{"id":13834,"date":"2026-03-04T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=13834"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:14:49","slug":"so-she-said","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ghostown1976.com\/?page_id=13834","title":{"rendered":"So She Said"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So She Said from; Dublin Active; 1987 – 1990
Line up;
Vocals & Guitar; Pat O’Sullivan
Lead Guitar;
Bass; Brian King
Drums; Anthony Healy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From Hot Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Danceline Records<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

So She Said had two tracks on the “Swimming Out Of The Pool” album. “So Happy” & “Let Me Out”. “At Home In June” won the Hot Press\/Murphy song of the month in 1989. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baggot Inn<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Of the gigs that So She Said played, the Only one I know off was a support slot with Belsonic Sound at the Baggot Inn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carling\/ Hot Press Battle Of The Bands 1989<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1n 1989 So She Said were involved in the Carling\/Hot Press<\/a> search for the best young Irish band. They were in heat 4 with The Drive (Limerick), Lunatic Fringe (Belfast), Stands Looking Back (Cork), The Drive won this heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The competition is held at Sir Henry’s<\/a>, in Cork over 5 weeks. With the winner each week going on to the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat 1, 3rd May<\/strong> The Sugar Rays (Navan), October (Fermanagh), The Elite (Dublin), The Surrealists (Ennis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner;<\/strong> The Surrealists<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat 2, 10th May<\/strong> The Outpatients<\/a> (Dublin), The Boy The Boy (Sligo), Birds & Ghosts (Waterford), Stateline (Dublin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner:<\/strong> The Out Patients<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat 3, 17th May<\/strong> Lipstick Vogue <\/a>(Dublin), Jerusalem (Derry), Thrupenny Opera <\/a>(Wexford), Andrew Bass & The Innocent Ones (Dublin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner;<\/strong> Thrupenny Opera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat 4, 24th May<\/strong> So She Said (Dublin), The Drive<\/a> (Limerick), Lunatic Fringe (Belfast), Stands Looking Back<\/a> (Cork)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner; <\/strong>The Drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat 5, 31st May<\/strong> The Train Walkers, Just A Philistine<\/a> (Naas), Trenchtown <\/a>(Drogheda), New Hollande (Dublin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner;<\/strong> Just A Philistine & Trenchtown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final 7th June<\/strong> The Drive, Just A Philistine, Thrupenny Opera, Out Patients, The Surrealists, Trenchtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Judges, George Byrne (Irish Independent), Richie Taylor (Sunday Press)Jackie Hayden (Hot Press), Niall Stokes (Hot Press), Emmett O’Reilly (Hot Press)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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