Nick Cave, Yo La Tengo, The Pogues, Tom Waits, Discarded Retarded, Björk, Sean Cruise Esquire, Faith No More, Lambchop, Elvis Costello, Sublime, Wilco, Louis Armstrong, The Knife, Nina Simone, Carl Orff, Scott Joplin, the Circus, Drinking, Fighting, Your Ma.
It was back in May 2006, in a dirty Dublin city jukejoint, where Czthzl Melinn, Dara Melinn (no relation), Paddy Lynch and Stephanie O' Keeffe, blind-eyed drunk on industrial- strength absinthe and brandy decided to start the boozy blues outfit which would later become Murder Plan.
That morning, Czthzl had found an old upright piano washed up on the beach; after boasting of this to his drinking pals, they agreed to salvage the instrument. The following evening took them to the strand and onto Cathal's flat where they dragged it up the four flights of stairs to the sitting room; it was here that they jammed out their first few numbers.
Unfortunately, the piano being rotten and out of tune didn't last too long and the band decided to sell it to the spinster living in the apartment below. After receiving a handsome sum from the sale, they bought some new equipment and began to play properly.
So Stephanie sings while Czthzl barks as they draw numerous musical styles into their mix; sometimes playing jazzy blues, before moving to straightforward rock and then onto dirty sleaze-rants. Paddy and Dara, on drums and guitar; known for their sinister behaviour and foul language proved to be pivotal in driving the band's musical direction towards the macabre side of their blues cabaret. All the while, Czthzl, destroyed with the brandy, sits at his piano lashing out sleazy licks and riffs until they've beaten the blues black and blue and black again.
Coming towards the end of 2007, tensions were high with friction building between band members as there was still no full-time bassist. At this point, Donal Melinn, an acquaintance of Paddy's twin sister was enlisted to play with the self-destructive group. This proved to be an inspired choice as Murder Plan returned to the studio, began to write new material and their on-stage fist fights became a thing of the past.
As the book closed on 2007, Murder Plan regrouped and prepared for a New Year's onstlaught. The tango was introduced in early 2008. Things are getting weird now. The church organ is very scary. Roll up roll up..to the murder macabaret.
Well, College life has upset our regular practicing but not our spirit or hearts. We're hoping to write some new songs soon and hopefully a gig will pop up. We'd love to play at UCD...but we're not The Coronas.
[EN] Greetings!! We have five new songs sailing our myspace - "Vertigo Red","Confinement","Underdog", "Scavenger Jack" and "Mobster Outfit". Feel free to come check them out!
Merci pour l'ajout et a bientôt sur la route Dionysos
Nous reprenons la route pour 5 derniers concerts : 17 Octobre : Istres 18 Octobre : Lausanne 24 Octobre : Le Havre 25 Octobre : Amiens 3 Novembre : Paris Zénith
Will do my lovely black belted protector- Supporting Story of Hair! Should be fantastic! Did you ever get a copy of the ep? PM me your address again, and I'll send one in the post.
hey, we're gigging in Dorans on the 25th. the Neon stars are playing too so it should be a fantastically jager filled night. 'twud be great to see you there B-)
The legendary musical hero, Horatio Lee Jenkins, brought us such inspirational masterpieces as "DRUNKER THAN SATAN", "OH SH!T I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD", and "GIRL, THIS BED IS TOO BIG WITHOUT ALL 12 OF YOU".
Horatio, the WORLD'S MOST POTENT HETEROSEXUAL, now brings us a new uplifting anthem of hope, acceptance, and unconditional Christian love:
"IT'S OKAY TO BE GAY"
The song and video have been posted on Horatio's page.
You're descriptions were perfectly correct! There were vile scarfs too. As far as I am concerned, if your music is going to be awful, the least you could do is wear some nice clothes.
It was quite enjoyable actually. I think we came second...we knew we wouldn't win anyway.
The blandest pile of shit I've ever heard in my life managed to win. They had a bizillion friends, ya see...who I'm sure were definitely all on ecstacy or cocaine at the very least.
All is good in our camp C. We're almost finished the EP from hell so hopefully the launch on the unsuspecting public will follow soon after. Do you guys have something coming up in Oct that we could do with you? talk soon, jack.
Whats the story buddies? All is grand with me, yes all dicking along nicely nicely. I've taken to napping in the daytime. I can't recommend this enough. How's life with you?
I think it's god's desire for you to become a pun master. This is why this conversation is taking place. No other reason. This is what he wants for you. Go, and follow your dreams.
Pun, pun away.
Ahem.
I'm sure UCDs entire campus, staff included, will be converted within in 6 days.
Well I'm hoping everyone in my Philosophy class will like us because of our deeply provocative religious, rock music. And they will come to our gigs to take notes and discover the meaning of life!
