Las Vegas Basement

Cyprus Avenue

Fri 16 Apr 2004 (event has already taken place)
Doors: 9:00 pm
€7

Gerard Eaton (vocals/keys): Spent his childhood always on the outside. His kaftan and flares at odds with the subtopia that was the 80's. Could be seen in church, not praying, but rather facing the swirling organ swells from above. That very same organ he later acquired for those special live performances.

Keith Farrell (bass): Born a child prodigy, was performing Mozart violin concertos by age 5. But when he discovered rock & roll, seeing McCartney's strangely familiar instrument, the bass seemed the natural 4-string progression.

Tom McDonald (guitar): One of identical twins, both taking up guitar with a competitive nature, that drove each to out do their sibling. Playing together in various local outfits, their "twin solos" became the stuff of legend. They later parted, happy to be able to cite any differences, even if just musical.

Aidan O'Grady (drums): was born side of stage during a gig by his father, who played the glam rock scene around London in the early 70's. Rumor has it the infant didn't cry, instead seemed to gaze in awe, nodding his head in "almost perfect time".

The Studio (as described by Dawn Eden (US Mojo magazine) after a visit to their NY rehearsal room)

On the wall is a poster of Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau in "Viva Maria," its lower-right-hand corner ripped from when it was torn away from a sore loser at the New York Psychotronic Film Auction. A string of purple Mardi Gras beads hang from the ceiling, at the end of which is taped the cover of an Elvis Presley bootleg LP, "Elvis' Greatest Shit." Propped up on amplifier cases and practically every other available surface are vintage black-and-white snapshots of Betty Page-like strippers in various states of undress.

A turntable takes pride of place, surrounded by various weird San Francisco and L.A. vinyls like Moby Grape's first album and the Byrds' "Notorious Byrd Brothers", psychedelic-era albums by Hendrix and Floyd, plus obscure stuff by groups like Philamore Lincoln-produced by Jimmy Page-and Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera.

This subterranean rehearsal room is indeed the origins of the name “Las Vegas Basement".