Called after their favourite Rolling Stones record The Aftermath won’t be catching any moss this Summer with a busy line-up of gigs nation-wide. You can catch them in various local festivals throughout Ireland this year, and one of them is on our
very own doorstep. They’re playing at Le Cheile Festival in Meath on August 3rd as well as The Phoenix Festival in Offaly and The Independence Festival in Cork.
Another boost for the band is their recently announced support act for The Goo Goo Dolls in The Ambassador, Dublin. This is how they introduce themselves: “A wet May night a few years ago in the 100 club Oxford Street, London town. The brothers Cronin had just performed with their band to another lack lustre crowd of the usual London A & R bunch with none of them forthcoming with any shape of a deal.
Things were not looking good for guitar based groups based in the northern UK town of Leeds where Johnny and Michael were brought to in the early 90’s away from the dark recession hit Co Longford where they grew up as children. Friends Parva (who went on to become Kaiser Chiefs) had just been dropped along with many others, and legendry venues such as the Duchess of York and The Town & Country club had just been shut down.
With a few support gigs with The Frames and Damien Rice over the following months Johnny and Michael had a revelation.” And so they went on to become The Aftermath. They teamed up with Greg Calbi, who has worked with John Lennon,
Paul Simon, The Strokes and more to help them release their debut album “Friendlier up here” which hit the shelves in April. Keep an eye on the Event Guide for an appearance from The Aftermath at The Backroom
