The Aftermath are an Irish

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band, currently based in

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. They are composed of brothers Johnny (guitar, keys, vocals) and Michael Cronin (drums, percussion, samples, vocals), both of whom are originally from

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but raised in

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, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray. The Aftermath released their debut album, '' Friendlier Up Here'' on 25 April 2008. They have had three singles enter the

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, all inside the Top 20; "One is Fun/Are You Not?" spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at number eleven, "Hollywood Remake/Need" also spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at number nineteen, whilst latest single "All I Want is For You to Be Happy" spent a week in the chart at number thirteen. All this led to the band being voted at number nine in the "Most Promising for 2007" category in the ''

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'' Readers Poll. The Aftermath have provided support for

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on Irish and European dates. They have played a double-headliner in

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with

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outfit Arckid, who feature

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on bass and lead vocals. Eight weeks of 2006 were spent in

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's Top Unsigned Bands Chart and they are still the only Irish band to have featured in the Tastemakers Chart. Festival appearances include

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, Le Chéile and

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. The Aftermath are named after the Cronins favourite album by

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. They are signed to the Live Transmission label.

Career

Debut album

The Aftermath had two top 20 singles independently by touring Ireland, playing small venues, independent record stores, lunchtime gigs and entertaining the people who bought their record. The band members moved to France to work with

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. Acquaintances from their time touring the UK helped the band - Phil Vinyl (

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) offered producer strokes, Ger McDonald (

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and U2) performed mixing duties,

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's cellist Vyvienne Long assisted as did former

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bassist,

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's keyboardist Helen Turner who continues to play live with the band. Words of wisdom were given by the legendary producer

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and Irish Jack Lyons, an old associate of

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and there were contributions from

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, well known for working with

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, whom the band befriended when they supported

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. The band have also used fan footage from a free show in Mullingar to create a video for their 2008 single "Northern Lingerie".

2007 bus crash

The Aftermath were involved in a near-fatal bus crash on 13 July 2007. The crash, which took place on a Friday night, happened just outside the village of

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. All four members of the band and two members of their crew were treated for injuries after the accident. The band were in the middle of an extensive Irish tour at the time in support of their "All I Want For You is to Be Happy" single. In the aftermath, Johnny Cronin said:

"We thought we were goners, we really thought that this was it - game over. It was like being in a tumble drier - only worse. It¹s a miracle we all made it out alive."

2009

On 3 April 2009, The Aftermath played their first UK show of the year at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. The show was filmed and later released on DVD. On 1 May 2009, a new single, "Northern Lingerie", was released. The song was remastered by John Davis in

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's mastering division of

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, Metropolis Mastering. The Aftermath will embark on an Irish tour across May and June 2009. The Aftermath also acted as The Word's house band at

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. They performed another Irish tour in late 2009. Late 2009 saw the release as a single of a cover version of

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's " The Power of Love", alongside an Irish tour of the West and Midlands regions in late 2009.

2010

They played a series of shows across Ireland in June and July 2010.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

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