The Stunning
| The Stunning | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Galway, Ireland |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1987—1994, 2003—present. |
| Labels | Dirtbird Records, Earshot Records, Solid Records |
| Associated acts | The Walls, The Saw Doctors, Altan, Christy Moore |
| Website | The Stunning official website |
| Members |
Joe Wall Steve Wall Derek Murray Jim Higgins Cormac Dunne |
| Past members |
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The Stunning are an Irish rock band formed in 1987. In the seven years that they were initially together, they toured relentlessly building up a following that would make them one of the most successful Irish bands ever. In 1990 their debut album ''Paradise In The Picturehouse'' spent five weeks at number one and became one of the most-loved Irish albums of all time. Two years later, the follow-up Once Around The World also hit the number one spot, and the band went on to sell over 100,000 albums in Ireland alone. Brewing Up A Storm has become an anthem of sorts and is to be heard everywhere from football stadiums to clubs around the country where it is still a guaranteed floor-filler. Songs such as Half Past Two, Romeo’s on Fire, and Everything that Rises is still to be heard on the radio and have been featured in movies and numerous compilation albums of the best of Irish rock. They toured the US and the UK with the likes of Bob Dylan and The B52s. During their time, the band scooped every music prize and award going and their music is still to be heard on the airwaves. The band split up in 1994 to pursue other interests and they reformed in 2003 to support the re-release of their debut album Paradise in the Picturehouse. They perform regularly for select Irish shows and festivals, and in 2014 they returned to New York and Boston for their first gigs there since the early nineties. The band are currently in the studio recording new material, set for release in early 2016.
The group was formed in 1987 by Steve Wall in Galway city in the west of Ireland. After brief name changes The Stunning was settled upon and the band played its first show in the Hilltop Hotel, Salthill, Galway under the new moniker. The original line-up also included Donal Duggan (saxophone), Ronan Kavanagh (keyboards) and Paddy Schutte (trombone), the latter three all leaving after the first couple of years to pursue other careers.
The first release was the single Got to Get Away (1988) licensed to Solid Records. It reached No. 17 in the Irish charts and received strong airplay on national radio. The band started to tour constantly starting in the west of Ireland, working their way east and finally playing their debut shows in Dublin with a three-week residency in the Baggot Inn. More singles followed: Half Past Two (1988); Romeo’s on Fire (1989) and Brewing up a Storm (1989). Ironically, the latter which is now their most famous song was the only single from their first album not to enter the Irish charts.
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