The Eclectic are a five piece band from Dublin|consisting of brothers Kev and Liam O Brien, Keith|Murphy, Mick Power and Ste McCormack. Origins can be|traced as far back as 2002 but from 2004 onward the|band have been forging their reputation live around|Dublin and in early 2005 they completed their long|awaited demo Songs For a Blank Canvas. The Eclectic originally formed in South Dublin, in 2002 when|Brothers Liam and Kev started jamming in the O’Brien|household. Keith Murphy (a close friend of Liams) was|soon invited to these exclusive get together and the|three soon started to do not very much at all. Kev and Mick met in college and quickly found|out they had a similar interest in talking shite|about, but also playing, music. The 4 soon started to|play in practice studios around Dublin and played|their first gig at Kevs 21st. The band at this stage|had no name and played all covers (mostly crap ones). After that they did pretty much nothing|together for about a year and a half. In that time Kev|got an 8 track digital recorder and started writing|and recording songs with Brother Liam. A friend of|Kevs, Ste, on listening to some of Kevs stuff|realised that he wasn’t a talentless plonker and|started writing songs with him. After deciding to get|up off their arses the 5 lads got together and started|practicing these new songs. The second gig came along when Brian, Keiths|brother, asked them to play at his 21st and unleashing|their sound onto the unsuspecting public (their|mates). This is when the band came up with the name|“The Eclectic”, ditching the previous name, “The|Freakin Urinal Cakes”. With this new name it was time|to unleash their sound on the general public (the real|public). |
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