Power Of Dreams

Power Of Dreams From Clondalkin Dublin; Active 1988 – 1995 ; Style; Rock

Vocals & Guitar; Craig Walker

Guitar: Ian Olney from 1990 onwards ex Cypress Mine

Bass; Michael Lennox

Drums; Keith Walker

In their early career as a trio Power of Dreams played a tour of Ireland with In 1990 they took part in the Ryan Air sponsored “Irish Week” at the “Mean Fiddlers” Harlesden London.

Power of Dreams released their critically acclaimed first EP A Little Piece of God, on Keith Cullen’s London-based Setanta Records in 1989, while Walker was still at school. Following a six-figure bidding war between rival record labels, the band signed a deal with Polydor Records. In December 1989, the British music magazine NME picked Power of Dreams, along with others such as Carter USM and the Charlatans, as their “stars of tomorrow”. At the time the MNE was probably the biggest and most influential music magazine in Europe.

Their first album, Immigrants, Emigrants and Me, was released in 1990, receiving glowing reviews worldwide.[citation needed] The album was produced by Ray Shulman and sold well in France, Japan, the UK and Ireland. The band then embarked on a world tour as a supporting act for the Mission, taking in more than 30 countries, including Japan and North America. The follow-up album, 2 Hell With Common Sense, was released two years later, produced by Dave Meegan and with a more powerful sound, aided by additional guitarist Ian Olney (ex-Cypress, Mine!).

Later albums were less successful in the UK and Ireland but the band retained a following, and their major label contract in Japan. The third album, Positivity, was released on Lemon Records in 1993, and further developed the sound introduced on their previous record. Power of Dreams released a last album, Become Yourself, the following year. In 1995, the band backed and recorded with the musician Soichi Taniguchi in Japan before disbanding.