My Little Funhouse were a rock band from
County Kilkenny
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, Ireland in the early 1990s.
After winning the Carling Hot Press band competition, they got signed to Island Publishing and went on, in late 1991, to sign what was Geffen Records' largest deal to that date: $2 million (around the same time, Geffen signed
Nirvana
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for $60,000). Geffen saw them as the next
Guns N' Roses
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, and even included them in the video of
November Rain
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.
Their debut album ''Standunder'' comprises heavy rock'n'roll and slower, more intimate songs. Guitars are prominent, as was typical of the early 1990s. Alan Lawlor's vocals are very distinctive and make a strong impression. The album enjoyed some success and several songs were released as singles: "I Want Some of That", "Wishing Well", "Destiny"/"L.S.D" and "Raintown".
Drummer Derek Maher left in 1993 to be replaced by
Graham Hopkins
Graham Hopkins (born 20 December 1975) is an Irish drummer. He was the drummer in The Swell Season, The Frames and rock band Therapy?.
Biography
Early years
Hopkins was born in Dublin and was brought up in Clane, County Kildare in a musica ...
(who later joined the band
Therapy?
Therapy? are a Northern Irish rock band from Larne, formed in 1989 by guitarist-vocalist Andy Cairns and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing. Therapy? recorded their first demo with Cairns filling in on bass guitar. To complete the lineup, the band r ...
in early 1996
).
My Little Funhouse members moved to Los Angeles and started to record more material that never got to be released.
Members
*Alan Lawlor : vocals (1990-1996)
*Anthony "Tony" Morrissey : guitar (1990-1996)
*Brendan Morrissey : guitar (1990-1996)
*Gary Deevy : bass (1990-1993)
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Joe Doyle: bass (1993-1996)
*Derek Maher: drums (1990-1993)
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Graham Hopkins
Graham Hopkins (born 20 December 1975) is an Irish drummer. He was the drummer in The Swell Season, The Frames and rock band Therapy?.
Biography
Early years
Hopkins was born in Dublin and was brought up in Clane, County Kildare in a musica ...
: drums (1993–1996)
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Discography
''Addicted'' EP (1992)
Track list:
# "I Want Some of That"
# "Addicted"
# "No More Lies"
# "Standunder"
''Standunder'' CD (1992)
Label: Geffen Records
Track list:
# "I Want Some of That"
# "Destiny"
# "Wishing Well"
# "L.S.D."
# "I Know What I Need" (turns to "You Blew It", a non-listed track, around 3m 24s)
# "Catholic Boy"
# "Lonely"
# "Anonymous"
# "Been Too Long"
# "Raintown"
# "Standunder"
''Forward Came'' CD (1996) (Unreleased)
Label: Geffen Records
''Pulse'' CD (199?) (Unreleased)
Label: Geffen Records
References
External links
My Little Funhouse videos on Youtube
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Geffen Records artists
Irish hard rock musical groups
Irish rock music groups
Musical groups from County Kilkenny