The Undertones are a Northern Irish punk band formed in Derry, Northern Ire… Read Full Bio ↴The Undertones are a Northern Irish punk band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1975. The original band consisted of:
* Feargal Sharkey (lead vocals),
* John O'Neill (guitar),
* Damian O'Neill (guitar, keyboards and vocals),
* Michael Bradley (bass and vocals), and
* Billy Doherty (drums).
John O'Neill was the original main song writer, with his brother Damian and Mickey Bradley writing in various solo & combined variations for most of the remainder.
Sharkey's power pop tenor was distinctive, and the band regarded a tight ensemble. By 1977 they were performing their own three-chord pop punk material influenced by Nuggets-type material and Ramones, and in 1978 released their debut four-song EP Teenage Kicks on Good Vibrations. It became a hit with support from DJ John Peel, who considered that EP's title song (Teenage Kicks) his all-time favourite. The song has been covered by many including boyband Busted (at the 2003 Brit Awards), American group The Raconteurs, Swedish band [aritst]Sahara Hotnights and French band Nouvelle Vague.
The original band released four studio albums:
* The Undertones (1979)
* Hypnotised (1980)
* Positive Touch (1981)
* The Sin Of Pride (1983).
Falling sales linked to their changing musical direction and tensions within the band, leading to their split in 1983. A compilation album titled All Wrapped Up featured a woman dressed in lunch meats wrapped in clear plastic on the (non band approved) cover. Several other compilations including the superb BBC sessions CD Listening In (named after a song on their first album) (2004) exist.
The O'Neill brothers went on to form That Petrol Emotion. The Undertones reconvened in 1999, initially to play a few shows in their hometown of Londonderry, replacing singer Feargal Sharkey with a similarly warbling new recruit, Paul McLoone. Since this time, the band has continued to play a small number of gigs each year in various places around the world.
The band have also released two further studio albums:
* Get What You Need (2003)
* Dig Yourself Deep (2007)
NOTE: There is another band with this name - The Undertones, a subset of the University of Notre Dame Glee Club who sing a capella arrangements of popular songs. For more information on these guys, check out www.nd.edu/~utones.
* Feargal Sharkey (lead vocals),
* John O'Neill (guitar),
* Damian O'Neill (guitar, keyboards and vocals),
* Michael Bradley (bass and vocals), and
* Billy Doherty (drums).
John O'Neill was the original main song writer, with his brother Damian and Mickey Bradley writing in various solo & combined variations for most of the remainder.
Sharkey's power pop tenor was distinctive, and the band regarded a tight ensemble. By 1977 they were performing their own three-chord pop punk material influenced by Nuggets-type material and Ramones, and in 1978 released their debut four-song EP Teenage Kicks on Good Vibrations. It became a hit with support from DJ John Peel, who considered that EP's title song (Teenage Kicks) his all-time favourite. The song has been covered by many including boyband Busted (at the 2003 Brit Awards), American group The Raconteurs, Swedish band [aritst]Sahara Hotnights and French band Nouvelle Vague.
The original band released four studio albums:
* The Undertones (1979)
* Hypnotised (1980)
* Positive Touch (1981)
* The Sin Of Pride (1983).
Falling sales linked to their changing musical direction and tensions within the band, leading to their split in 1983. A compilation album titled All Wrapped Up featured a woman dressed in lunch meats wrapped in clear plastic on the (non band approved) cover. Several other compilations including the superb BBC sessions CD Listening In (named after a song on their first album) (2004) exist.
The O'Neill brothers went on to form That Petrol Emotion. The Undertones reconvened in 1999, initially to play a few shows in their hometown of Londonderry, replacing singer Feargal Sharkey with a similarly warbling new recruit, Paul McLoone. Since this time, the band has continued to play a small number of gigs each year in various places around the world.
The band have also released two further studio albums:
* Get What You Need (2003)
* Dig Yourself Deep (2007)
NOTE: There is another band with this name - The Undertones, a subset of the University of Notre Dame Glee Club who sing a capella arrangements of popular songs. For more information on these guys, check out www.nd.edu/~utones.
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The Undertones Lyrics
Beautiful Friend Here comes a strangest reflection Throwing a shadow on the …
Bye Bye Baby Blue She looks a part of yesterdays modern girl Another lover cau…
Chain Of Love Every night when the light has gone I can see you…
Emergency Cases Everybody hates an emergency case ah ha Everybody hates an e…
Fairly In The Money Now Tommy always said he would make it one day Lead singer…
Get Over You Dressed like Thatcher, you must be livin' in a different…
Got To Have You Back Got to have you back I need you A jealous lie…
Hard Luck Hey - hey - hey You come up to me Saying that…
Here Comes the Summer Oh baby baby what can I do You know you drive…
I Don't Wanna See You Again I don't want to see you again I don't want to…
I Told You So I wake up in the morning I've been looking for a…
It's Going To Happen Happens all the time Its going to happen - happen -…
Jimmy Jimmy Little mummy's boy He wasn't very old Though he was very sma…
Julie Ocean So sad to see you've got silver She's gonna break your…
Kiss In The Dark There's a kiss in the dark Someone speaks Its a start Starts…
Let's Talk About Girls You wanna know why I lost you? You wanna know what's…
Life's Too Easy From the other side of the wall You don't have to…
Like That Its the end of the rainbow Its the end of us…
Mars Bars I need a Mars Bar Hey raid the Spar To help me…
My Perfect Cousin Now, I've got a cousin called Kevin He's sure to go…
One Way Love She's got so hard to talk to Though he can't forget…
Really Really I really really love her It wasn't hard to do I really…
She Can Only Say No I got to find a way to face the day Got…
Smarter Than U I'm a little intellectual Some one who knows it all I could…
Teenage Kicks A teenage dream's so hard to beat Every time she walks…
The Love Parade But you're not the guilty one I'll go back and pick…
Top Twenty Talking on the telephone The boys won't leave the girls alon…
True Confessions Don't look so surprised You've been telling me lies True - t…
Turning Blue Heavenly eyes That smiled on me A tender kiss that had to…
Wednesday Week Here she comes to say good night I'll get no sleep…
Window Shopping For New Clothes Intuition tells me About the kind of clothes I should wear …