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A Brief History of Wavewalkers Mark 1.
"I've shed the skin and doused the fire of my former fancy's needs"...... (Let go)
In June '94 I took a job. "Real" work in the "real" world again after the 10 year physical/mental/emotional rollercoaster ride that was the Petrols - (wouldn't have missed it for the world all the same). I was newly married (to my sweetheart TAMAKI) and happy but musically unfufilled.
After some time my friend and former Undertone/Petrol DAMIAN O NEILL came to work in the same building. He quickly persuaded me that I should be writing again and as a result we began to collaborate anew. All at once I began to
feel a marvellous feeling of relief/release and a genuine sense of purpose returned to my life. We recorded ideas and songs
quickly and enthusiastically and were creatively focussed and content - we dreamed of all our new venture could become... it was a time of great optimism.
BRENDAN KELLY, bassist extraordinaire (and ex-Petrol into the bargain), relocated to London once more to team up again... then we were three... how could we fail???
We made demos and sent them out to a few select parties. People were interested but no deals or money were forthcoming.We knew we were getting good but we also knew we needed a drummer - young KEVIN SHARKEY was summoned and arrived within weeks... he dreamed rhythm - he was perfect. We were having fun and musically something special was developing - what could possibly go wrong???
Highpoints - we did a gig in Paris in the Spring of '96 organised by our good friend Phillippe Laverne (salut mon pote!) at a beautiful old theatre (Dunois) in Paris in front of an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. It was a truly magical weekend -the gig remains one of my favourites EVER - (if you were there - get in touch/ecris-moi!); I thought it was a truly auspicious beginning...
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