Fibbers – Specter

3.28.2013 – The Thursday before Good Friday, here in Ireland. That night I went to Fibber Magees (aka ‘old’ Fibbers) on Parnell St here in Dublin, Ireland to watch an Evening of Rock & Roll bands, with the final band being a Rory Gallagher Tribute. It was a fun evening – with 3 Euro drinks, a good crowd (Friday being a day off for many, despite the ban on alcohol hitting at Midnight) and lots of great music.

The third band of the night was Specter. To say the least, after the first two bands, they were a bit of a shock, as we went from some Bluesy Jazz and some Indie Reggae sound to some seriously hard Metal in a matter of minutes. Because of the change over in the style, it was interesting to watch the crowd change from the blues / rock fans to the metal fans in a matter of minutes. Specter is made up of Noel Duignan – Vocals, Mark Lennon – Guitars, Dan O’ Neill – Guitars, Dylan Magner – Bass, Rana Rassouli – Drums. While I’m not quite into this type of music, the crowd was enjoying themselves very much, and there are many compliments on a great gig. They were fun to watch – and so was the crowd – there was lots of thrashing about and nodding, and headbanging as the band performed their new single unwhole.

You can see more of my flickr set from the Gig night at Fibbers here.

For more information on the band, and when they are playing again here in Ireland, please click here.

To see all the posts from the night, see the links below:

T’anks General:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-tanks-general/

Dem Fools:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-dem-fools/

Specter:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-specter/

Taibhse:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-taibhse/

Deuce:
http://blog.phoenixrosedesign.com/2013/04/13/fibbers-deuce/

Fibbers – Dem Fools

The second band of the evening was Dem Fools. I hadn’t seen them play before and was pleasantly surprised. They’re a local 5 piece group originating from here in Dublin, Ireland. They are made up of Ais O’Reilly – Lead Vocals, Mooney Tunes – Keyboard, Gerry Martin – Lead Guitar,
Bernard McGowan – Bass, and Fergus Gannon – Drums. They have a pleasant Indie / Reggae / Rock & roll type sound. The singer, Ais has good crowd interaction, and you can tell that she really enjoys performing in front of the crowd as she sings and dances her way through each song. The band have a new single out on i-tunes – as of April 1 (no coincidence there) and after hearing their music, I did pick up a cd of the evening and have been enjoying it ever since.