Hot Steal
Hot Steal from; Strokestown Active; 1978 – 1982
Style; New Wave
Line up;
Guitar & Vocals; John Crowe
Bass; Hubert Geoghegan
Drums; Vincent Collins
Original line Up
Originally formed in 1978 as Quartet with Gerry O’Gara on bass.
Trio
In 1981 the remining trio became Hot Steal. They recorded a 3 track demo in Lombard Studio, Dublin. All three tracks were written by John. The tape was regularly played on the Dave Fanning Rock show.
Dave Fanning
Dave Fanning rated the band to be placed at number 3 in his Sunday World rock chart. The producers of the Late Late Show were also impressed with the tape. This led to another 5 track tape being recorded at Lombard. This second tape got the interest of Spider & Polygam Records.
Ramones
The band set only has one cover the Ramones “Beat The Brat”.
In June 1981 Paper Tiger/Just Another Girl is released on Aurric Records Au 79004.
Line Up Change
By August 1982 the band has had another name change to Strollin Poet and added John Sharkey to their line up.