Angelic Toenails
Angelic Toenails from; Balbriggan Active; 1989 – 1991 Style; Tbc
Line up;
Vocals; Fergal O’Neill
Guitar; Paul Andrews
Bass; Brendan McCormack
Drums; Greg Kellet 1990 replaced by Caroline Woods
Carling Hot Press 1990
Angelic Toenails were in the first heat of the 1990 Carling /Hot Press competition at Sir Henry’s in Cork.
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, 2nd May The Angelic Toenails (Balbriggan), An Atom Age (Cork), Fantasy Garden (Dublin), The Hunger (Bray).
Winner; Fantasy Garden
Heat 2, 9th May The Winchesters (Fermoy), Belushi (Dunsany), Boys In he Band (Dublin), The Carrellines (Derry)
Winner: The Carrellines
Heat 3, 16th May The Sun Kings (Cork), Wilder (Dublin), The Hedonists (Derry), Both Ends Burning (Dublin)
Winner; Both Ends Burning
Heat 4, 23rd May Ego Minefield (Letterkenny), Men Of God (Dublin), Hidden Faces (Wicklow), Charlie Don’t Surf (Dublin)
Winner; Hidden Faces
Heat 5, 30th May Engine Alley (Dublin), Thru’penny Opera (Wexford), Dreads (Drogheda), Donnybrook Garage (Dublin)
Winner; Engine Alley
Final 6th June Engine Alley, Hidden Faces, Both Ends Burning, Fantasy Garden, The Carrellines
The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press) Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)
Jo-Maxi’s
In February 1990 Angelic Toenails made their first TV appearance on Network 2’s Jo-Maxi (Jo Maxi is Irish slang for Taxi) programme. It’s not known at this time what songs they performed. They also supported Ned’s Atomic Dustbin when they played Drogheda and McGonagle’s in 1991.
Danceline Album Bright Green Light
“Twist” is the Angelic Toenails track that appears on the new Dance line album.
