External Sounds is a monthly music night basedin Drogheda. It is a musically diverse nights the brings together djs, band and solo artists in a melting pot of underground sounds.External Sounds was initially started by a group of friends from Drogheda in the summer of 2000. It was started as a reaction to the lack of good venues and nights to provide the music that its members were interested in, and for several of of the group, played.Due to a lack of available or suitable venues, for several years External Sounds main activities were organizing free parties in the countryside around Drogheda. These nights could not just be categorized as simple 'raves', as the general ideals and in particular music policy was a lot more diverse than anything similar happening in the area at the time.These outdoor events were generally kept low key with the emphasis on quality not quantity, with the numbers attending never more than a couple of hundred. These External Sounds events were always few and far between and it stay that way until 2005 when a couple of its members who were now living in Manchester began to run External Sounds as a monthly night in the function room of the Rampant Lion pub. With the pubs function room capacity of 150, and it 2am bar the night had finally found an ideal home indoors.The music policy of the night continued to emphasis on good music whether it was played by a live band, solo artist or dj's. External sounds eclectic mix of music from rock, to reggae, soul to samba, and everything in between was a hit with a similarly diverse crowd.
While in Manchester, External Sounds didn't forget its Drogheda roots with several local artist making the trip over the Irish sea to perform at their nights, including the now legendary performance by Drogheda band 'Copious' at External Sounds final Manchester event in June 06.As the external sounds members returned to Drogheda so did the event and with a renewed passion spurned on by the nights success in Manchester.
The night found a new home in McGuinness's Bar, (Crusoe's) Fusion Nightclub, Georges St.Its first Irish night back was billed as a 'Festival Warm-Up Gig' and took place on the eve of the Electric Picnic Festival, on Thursday 31st August. The line-up on the night consisted of up and coming Local band 'Geriko', a 'Copious' Dj set, an acoustic performance by Eoin McCabe and dj set from the External Sounds Dj's.
The night was a resounding success with a very large crowd in attendance thoroughly enjoying themselves.The night has steadily grown and is now a very popular monthly night that uses both bands and djs from Ireland and the the UK. The nights reident djs have played at many different nights around Ireland as well as the UK... Myspace Layout Generator-Layoutgen.com
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