The Skips From; Dublin Active; 1988 May 1992
Style; indie
Vocals; Amanda Claxton
Guitar; Derrick Dalton R.I.P. 2016
Bass; Peter Corrigan
Drums; Darren Nolan
The Skips made at least one Fanning Session, their 1989 session included What Do You Mean & You’re In Love. Their sound was Indie guitar. The also got selected to enter the Carling/Hot Press “Battle of The Bands” 1991.
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 Next (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)
