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(8 votes - 2.75 / 5)
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Q1. Where are you from?
Echoes represent Dublin, Newry and Tipperary but the band is based in Dublin.
Q2. Musical influences?
Influences: The Beatles, Oasis, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, The Strokes, The Stone Roses, The Libertines, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Paul Weller, The Jam, Damien Dempsey, Thin Lizzy, The Pogues, The Clash, The Smiths, Bon Iver, The Vaccines to name but a few!
Q3. What’s your song writing process?
Phil Culleton (guitar/ backing vocals) is the main songwriter for the band. Originally the song writing process involved Phil bringing a song to each band member in and practicing their individual parts. As Echoes progressed the band found the now preferred method of recording an early rough demo of a song and each member learning / working on their own parts, which in turn makes practice sessions a lot more productive and leaves more time to work on harmonies, solos, final song structure, etc… Most Echoes songs are written with acoustic guitar which means whether played with a full band or stripped down to one guitar and vocalist the songs will still be recognisable.
Q4. Most bizarre gig experience?
Our most bizarre gig experience is getting thrown off stage for causing “structural damage” to the building! The crowds pogoing antics lead to the ceiling in the venue below collapsing on the punters downstairs. We were promptly thrown off stage with a few songs left in the set, which didn’t exactly calm the crowd down either!
Q5. If you could share the stage with anyone, who would it be and why?
Too hard to answer! There’s 5 of us in the band so each band member would probably pick a different person so just for arguement’s sake we’ll say some generic dead legend or other – John Lennon, Phil Lynnott, Jimi Hendrix etc. Or just anyone form our list of influences…
In their own words
ECHOES are an emerging Dublin based band consisting of Phil Culleton (guitar/vocals), Paddy Sweeney (vocals) and Peter Byrne (lead guitar), Sean Delaney (drums) and Marty Canavan (bass).
Although ECHOES were formed in 2010, the bands history runs deeper than that. Culleton, Sweeney and Byrne began playing together in 2000 when the former schoolmates formed their first band Paragon. After the demise of Paragon the lads went their seperate ways; Culleton and Sweeney sticking together and performing acoustic gigs across Dublin under the name The Way Out Ones before eventually forming the short lived Whiskey Chasers.
After a short break the lads reformed under the name The Skins before settling on the name ECHOES with arrival of Peter Bryne who had spent his time away from the lads (as well as competing for a spot representing Ireland at The Winter Olympics 2010!) playing in bands such as Silken Thomas, Dumb and Drummer, and Stellar Jets – the latter of which he still plays with alongside drummer Sean Delaney.
After seeing an internet ad by the band, Marty Canavan checked out their myspace and duly signed up – boasting the experience of being “Mani” in The Stone Roses tribute act The Third Coming and also formerly being the lead guitarist in Northern Ireland act The Beat Poets.
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