Daisy Thorns from; Dublin Active; Nov 1990 – 1991
Style; Indie
Vocals & Guitar; tbc
Guitar; tbc
Bass; tbc
Drums; tbc
Daisy Thorn entered the Carling/Hot Press Battle Of The Bands contest in 1991 held at Sir Henry’s in Cork. They were in Heat 3, winning their heat and coming 5th in the final. My Little Fun House were the winner this year.
Carling/Hot Press Battle Of The Bands 1991
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, 15th May N.e.x.t. (Galway), Peach (Dublin), Taste The Rain (Wicklow), The Skips (Dublin), My Little Funhouse (Kilkenny).
Winner; My Little Fun House
Heat 2, 22nd May The Dreads (Drogheda), Nest (Galway), Callan (Dublin), Touchstone (Wexford)
Winner: The Dreads
Heat 3, 29th May A Rose For Emily (Mullingar), Daisy Thorns (Dublin), Hungry Judges (Galway), Tennessee Surfers (Dublin)
Winner; Daisy Thorns
Heat 4, 5th June Eccentri
Eccentric Hedgehogs (Cork), Echo India (Dublin), 33rd Hurricane (Donegal), Mississippi Mermaids (Dublin)
Winner; Mississippi Mermaids
Heat 5, 12th June Christina Calls (Dublin), Just In Time (Dublin), The Muldoons (Tyrone), ??????????? (Dublin)
Winner; The Muldoons
Final 6th June My Little Funhouse, The Dreads, Daisy Thorns, Mississippi Mermaids, The Muldoons
The Winners My Little Fun House
The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press) Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)
Six band concert
In July 1991 the Daisy Thorns took part in a 6 band rock concert at The Hitchin Post, Leixlip.