Stands Looking Back
Stands Looking Back from; Cork Active; 1989 – 1990 Style tbc
Line up;
Vocals & Bass; Rory Sheehan
Lead Guitar; Bernard Lynch
Rhythm Guitar; Peter Hipwell
Drums; Aiden Cody
Carling/Hot Press 1989 Competition
Stands Looking Back took part in the 1989 Carling Hot Press competition at Sir Henry’s in Cork. They didn’t get past the heat stages with the judges describing them as too diverse with no standout track. They were the only band from Cork to make the final twenty that year. They played in Heat 4 along with The drive (Limerick) the winners that week, Lunatic Fringe (Belfast) and So She Said (Dublin).
The competition is held at Sir Henry’s, in Cork over 5 weeks. With the winner each week going on to the final.
Heat 1, 3rd May The Sugar Rays (Navan), October (Fermanagh), The Elite (Dublin), The Surrealists (Ennis).
Winner; The Surrealists
Heat 2, 10th May The Outpatients (Dublin), The Boy The Boy (Sligo), Birds & Ghosts (Waterford), Stateline (Dublin)
Winner: The Out Patients
Heat 3, 17th May Lipstick Vogue (Dublin), Jerusalem (Derry), Thrupenny Opera (Wexford), Andrew Bass & The Innocent Ones (Dublin)
Winner; Thrupenny Opera
Heat 4, 24th May So She Said (Dublin), The Drive (Limerick), Lunatic Fringe (Belfast), Stands Looking Back (Cork)
Winner; The Drive
Heat 5, 31st May Train Walkers, Just A Philistine (Naas), Trenchtown (Drogheda), New Hollande (Dublin)
Winner; Just A Philistine, Trenchtown
Final 7th June The Drive, Just A Philistine, Thrupenny Opera, Trenchtown, The Surrealists, Out Patients
The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press)Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)
