Vocalist Gerard Whelan met bassist Enda Wyatt in a band that Whelan was aud… Read Full Bio ↴Vocalist Gerard Whelan met bassist Enda Wyatt in a band that Whelan was auditioning for. Whelan joined the band, but it broke up soon after. After the break-up, Whelan and Wyatt formed their own band. They originally performed alone, and recorded their works on a four-track tape recorder. After a year, Whelan brought his friend David Frew into the band. Whelan and David Frew had attended the same school and lived in the same housing estate. In 1988, they decided to name the band An Emotional Fish. For a few months, they performed with a drum machine, but soon added drummer Martin Murphy as the final member of the group.

In Spring of 1989, they signed to U2's independent Mother Records label to release their eponymous debut CD. "Grey Matter" was a mild local hit, but it was followed by "Celebrate", which hit the top 10 of the Ireland charts. College radio stations began to pick up the song. It received significant airplay, and eventually reached the top 5 of the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. Atlantic Records signed the band, and re-released "Grey Matter" in the US, where it became a lesser college rock hit. Atlantic released their debut album internationally, where it received generally poor reviews but sold well in Ireland.

After a tour to support the debut album, An Emotional Fish returned to the studio to record Junk Puppets. The songs were recorded over eight months, and four of the songs were produced by David A. Stewart. In 1993, the album was released, and An Emotional Fish opened for U2 on the Zoo TV Tour. However, the album sold few copies outside of Ireland. In 1994, the band released Sloper, but only secured a distribution deal in the UK. The album was released in the US two years later.

In 2002, Gerard Whelan began performing again as Jerry Fish, including two albums with Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club. The other former members of An Emotional Fish all made appearances as Mudbug Club musicians.

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An Emotional Fish Lyrics

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Aeroplanes I'd like to take you there One more time With your bright…
Air Not until I stood out on the edge Of all I…
All I Am All I have is all I am and all I…
An Obvious Song Everybody wants Everybody needs Everybody hungers Everybo…
Blue Now that your daddy' s gone where do you call your…
Brick It Up Brick it up, it's enough too much, brick it up. Brick…
Careless Child They stood in the rain and said that they didn't…
Celebrate She insists that she's a lunatic, closer to the bone She…
Change Scandals greased in heavens name bits of little pieces swe…

Clowns Are you happy now? Now you've found your place among the…
Colours One thing about colours is that colours always speak their…
Dirt It wasn't us that got it dirty It was dirty before…
Disco Vera I would swing for you Honest I would Be your hanging garde…
Grey Matter clear blue sky and not a moment too soon A bit…
Half Moon It's halfmoon at the halfmoon Everybody's here today It's …
Happy Families Well it's a nice day for neighbourly love In the neighbourh…
Harmony Central I have no need for this here hearts are sold…
Hole in My Heaven Yeah I sat down and wrote me a letter Somebody said…
If God Was a Girl You make me sick you're so full of promise Thomas,…
Innocence It is too hard to think when this head is…
Julian Early in july drunk on summer moon is how I think…
Lace Virginia I can picture you now an elegant arrangement of what used…
Mistake Factory I was sitting over there At my favourite table and chair B…
Move On It only happens once and I think once is enough may…
Other Planet Girl Every day is an endless day In my galaxy Since she…
Rain One day I'll kick it in the head, I'll wear…
Sister Change I could have stayed in your bed forever painted stars out…
Star She loves to drive too fast but it's a planet…
Summertime You know this world turns most peculiar at the time…
Superman I wish I had had enough pockets To put all the…
That Demon Jive A grazed son of that demon jive the cream of cloud…
That Girl And The Slow Train Silence is spoken And everybody has had that dream Locked …
The Island All that want (want... all that want... all that want) Cann…
Time Is On The Wall Love your body Love your mind Love where you`re coming fro…

Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh ! Yeh Yeh Yeh ! Yeh Yeh Yeh ! O' what a bea…

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