Biography
Dan Doherty formed Sickboy with twin brothers Colm and Brian Giles while they were still in school in Dublin. They have spent the last couple of years carving out their sound in a basement studio in Dublin city centre and touring Ireland the UK and Europe
2009 will see Sickboy do a small tour of the US, appearing at the SXSW festival in Austin Texas along with shows in NYC and San Antonio.
The bands much anticipated debut album is also set to be realised this year as a follow up to the critically acclaimed: “Taken Away In A Car” EP.
After sharing the stage with the likes of The Coral, The Kooks, Gang of Four and The Bravery: Sickboy have proved themselves to be a hard live act to follow.
Instrumentation
Dan Doherty-Drums, Vocals, Lyricist
Colm Giles-Bass, Vocals
Brian Giles-Guitar
Discography
Their current 5 track EP “Taken Away In A Car” (produced by Marc Carolan, Muse producer) was released to sold out gigs in Whelan’s and Crawdaddy in Dublin and an extensive tour around Ireland and the UK.
The bands first single “The A-Tune”, received serious radio airplay, featured on a TV advert for the six nations rugby on RTE and was voted single of the Year on Phantom Fm, Ireland’s number one music station.
The bands have also been received warmly by Ireland’s music press, with positive reviews in Hot Press, The Irish Examiner, Downloadmusic.ie and Mixtape.
Booking agent contact:
slapinthefacerecords@gmail.com
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/sickboyofficial |
| Silence In Conversation (Award winning video) |