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79Cortinaz

“79Cortinaz blew me away" - Dan Hegarty

About Me



The 79Cortinaz sound is something you should experience first hand. Some say it’s “shattering guitar noise distilled with haunting vocal melodies”, others say its a “mixture between the Pixies and The Thrills” while the band describe their music as “rock and roll with a twist of melody”

“79Cortinaz blew me away the first time I heard them. The Session that the guys recorded for the show is still one of my favourites, and we’ve repeated numerous times since. Nowhere To Go was part of that Session, and I think it makes a great single for a really important cause…. ” Quote from Dan Hegarty, 2fm

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2005
Band Website: 79cortinaz.com
Band Members:

Gala Hutton (Vocals/Guitar), Cormac Strain (Bass/Backing Vocals), Thom McDermott (Acoustic Guitar, Keys), Darren 'Count' O'Neill(Drums)


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Influences: the kinks, Buddy Holly, the beatles, Son House, The Ramones, T-Rex, Black Sabbath, Coronation Street, Hermann Hess,Victor Hugo and Elliott Ness, Syd Barrett, Lord Byron, Walt Disney,Stan Lee, Laurel & Hardy, Bruce Lee, H.R Puffinstuff, J.R Hartley, William Shakespeare,Flann O Brien, Liam O Brien, Brendan Behan, Brendan Hutton, Brendan the Navigator(Discovered America on a raft) , Cormac the Hero (discovered something heroic), The Troggs, Graham Parsons, Keef and Mick(The Glimmer Twins), Jimi Hendrix Experience, Fergal The Gog Barry, Mountain (Felix Paparaldi)..Nantucket Sleighride is class. Iggy Pop and David Bowie,Supertramp and The Carpenters, Slade, Thin Lizzy, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren, Micheal O Hare (squeaky voiced Gaa comentator),U2,Arthur Guinness,P.I.L, The Bunnymen, Smiths, The Fall, Souxie and the Banshees,Rat Scabies, Ray Lowry,David Lowry,Camper Van Beethoven,Cracker, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills. Deirdre O Donoghue, Butthole Surfers,Albert Hammond Snr, Bob Dylan in 65, Tir Na Nog, Scullion,Them,That Petrol Emotion, Martha and the Muffins,Suicide, Daniel Ash, Daniel Johnson,The Book of Daniel.Jade Goody and Britney Spears..oh and The Count
Sounds Like: 79Cortinaz
Record Label: FECK'D RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hotpress review of 79Cortinaz at Bright New Sounds final

"Is it possible that there's an Irish Mercury Rev hidden away in deepest Carlow? Certainly 79Cortinaz' lead vocalist Gala Hutton's haunting vocal quivar bears an impressive likeness to that of Jonatha...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:58:00 PST

HOT PRESS ALBUM REVIEW

’GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT’ A little under for years ago, Carlow based quartet 79Cortinaz charmed the under-crackers offIrish music fans with theirfrenetic yet strangly funky sin...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:38:00 PST

HOPIOKI on iTunes

If you fancy getting a copy of Hopioki the easy way, the grab your copy on iTunes for a measly ¬10!
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:29:00 PST

HOPIOKI REVIEWED ON rte.ie

in an ever more hectic age of here-this-morning-gone-lunchtime bands and records, it's good to see that some people still don't buy into rush-rush being the only way. Almost four years after Carlow's ...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:40:00 PST

biog

In late August 2004 79Cortinaz stormed the Irish charts with 'Deirdre's Song' which spent a month climbing before peaking at number 18. Over the next 2 years the band was declared "the best thing to c...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:42:00 PST

Hopioki launch in mid Feb 2008

Hopioki has eventually arrived in camp Cortinaz! Currently getting a few spins by Dan Hegarty on his 2fm show and apparently some airplay on the new RTE digital stations, the eleven track Hopioki albu...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:26:00 PST

79Cortinaz on 2fm 2moro 2our

Not only are 79Cortinaz Dan Hegarty's Classic Session on Wednesday May 16th, but that night the band also play alongside Messiah J and The Expert, the Flaws and the fabulous Giveamanakick on the 2fm ...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:42:00 PST

79Cortinaz featured on New Music Ireland

79Cortinaz were pleased this week to find themselves on Show 16 of the New Music Ireland podcast. Featuring Electric Hym Part 1, alongside Whitewater, David Dana, Kilterr, DJ Jeremiah and The Gorgeous...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:55:00 PST

No Large Images in Comment Box

79Cortinaz aren't into the whole'post a large image in someones comment box advertising a gig' type thing so please do us all a favour and refrain from posting such as they'll get deleted for being wa...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:12:00 PST

79Cortinaz Review in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cormac found this last week and decided to stick it up. Nice to see the 79cortinaz superbug spreading   Electric Hym, Pt. II," 79Cortinaz Sparkling and fun pop-rock that will instantly charm even...
Posted by 79Cortinaz on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:08:00 PST