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Stanley Super 800
Stanley Super 800 was formed by Eoin 'Stan' O'Sullivan not too long after his much loved band The Shanks parted ways. Stan started exploring his love for electronic music and honing his skills in the studio not long after The Shanks called it a day. The result was Stanley Super 800 which he formed with Ceilí All Star band mates Flor Rahilly and Michael 'Tosh' O'Sullivan. They released their first EP, called Moonlight in 2003 and after gigging for over a year with a drum machine, the band recruited Dave Hackett on drums just before the band's first album was released.
The first two records were very much electronically driven but with the addition of a live drummer the band's sound started to sway more towards indie rock with a healthy influence of Sliabh Luachra traditional music. The band started touring relentlessly playing anywhere they could get a gig for the next 5 years. During this time the four-piece released another two records including ‘Louder & Clearer’ which was nominated for a Choice Music Prize, for Irish Album of the year in 2007.
The band never actually split up, never spoke about it being over and in 2023, having been asked by Ray from DeBarras to perform at the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival's 20th anniversary in 2024, it felt like the right time to revisit all the work they had put together almost 20 years previously.
This is one of only two advertised shows the band will play in 2024.
Nudy Boy Nature
Three-piece rock and roll group hailing from both cheeks of Ireland’s Ancient Bottom. Backed by their trusty, rusty old automatic drumming pal, James Christie, Ultan Lavery and Sam Clague root through the dirty laundry of rock and roll musical formats and tropes in order to sew up a brand-new bag of industrial length hits, catchy cliches and plastic pretense for your those of you with ears to hear and butts to shake.
