed a change - not in music - but in life. I needed to experience something different - be somewhere different. I decided to go as far away as possible and leave my half empty glass behind me.
Over the course of two years I travelled around New Zealand and Australia. I became deeply inspired by these countries and the amazing people I met along the way. I bought myself a new guitar and my glass filled quite quickly. The songs that came out were like nothing else I had written at home - they were effortless and felt "right". I wrote songs in magic surroundings from the breath-taking hills of south New Zealand to the chilled out beaches around Australia's sunny coast. Towards the end of my trip I realised I had an album I needed to make.
Now I find myself in the driving seat on a winding road with no traffic lights or road signs - just blind faith in frequencies I know nothing about. I think I found what I wanted from music - or what music wanted from me.
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The album is currently only available from rotierney.com or at gigs. Its €10 for the CD (inc. postage worldwide) - payments through Paypal.
Download album FREE of charge at www.rotierney.com
Blood-Red Manifesto (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES)
The Voice
Mixing "tics & politics"

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Member Since: 26/01/2007
Band Website: http://www.rotierney.com
Band Members: Ro Tierney - Guitar, piano & vocals

Robbie Mulvany - Bass
Andrew Quinn - Drums

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Sounds Like: "Fans of singer-songwriters will adore this emotional rollercoaster, a mature set of provocative lyrics and sparse musical arrangements which veer from maudlin to melancholic, from haunting to beautiful with ease" - The Star
"Arresting turns of phrase, sprightly melodies and a general air of intensity" - The Sunday Business Post
"Ro has created a brilliant compilation of remarkably mature tracks, charming listeners with his poignant voice and intelligent lyrics" - Comomusic.com
"each track has its own charisma of pure songwriting imagination" - musicreveiw.com
"Tierney ushers you into beard-rock nirvana, deploying funk grooves and jazz outros... dazzling through sheer eclecticism" - Hotpress
"His music sounds at once ancient and shiny new with an instinct for lifting words and phrases to make them sound like grand discoveries" - Explicit Entertainment Magazine
"an extremely talented ’one to watch for 2008’" - 02 Making Waves

Record Label: True Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Fall back and spring forward...

So winter is about to show its ugly face again and it looks like the world is about to end?? Nah - let's leave that to Hollywood. However, it feels like the right time for me to do some writing. At th...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:35:00 GMT

The only way is up...

6 months on from the online release of the album and I've already sold over 20 million copies, secured 7 Grammy Award nominations, completed a sell-out tour in 84 different countries and became the fi...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:01:00 GMT

July Blog

So another month passes and still no sign of an OBE for Robbie? Having sent Prince Charles a text asking why Robbie has been overlooked he replied "unless one can look stimulating in hot pants, one ha...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:41:00 GMT

London Times...

Over the course of the last year I've really missed that feeling of being somewhere new and exciting. Experiencing the unfamiliar surroundings and energy of an alien yet highly engaging place for the ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMT

End of a chapter...

Well it's been another great month thanks to everyone who came along to the recent gigs. We started off with a gig in Dublin's Crawdaddy - what a great venue! A great chance to test out some new songs...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT

April update...

Another month another mission. My mission this month : to promote the independent release of my second single ’The Voice’ (or ’De Voice’ if you’re Irish!). The old music ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:19:00 GMT

Marching on...

It's March already!! Maybe it's me but this year seems to be marching on like an arse on fire (excuse the pun). Well it's been an eventful February - released my debut album and first tour with the ba...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:03:00 GMT

We’re Jammin...

...Jammin 'till the jam it through. Well myself and Robbie have started jamming with the annoyingly talented Andrew Quinn who plays drums on the Album. Up until now we had only worked together on stud...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:39:00 GMT

January Blog

Well D-Day for the release of the debut single "Sticks and Stones" is nearly here! Every DJ in Ireland has a copy of the single so if you wanna hear it on radio just text or email a request to whateve...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:40:00 GMT

November Blog

Wow another month has passed by!!? So much work to do and so little grasp of time. So whats new? Well rotierney.com is finally up and running - the designers are still workin on the snag list but I ha...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:28:00 GMT