Facts - 10 of the things...

14 (exciting?!?) facts about Kerbdog...

  1. Cormac Battle plays his guitar left-handed, but with the strings the right way around for a right hander, so he actually plays everything upside-down.
  2. The name Kerbdog was 'borrowed' from a BMX team called the KERBDOGS.
  3. They spent a year living in London (late 92-93) honeing their craft.
  4. All of the songs on the debut album were written before they were signed!! says Darragh, "It was written to play in our local, for everyone to go mental to, and that was it.."
  5. Kerbdog's fav bands include Husker Du, Helmet and the Pixies..
  6. Cormac Battle says that the band they most enjoyed touring with was THERAPY? (in 1994).
  7. They've said "We piss on everything that's out there", and the spooky thing is that they do..
  8. Whilst recording 'on the turn' they hung out with many celebs (allegedly) including: Zack de la Rock (RATM) Dave Grohl (the foos) and Madonna(?!?!)
  9. Of their debut album magazines at the time said:

    There's no aires or graces with the 'dog. Just a full on appropriation of everything that is good in the musical climate of '94 ~ KKKK ~ Killer Kerang!

    An astonishing collection bereft of pretention & destined for the stratosphere ~ XXXXX ~ RAW (rip)

    Kerbdog are the most fun and ferocious band to come clawing out of Ireland since Therapy? .. ~ Melody Maker

  10. They could well become the new Nirvana commercially, as the same formula is there.. Super heavy 1st album makes way for long awaited melodious/poppy 2nd album

    ie. Bleach is to 'Kerbdog' as Nevermind is to 'On the turn'

  11. They're all still pretty young, in their mid 20's.
  12. They formed in sometime during 1992. At first they were called 'Rollercoaster', and were mainly a covers band of late 80's Alt music (eg. Pixies, HuskerDu, Stiff Little Fingers)
  13. The current tour is their first major one for years.."In some places we're expecting to play to 10 people and a dog, but so long as Mutley enjoys it, I dont care" - Cormac Battle.
  14. Radio 1FM's Simon Mayo likes them.. after getting a promo of Mexican wave from Cormacs brother (no less), he made it his Big Single and played it every day for a week.


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