Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai.
Career
editO'Hare was brought up in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire and studied at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow.[citation needed] He joined Teenage Fanclub in 1989, playing drums on several songs on their debut album, A Catholic Education.[1][2] He co-wrote with Teenage Fanclub on all albums during his tenure, but split from the group after completing the tour for the Thirteen album, citing musical differences.[2][3] at the time and went on to join Telstar Ponies, for which he worked on two albums.[4]
He was an early member of Mogwai for approximately a year, playing on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team.[5][6] A description of O'Hare by the NME as Teenage Fanclub's "Monkey Without Portfolio",[citation needed] for his humour and upbeat personality prompted the track "With Portfolio" on Young Team.
Between 1996 and 2005, O'Hare played guitar and sang with self-proclaimed 'Intelli-metal' band, Macrocosmica.[7] Macrocosmica's releases on the God Bless label were rereleased in 2021 on the God Bless Macrocosmica compilation.[8] O'Hare is also an honorary member and producer of Glasgow-based pranksters The Plimptons, and plays guitar on their second album Pomp.[9]
Between 1997 and 1998, O'Hare released a trilogy of experimental ambient albums under the name of Fiend. These albums featured recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies (predominantly Gavin Laird), of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded.[10]
O'Hare featured on Arab Strap's double A-side 1998 release, "Here We Go"/"Trippy", contributing to the twelve-minute song, "Trippy".[11][12]
In 2006 and in 2018, he rejoined Teenage Fanclub for a tour in which the band played their Bandwagonesque album in its entirety as well as the Creation Years tour.[13]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Ad Astra, with Macrocosmica (1997) – God Bless Records[14]
- Caledonian Gothic, as Fiend (1997) – God Bless Records[15]
- Caledonian Cosmic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records[16]
- Caledonian Mystic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records[17]
- Art of the Black Earth, with Macrocosmica (2003)
- Farewell To Earth, with Macrocosmica (2005)[18]
EPs
edit- "Space Geek", with Macrocosmica (1998) – God Bless Records
Awards
editO'Hare was awarded Live Sound Engineer of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards in 2011.[19][better source needed]
References
edit- ^ "Rank Your Records: Norman Blake Merrily Rates the Ten Teenage Fanclub Albums". www.vice.com. September 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Teenage Fanclub on their finest albums: "If writing songs wasn't difficult, everyone would be doing it!"". UNCUT. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 969–970. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Telstar Ponies", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 872
- ^ "John Cummings leaves Mogwai - Music news - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ [1] Archived 11 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "God Bless Macrocosmica, by Macrocosmica". Glass Miniature. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ McHugh, Stuart (27 March 2007). "Records - The Plimptons – The Plimptons". The List. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Fiendbox: Caledonian Trilogy, by Fiend". Glass Miniature. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Arab Strap - Top 10". Getintothis. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Chemikal Underground Records - Arab Strap - Here We Go - Digital Single (1998)". Chemikal Underground Records. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ McAllister, Craig (8 August 2018). "Six Of The Best – Brendan O'Hare (Teenage Fanclub)". Plain Or Pan. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Ad Astra - Macrocosmica | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Caledonian Gothic - Fiend | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Caledonian Cosmic - Fiend | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Caledonian Mystic - Fiend | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Macrocosmica - Farewell To Earth | ninehertz". www.ninehertz.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Scottish New Music Awards". jockrock - home of Scottish indie music. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2021.