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Aslan
Aslan have been described as the Vinnie Jones of Irish rock.“It’s part of this terrible image we’ve been saddled with,” sighs frontmanChristy Dignam. “Because we’re all from working-class areas in Dublin, people think we’re scumbags who just make a bit of music in between robbing cars...
I have just watched a documentary called, "Out Of Ireland", that documents Irish pop/rock music from the 50's through to the present day. Given that Aslan were recently the recipients of a, "Lifetime Achievement", award, there is a distinct lack of their presence...
Source: The Irish Daily StarSunday 6th, March, 2005
Aslan singer Christy Dignam has revealed drugs cost him his marriage.The frontman - who kicked his heroin habit in a tough Thai detox centre last October - has split from his wife.Christy 44 told Star Sunday "I'd been with Kathryn since I...
Aslan singer Christy Dignam has revealed drugs cost him his marriage.The frontman - who kicked his heroin habit in a tough Thai detox centre last October - has split from his wife.Christy 44 told Star Sunday "I'd been with Kathryn since I...
Australian Tour 2000 (Extract from Vicar Street program)Aslan have done a lot of globe-hopping in their time together; but they'd never made it as far as Australia. Until the summer of 2000, that is. And was it worth the wait? For the thousands who turned up in Sydney and Melbourne, the answer was a resounding Yes, Yes, Yes! The bands jaunt Down...
Taken from the site http://www.wheresthecraic.com.I don't know who the interviewer is. If you know can you fill me in so I can credit him.Intro: Crazy WorldJames: The band have been going on and off now for 15 years now, how do you feel when you look back at that time?Billy: I think its been great James. I mean...
Introduction: (Aslan - Vicar Street programme)Late July in the year 2000. The Sydney Metro, Australia. The curtain comes down, the house lights go up, but 1,200 delirious souls are going nowhere. They've just seen Aslan raise the rafters of this famous venue. They've demanded - and got - a half-dozen encores and still they want more, more, more. As...
IT HAS certainly been a long, hard struggle for the boys from the rundown working class areas of Ballymun and Finglas, on the North side of Dublin, who make up the five members of the latest of Ireland’s most promising bands to break out of the tight-knit Irish scene. Having at long last gained a much deserved major deal with EMI, they now have the...
MICHAEL O'HARA MEETS THE PRECIOUS STONES, A BAND ANXIOUS TO PUT SOME BLOOD IN THE MUSIC30.7.92This has been your obligatory Aslan mention.Joe Jewell, aptly-named lead singer and guitarist with Dublin band, The Precious Stones, takes yet another puff from yet another cigarette, and continues. Earnestly.How good are we? He seems a little taken aback by...
Are Aslan Ireland's answer to Bad News or the hottest thing out of Dublin since U-know-you? TERRY STAUNTON braves the on-tour jalopy to find out.''CHRISTY DIGNAM! I WANT YOUR SEXI'' She can't be more than 12 years old, this colleen crying out in carnal frenzy. Tears are streaming down her innocent cheeks as the object of her...
