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About Me

Sundrive are Mick McDonnell, Steve Cranley and a number of their very talented friends!
Michael is from Crumlin on the southside of Dublin. His influences range from The Beatles, Steve Earle, Shawn Colvin and Ron Sexsmith to Elvis Costello. Steve is also a Dubliner, hailing from the sprawling suburb of Tallaght. His influences include The Beatles, AC/DC and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He has been playing guitar since he was 7, played in his first band at 13 years of age and began writing his own songs soon afterwards. Michael and Steve have both worked as a professional musicians, backing many of Ireland's top performers both live and in the studio.
Steve and Michael met while working on a project for a third party in 1997 and began collaborating, initially merely providing guitar and bass duties for each others recordings and progressed to writing and recording as the band SUNDRIVE in 2002. They made their live debut at O2 in the Park on Sunday August 18th 2002, to an estimated 100,000 people!!!
Sundrive guitar tabs now available here or for the latest Sundrivel visit the official blog .

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Member Since: 4/19/2006
Band Website: sundriveonline.com
Band Members: SUNDRIVE are :
Mick McDonnell - Vocals/Bass
Steve Cranley - Guitar
Gavin Murray - Keyboards
John Swan - Drums
Influences: The Beatles
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
The Beach Boys
Elvis Costello
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Rush
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Cream
David Bowie
Steve Earle
Shawn Colvin
Ron Sexsmith
to name but a few...
Sounds Like: Sundrive of course...who else!!!

Record Label: Reekus Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Latest press clippings!

Hi all, Here are some recent press clippings! Enjoy :)...
Posted by Sundrive on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:41:00 PST

MySpacers sing Sundrive!

Hi all, We've had a few friends send us videos of them performing our song "A day like today". First up is the charming and beautiful Kensey from Florida. Go Knz!!! Next we have the super ...
Posted by Sundrive on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:34:00 PST

Album Review

Hi all, Our debut album was reviewed this week in Ireland's premier music magazine, Hot Press and scored a very pleasing 7/10. Happy days :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
Posted by Sundrive on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:37:00 PST

Sundrive T-shirts for sale!!!

Hi all, Following numerous enquiries from you MySpacers we've printed up Sundrive t-shirts...as modelled by yours truly! I missed my true calling didn't I? :o) Sizes available: Small, Medium, Large o...
Posted by Sundrive on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:31:00 PST

Album of the week!

Our debut album was featured as "album of the week" on the 2FM Larry Gogan show this Saturday May 5th. He played 2 tracks. Click the links below to hear the before and after audio: Never Come Do...
Posted by Sundrive on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:56:00 PST

Hotpress Review - Still Here

Ireland's leading music magazine Hotpress has given our new single "Still Here" a positive review and a glowing write up! ...
Posted by Sundrive on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:09:00 PST

Mick's 12 string - (signed by Gilbert O'Sullivan)

This is my Yamaha FGX413SC-12. I do some solo gigs, and this pretty lady is all I take with me. She's an absolute powerhouse - "The Engine"!! If you look, it's been signed by Gilbert ...
Posted by Sundrive on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:24:00 PST

Steve's guitars...

1994 Steinberger GM4TBought this on eBay from a guy in the US in 2003 for a mere $740 which was a steal cos I had been on the lookout for one for a while and they were being auction for around the $12...
Posted by Sundrive on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:58:00 PST

Mick's bass...

We get a lot of people commenting on my bass, believe it or not. So in order to cut down on the number of times I tell the story, I'll tell it here! The bass is a Steinberger L2, a design which ...
Posted by Sundrive on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:12:00 PST