Outpatients The
The Outpatients from; Finglass/Glasnevin Active; 1987 – 1990 Style; Pop
Line up;
Vocals & Guitar; Pat Kelly
Lead Guitar; Greg O’Beirne
Bass; Noel Cunningham
Drums; Ronan Collins
Danceline Album Swimming Out Of The Pool
The Outpatients supplied two tracks “Pearl” & “Wildest Woman in Glasnevin” According to Richie Taylor they are the outstanding tracks. The other bands on the LP are The Conspiracy with “Cray & Badlands”, Lipstick Vogue with “Riversends & When Will You, So She Said with “Let Me Out & So Happy”, The Storm with “Too Far Gone & Walk All Over You”, JFK with The Other Side Of Midnight & The Room Is Empty”, De Face with Kickback.
Carling/Hot Press battle of the bands 1988
The Carling/Hot Press Battle Of The Bands was a completion to find the best unsigned band in Ireland. Bands had to send a demo tape in to the judges, the final 20 would then be selected to play live at Sir Henry’s in Cork, to make it though to the grand final. If you won, a record deal & £1,000 was up for grabs. In the first heat The Penelope Smash from Belfast were replaced by Lipstick Vogue from Dublin at the last minute. At this time I don’t know why.
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, 28th April The Suspects (Tralee), Brat (Dublin), Lipstick Vogue (Dublin), Plex (Cork).
Winner; Brat
Heat 2, 5th May The Outpatients (Dublin), The Caul (Tullamore), Do The Do (Tralee), Candyshop (Dublin)
Winner: Candyshop
Heat 3 12th May Dorian Mood (Drogheda), Peace Of Mind (Cork), The Harvest Ministers (Dublin), The Wave Assembly ( Waterford)
Winner; Harvest Ministers
Heat 4, 19th May I Forget (Kilkenny), Scale The Heights (Maymooth), **** Fringe (*******), At The Window ()
Winner;
Heat 5, 28th May Eddie Carlton Experience (Dublin), The Boy The Boy (Sligo), Packt (Cork), Wheels On Fire (Lahinch)
Winner; The Boy The Boy
Final 7th June Winer Scale The Heights, 2nd The Boy The Boy
The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press)Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)
Carling/Hot Press battle of the bands 1989
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;
Heat 2, 10th May The Outpatients (Dublin), The Boy The Boy (Sligo), Birds & Ghosts (Waterford), Stateline (Dublin)
Winner:
Heat 3, 17th May Lipstick Vogue (Dublin), Jerusalem (Derry), Thrupenny Opera (Wexford), Andrew Bass & The Innocent Ones (Dublin)
Winner; Lipstick Vogue
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 The Train Walkers, Just A Philistine (Naas), Trenchtown (Drogheda), New Hollande (Dublin)
Winner; Just A Philistine & Trenchtown
Final 7th June The Drive, Just A Philistine, Lipstick Vogue
The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press)Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)
Recordings
The Out Patients released at least two demo tapes, described by Hot Press as “Infectious tunes”. 1988 demo Pearl, Wildest Woman In Glasnevin, When We Were Young, Rocky Steady Freddy. 1989 demo Pearl, Corner Shop, Dog Eared Love.
The Outpatients Fanzine
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