More than thirty years ago five young musicians emerged from a disused pigsty hidden away on a piece of North Dublin wasteland after creating a debut album that would become a classic in Irish rock history.
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Billy would later admit that that even before Christy’s drug problems became an issue, the band’s work rate suffered from long nights of partying at Dublin’s Pink Elephant night club. But very soon things got worse.
More than thirty years ago five young musicians emerged from a disused pigsty hidden away on a piece of North Dublin wasteland after creating a debut album that would become a classic in Irish rock history.