News
Debut gig for WILT
Cormac and Darragh's new band WILT will play their first ever gig on
March 26th at The Funnel in Dublin.
Kerbdog disband
Irish radio has announced that Kerbdog have broken up. They will play Cork on the 28th of December at the Crazy Horse Saloon in what could possibly be their final gig. (Information provided by Matt Emson)
I would like to wish Cormac, Colin, and Darragh all the best...
Final gig to take place in Dublin
Kerbdog's final gig is scheduled to take place in Dublin on March 7th at the Mean Fiddler. Tickets are £7.00 (Information provided by Trevor Meehan and Brian Quinn)
Cormac and Darragh to form Wilt
Cormac Battle and Darragh Butler are teaming up with another bass player to form a
band
called Wilt. They will release a vinyl only double A-side single on Infectious Records entitled "No Worries" near the end of January or beginning of February.
Reports are that Colin Fennelly left to pursue a degree in engineering at the University in Dublin. His replacement on bass is a Kilkenny lad named Michael Murphy. It is unclear at this point what direction Wilt's music will take. When asked by a Kerbdog fan as to what Wilt will sound like Cormac said, "Rock 'n' Roll". (Information provided by Matt Emson, Trevor Meehan, and John Tobin)
Name change under consideration
Kerbdog are considering changing their name according to Kerrang. In the Oct. 18 issue Kerrang reported, "The band haven't split up... but they are thinking about a name change before they
return to action next year." (Information provided by Matt Emson)
Kerbdog sign with Dreamworks
August 1997
Kerbdog have supposedly inked a new deal with Dreamworks, a subdivision of Geffen. This has not been confirmed yet.
(Information provided by Matt Emson)
New album
The follow-up to "On The Turn" is already written and Kerbdog plan to start recording
sometime in the near future. Look for a new album sometime in 1998.
Some possible song titles are "Manana", "No.4", and "Working". (Information provided by Matt Young)
Tour News
Kerbdog will tour the United States for the first time in August.
They will be out with Catherine Wheel.
Kerbdog are scheduled to play Whelan's (Dublin) on July 11 at 8:30pm. Tickets can be ordered from
Ticketshop for £7.50
Split with Mercury Records
May 1997
Kerbdog have split from their record label Mercury.
More details to follow. (Information provided by Damian Penston)
On The Turn released
"On The Turn", Kerbdog's long awaited second album, was released in the U.K. on March 31, 1997.
Guitarist Billy Dalton quits
March 1996
Kerbdog guitarist Billy Dalton has quit the band. The band will continue as a three-piece. Reports are that his
departure was amicable. He quit apparently due to the pressures of recording.
Colin Fennelly said, "If GGGarth hadn't pointed out what was going on,
then Billy might still be in the band... We're really nice guys and
he was a mate, so we couldn't say 'Are you able to do this'? I think if he
was still with us, he'd be in a mental home by now...
He said in America that if things didn't improve for himself
when we came home, he'd leave, so it wasn't like we just arrived
on his door step and said, 'you're fired' or anything."
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