THE PALE- The old Oak, Oliver Plunkett st. CORK - FRI. 13th FEBRUARY ‘04 - ADM.€10
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THE PALE 1991/2004...]
FORMED IN 1991, THE PALE SOUND CONSISTED OF MANDOLIN, BASS GUITAR, DRUM MACHINE AND VOCALS. A DEBUT ALBUM CALLED "WHY GO BALD?" WAS RECORDED. A SERIES OF GIGS AND AN A&R FEEDING FRENZY FOLLOWED. IN 1992 A&M RECORDS SIGNED THE BAND AND RELEASED THREE SINGLES AND AN ALBUM. THE SINGLES WERE "DOGS WITH NO TAILS", "BUTTERFLY" AND "SHUT UP VENUS". THE ALBUM WAS CALLED "HERE'S ONE WE MADE EARLIER"
THE PALE PLAYED LIVE IN EUROPE, AMERICA, JAPAN, GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS. HAVING PARTED COMPANY WITH A&M RECORDS IN 1994 THE PALE FORMED AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY FOR FUTURE RECORDINGS. THE INDEPENDENT RECORDS WERE "RIPE"(ALBUM), "IN ME"(SINGLE), "EP"(FIVE TRACK EP) AND THE THIRD ALBUM "SPUDGUN".
IN EARLY 2002 THE PALE RECORDED AN ALBUM CALLED "LONELY SPACE AGE", RELEASED BY AN INDEPENDENT LABEL CALLED "PSYCHONAVIGATION" IN 2003. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE PALE HAVE DEVELOPED. THEY ARE NOW A FIVE PIECE BAND WITH A BIGGER AND MORE ECLECTIC SOUND, UNUSUAL LYRICS AND PASSIONATE PERFORMANCES. THEY HAVE TOURED IRELAND IN ’03 AND WILL BE TOURING AGAIN THIS SPRING.
LEAD VOCALIST MATTHEW DEVEREUX HAS RECORDED TWO SOLO INSTRUMENTAL RECORDS ALSO RELEASED ON PSYCHONAVIGATION RECORDS TITLED "RUSSIAN SPACE RACE AUCTION"(FIVE TRACK EP) AND "TAP TAP TAP"(ALBUM)
PRESENTLY THE PALE ARE RECORDING A NEW ALBUM, DUE FOR RELEASE EARLY THIS YEAR
THE PALE LINE UP ARE...
MATTHEW DEVEREUX "LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR"
BERNARD BYRNE "BASS GUITAR"
ANDY O'BRIEN "VOCALS, KEYBOARDS"
DAVID O'SHEA "VOCALS, LEAD GUITAR"
STEPHEN O'KEEFE "DRUMS"