Friends, Lovers, Sons and Daughters, Welcome to our little space on d'interweb!!! We are The Fontanels. First of all, thank you for stopping by. It's lovely to know that such handsome people with sweet, ripped bodies are looking at you....nice...Secondly, let me tell you a little about the band only known as: The Fontanels . Born and bred in that great, garrison town of Dundalk- as some locals say: "A place on the map, a place in the mind". It's moulded and cast us to who we are. The music scene in Dundalk is starting to come out of it's little shell these days and, currently, there are quite a few young bands throwing shapes and making moves. Evil Harrisons, Jinx Lennon, The Pictures, The Tramps, Artificial Flight (very nice), Blind Pilots, Open Door Policy...(check out our top friends)... there's loads more!.. Have a wee listen. If you are looking for originality, it's all there. It was the imbroglio of influences from Da Town that set our sound in motion. We are influenced by Jelly-Legged Rock, Frenzied Fervorous Funk, Face-Melting Jazz, Face-Melting Soul, Post-Punk, Hip-hop, Electronica, Psychedelia, Harmony-Laden Pop and just about anything else that's a little bit skewed or off-kilter. We've been playing our tight little buns off in Dublin recently and released our debut EP in April..and there's a lot more on the way very soon. We're planning to go out over the next few months and road-test some new material..and drink... a lot! So, that's about it really ..Thanks for stopping by you insanely handsome and frankly, ridiculously talented person. We hope you enjoy our music..(too much at the end?...)
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This is how it all began...Once upon a time there was a boy called Ciarán. Now Ciarán loved to play the guitar and sing lovely songs. Then, one day, he started to write his own songs and that made him very proud. However, there was one problem.....he was lonely playing on his own. Luckily, one afternoon, while buying a packet of skittles in his local newsagent he stumbled across another boy. This boy was about Ciarán’s age but had glasses and a hairy chin. Well this boy was making great loud noises with a spoon and some tins of marrowfat peas. When Ciarán asked the boy what is name was he replied “Ian.†Just at this time two other young people walked into the shop holding hands. Ciarán thought this was strange as they appeared to be very young but suddenly the girl started to sing the tune that was playing over the radio. Ciarán was impressed as not many people he had previously met knew the lyrics to Steely Dan’s “Pegâ€. Then the boy who was holding hands with this girl started to pretend to play the bass guitar and Ciarán thought that this was funny. Finally the two friends smiled at Ian and Ciarán and introduced themselves as Paddy and Shalom. It was at that very minute that they decided to form a funk rock band. However, they had to wait until Ciarán’s brother was born before they could start practising properly. And then it happened...Gavin was born...and just above his forehead were numerous soft spots...... Ciarán’s mum said these were called the fontanels...
and so it began.............
