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Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace Layouts Dour Liverpudlian rockers Echo & The Bunnymen cast a long shadow over the U.K. music scene in the late '80s and early '90s, from which many worshipful groups never emerged. Dublin quartet Into Paradise started its career well within that darkness, but later emerged (albeit briefly) with a sound worth hearing. ================================================= The group's self-titled debut, released in 1990 and produced by ex-Sound frontman Adrian Borland, found Into Paradise--singer/guitarist Dave Long, guitarist/keyboardist James Eadie, bassist Rachel Tighe and drummer Ronan Clarke--owing a heavy debt to the Bunnymen's landmark 1980 LP, Crocodiles. The guitar sound is sometimes fuller than Echo axeman Will Sergeant's usual scratchy tone, but the plodding, weary songs and Long's unmistakably McCulloch-like caterwauling made the band's primary reference point obvious. The shame was that a few genuinely good tracks got buried in the band's attempt at homage. However, someone kicked Into Paradise firmly in the collective rear just in time for the release of Churchtown the following year--the group sounded newly-energized on uptempo, invigorating cuts like "Rain Comes Down," their best-ever song, and "Bring Me Up." Produced again by Borland, Churchtown showed off a large-scale dramatic sweep reminiscent of Simple Minds, augmented by consistently strong, attractive melodies that kept even slower tracks like "I'm Still Waiting" out of the dirgelike territory of yore. The band followed that triumph with a pair of U.K.-only EPs--Down All The Days (1992) and For No One (1993)--before disappearing from view shortly afterwards. But Into Paradise's short time in the limelight should, if nothing else, give hope to those numerous groups striving nobly to elude the creative noose of their influences. ++++ Written by Dan Leroy"BURNS MY SKIN" PROMO VIDEO .. width="425" height="350" ..Formed in 1986 in Dublin by David Long and Rachel Tighe. Into Paradise released critically acclaimed records in the early 90s."CHANGE" PROMO VIDEO .. width="425" height="350" ..MTV INTERVIEW 1992 - PART 1 .. width="425" height="350" ..MTV INTERVIEW 1992 - PART 12 .. width="425" height="350" ..

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Member Since: 18/06/2006
Band Members: David Long: singer/guitar ** Rachel Tighe: bass ** James Eadie: guitarist/keyboards ** Ronan Clarke : drums
Influences: Echo & The Bunnymen, Sound/Adrian Borland, Chameleons
Sounds Like: Sad, angry heartelt tunes.
Record Label: Setanta/Ensign/Chrysalis

My Blog

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Hi there, Pete Cole here, I run the Into Paradise tribute page and I thought I would tell you about the band that I manage/promote {satellite-state}& please take the time to have a look/listen and m...
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Rachel Tighe/Luggage

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~independentrecs/luggage/luggage.ht m LUGGAGE Meantime and Comical Life e.p.'s1996Ireland and the U.K. Dublin-based four-piece Luggage completed their line-up in early 1994 wi...
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Into Paradise on Irishrock.org

Into Paradise[Dublin/London] (1988-)Originally Backwards Into Paradise (1986-88) with Dave Long and Rachel Tighe.lineup= Dave Long (v/g), James Eadie (g/k), Rachael Tighe (b), Ronan Clarke (d) Rachel ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:52:00 GMT

The early years: Backwards Into Paradise

http://www.irishrock.org/ipnw/b.html#backwards Backwards Into Paradise[Dublin] (1986-88)Early incarnation of Into Paradise. The name was a reference toBlue in Heaven, from the same suburb of Dublin. T...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:49:00 GMT

Into Paradise on mp3hugger.com

http://mp3hugger.com/2007/04/into-paradise-yesterdays-men.ht ml Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Into Paradise - Yesterday's Men ..> Take a look about for Into Paradise and you'll eventually end back at ...
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Into Paradise on Trouserpress

http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=into_paradise INTO PARADISE (Buy CDs by this artist)Into Paradise (Ensign/Chrysalis) 1990Under the Water (UK Setanta) 1990Churchtown (Ensign/Chrysalis) 19...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:58:00 GMT

SOUNDS MAGAZINE 16-3-91

ROCK'N'ROLL SUICIDE INTO PARADISE `Churchtown' (Ensign) **** INTO PARADISE began life as an unknown Irish export, signed to the Emerald Isle ex-pat label Setanta. 'Churchtown' follows last years 'Unde...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:39:00 GMT

SELECT MAGAZINE: APRIL 1991

LOVE LIES BLEEDING INTO PARADISE: Churchtown This is an album that starts with falling rain and finishes with a 16-yearwld girl tossing herself off a bridge. Welcome to a world of profound inner turmo...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:38:00 GMT

HOT PRESS: FEBRUARY 1991

HOT PRESS: FEBRUARY 1991 INTO PARADISE: "Churchtown" (Ensign} 10/12 "CHURCHTOWN" IS an album for the darkest recesses of a sleepless night - those dungeons of restlessness where your mind runs like a ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:36:00 GMT

Into Paradise on Wikipedia

Into Paradise From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search --> start content --> Into Paradise were a group from Dublin, Ireland whose influences included Joy Division and Echo ...
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