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The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. The group is led by vocalist Bob Geldof. The other members of the original line-up were Garry Roberts (lead guitar), Johnnie Fingers (keyboard), Pete Briquette (bass), Gerry Cott (rhythm guitar) and Simon Crowe (drums). The Boomtown Rats broke up in 1986, but reformed in 2013, without Johnnie Fingers or Gerry Cott.
Vive Le Rock! have been fans of SONS OF SOUTHERN ULSTER for a while now, their latest album
Sinners & Lost Souls making our Albums of the Year. We caught up with the boys from County Cavan to get the lowdown…
So the Sons of Southern Ulster have been around for a while. How did you all get together?
Justin: We spent our formative years in the same small town in Cavan. At that time, Cavan would have been a bit of a backwater and while it is part of the province that is Ulster – it was on the southern side of the border – hence the name. At the time it didn’t seem like there was much to do but in retrospect there was loads of mischief to be made. As kids we’d roam around the town until all hours, smoking cigarettes and sneaking in pints at some of the less salubrious establishments. There were 32 pubs in a town of 2,000 people so there was a lot of competition. Seeing a gang of fifteen year olds knocking back pints at the counter was not unusual in a few of them. Remember
It s quintessentially Irish, the peat briquette warmed homes and fired stoves across the country for decades.
It even inspired one of the Boomtown Rats, Patrick Cusack, to adapt it as his stage name - he became known worldwide as Pete Briquette.
The peat briquette was Ireland s answer to fuel shortages in the wake of World War 2 and in time, with mechanisation, it became available to homes nationwide.
Made from milled peat, Bord na Móna was producing millions of them every year in the midlands. At one point it was producing 280 million briquettes annually - if they were laid end-to-end they would have stretched around the world twice!
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