The Stunning is tagged as: irish, ireland, rock, galway, alternative The Stunning were formed in 1987 and split up in 1994 but somehow the band’s reputation has grown in the intervening years. In the seven years the band were together they toured relentlessly around Ireland building up a following that would make them one of the most successful acts on the live circuit throughout the early nineties. In 1990 their debut album “Paradise in the Picturehouse” spent 5 weeks at number one. Their second album “Once around the World” went straight in at number one and went on to be another multi-platinum seller. The Stunning have sold in excess of 100,000 albums in Ireland alone. Songs such as “Got to Get Away”, “Half Past Two”, Romeo’s on Fire” and “Brewing up a Storm” were massive hits with radio and the band scooped every music prize and award going. It seemed that international fame and stardom would naturally follow. But this was not to be. After a series of business disappoinments and self-financed tours of the UK and the US, the band became frustrated at the lack of progress and decided to go their separate ways. Steve and Joe Wall went on to form The Walls; guitarist Derek Murray joined the Sawdoctors; percussionist and trumpet player - Jim Higgins - spent a number of years playing all over the world with Riverda... Read More About The Stunning Biography... Send The Stunning ringtones to your cell |
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