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yehdeadlies

About Me



what the smart people say:
"delicious female harmony vocals and an endearing jolly vibe ... uplifting stuff"- Hot Press
"yeh deadlies are easily one of my favorite Irish bands at this moment in time. They have the effortless, ramshackle folk pop charm of early Herman Dune mixed with….eh something else really great. Seek out!" - Nick Thinks Blog
"quirky indie/pop...filled with clever lyrics" - fluxblog.com
"yeh deadlies are an oddball troupe plying mashed-up rockabilly-inflected pop" - Big Monster Love
"one of the top 50 Irish acts" - Connected Magazine
"blistering melodic tunes which really warmed the heart" - leaving you in flames blog
"judge not the yeh deadlies for their glib title, and instead cock your ears at the clutch of rare loony tunes they're after laying." - Phantom FM demo of the month

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/14/2006
Band Members: Padraig O Reilly - Guitar/Vocals
Jonny Fun - Bass/Vocals
Dave Green -Drums
Andy Walsh - Keys/Guitar/Vocals
with Annie Tierney - Guitar/Vocals

Influences:
Sounds Like:
"There are times when you are 16 and you're listening to Philomena Begley every Saturday night and you want to hear Dr.John and you get frustrated. As against that, there were other times when it seemed perfect for the place, this lonesome wail coming out. I didn't like it or dislike it I suppose. It's part of the landscape, part of the experience" - Pat McCabe.
"Money don't rule me, record companies don't rule me" - Link Wray.
Record Label: Goodnow music/Abomination/other
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new songs up "teenage pricks" and "hell"

hell is the wages of sin (i work for free)teenage pricks (up yours forever)credit where it's due.those songs were recorded and mixed by pete red tape audio siskit's probably not the final final final ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 17:02:00 GMT

John Prine: All the Best/fraternity leave

It's a great song!I wish you love And happinessI guess I wish you All the bestI wish you don't Do like I doAnd ever fall in love with Someone like youCause if you fell Just like I didYou'd probably wa...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 10:25:00 GMT

snow joke ep in hot press (home of great pun-ditry)

Hotpress: Loads of Lolly - 22nd April - Jackie Hayden The quaint American custom of paying people to plug your records has never caught on in Ireland, although a band manager is once reputed to have o...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:15:00 GMT

yeh deadlies podcasted

///////Bumcast Country Classics///////ll 16 songs ll 1 track ll 50 mins ll (00.00) Yeh Deadlies - Mount Street Blues (02.31) Real Estate - Beach Comber(06.49) Little Wings - Magic Wand (10.10) Ugly Ca...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:46:00 GMT

Nick Thinks Review

Nick likes us! Yay!I'm so glad, coz it's an awesome blog and he's a hero.http://nickthinks.wordpress.com/
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:24:00 GMT

new deadlies ep!

HiHope you're enjoying the weather.Yeh deadlies will most likely have a new ep very soon.The snow joke ep is inspired by the snowfall in Dublin in February 2009.The songs will likely be (there may be ...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:01:00 GMT

Belated thanks to Una Rocks blog

Belated thanks to Una Rocks blog for the mention in their best of 2008 round up. Cheers!
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:14:00 GMT

Review of Ballroom gig.

There's a review of a gig we played here,Thanks for that. J Fun's trousers seemed to cause a bit of a stir. The flies the limit now. Brace yourself  Jonny!Oh dear.Anyway, there's a review there. It's ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:59:00 GMT

deadlies on BBC radio Bristol

Do the Worm on Richard Pitt & Gary SmithBBC Radio Bristol Introducing thanks for the support guys.
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:57:00 GMT

the ballad of cover artist unknown

the title of that song is 'the ballad of cover artist unknown'.it's not a cover version. it's a song about a struggling painter who makes some money painting covers for romance novels.he doesn't put...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:43:00 GMT