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conor mcateer

ALBUM AVAILABLE SOON!!!

About Me

I've just finished working on some recordings which you can now listen to right here.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2005
Band Website: conormcateer.tk
Band Members: normally play solo but have just recorded my first album, "Pirates", with help from ronan durnin - bass and piano, and betty joyce - backing vocals
Influences: er....rem, bob dylan, leonard cohen, bruce springsteen, counting crows, matthew ryan, terry callier, whipping boy, damien dempsey, jason mraz, bob marley, weezer, jack johnson, sublime (i really dunno how much influence these people have cos i only think about it when i get asked who my influences are but i like their music). here's some other people i like/love depending on the mood i'm in - the jimi hendrix experience, audioslave, soundgarden, rage against the machine, ludacris, al green, green day (associative thinking at work here), marvin gaye, incubus, rick james, gemma hayes, burning spear, damien rice, a perfect circle, afi, jay-z, del tha funky homosapien, josh rouse, queen, jurassic 5, led zeppelin, right said fred (only joking!), k'naan, maroon 5, the killers, sparta, mic christopher, spearhead, nelly furtado, red hot chili peppers, the roots, therapy?, system of a down, michael jackson, queen, leadbelly, john lee hooker and so on and so forth.....
Sounds Like: Yer best friend's girlfriend's pet hedgehog!!!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Pirates

I spent last week in the studio and recorded the nine songs which are going to make up my short but sweet first album which, as you may have guessed from the title of this blog, is called Pirates. it ...
Posted by conor mcateer on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:55:00 PST

recording

i've been writing new songs and have booked 5 days in the recording studio in april, it should be enough time to record the new songs and a few old ones. the plan is to make a stripped down sort of re...
Posted by conor mcateer on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:49:00 PST

that tall drink....

greetings earthlings. its been a tad quiet on my page of late. as many of you know, i now live and work in leeds, separated by land and sea from my beloved home town of derry - how i've miss...
Posted by conor mcateer on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:39:00 PST

new song lyrics

Rumours It was an old pretty house and the area was good it went for a small fortune like they said it would in the kitchen, on the ceiling was a big hook not sure what it was for guess it had always ...
Posted by conor mcateer on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:56:00 PST

growing up, james brown, why am i still up

there is no good reason why i should be still up at 4 in the morning. i am tired. its not like i slept til the afternoon. i'm just a very silly man. on thursday one of my closest friends got married. ...
Posted by conor mcateer on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:39:00 PST

The Turkish Delight

few chocolate bars divide opinion quite like the turkish delight, but while i could spend this blog discussing the merits or drawbacks of the jelly substance beneath the chocolate coat, i have slightl...
Posted by conor mcateer on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:39:00 PST

Ronan

dear ronan,                    i am ever so sorry for not updating my blog. not a lot is happening. not r...
Posted by conor mcateer on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:35:00 PST

crazy dreams & things

well people everything in my life is same old same old at this time. i still haven't rejoined the gym and i certainly haven't kept up the running i was doing with the crazy clothes horse (whose birthd...
Posted by conor mcateer on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:58:00 PST

Lyrics to my new song

This song will probably be called nurse. i have written it for a documentary which is being made by the bbc about a woman called agnes jones. she grew up in county donegal and beca...
Posted by conor mcateer on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:48:00 PST

the twix

on monday, i played a couple of songs in mason's. they went down well with the small crowd that were present even though i feel like i was shite. on the way home, i stopped to buy a twix. as i savoure...
Posted by conor mcateer on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:46:00 PST