Bondi Breeze

Bondi Breeze From; Monaghan Active; 1988 – 19
Style; Heavy Metal
Vocals & Bass; Paul Gilliland
Guitar; Andrew Hogg
Drums; Paddy Fanthorpe

Local venues

Like 95% of all local bands in Ireland Bondi Breeze struggled to find venues that would let them play their music live. In their home town of Monaghan the only venue that would let them play was McKenna’s pub in Dublin Street. Bondi Breeze regularly sold out the venue building up a sizeable local following.

Debut Demo Tape

Watch The Watch was recorded at the Atic studio in July 1989, the tracks were “Self Preservation”, Crazy Lazy”, Highway Man”. According to reports in the local press, it was a very good tape of superior quality. Bondi Breeze took their style of music from traditional metal bands like Ozzy, WASP & Black Sabbath, regarding the likes of Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi & Europe as “Glam Rock”.

Song Writing

All three songs on the demo tape were band originals, all written by the bands main song writer Paul Gilliland.