Bands at the grove
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Topic: Bands at the grove
Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Subject: Bands at the grove
Date Posted: 10-November-2005 at 11:55
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Does anyone remember when they had bands at the grove? They played for an hour or so on stage. First band had narnia as drummer (who ive seen a few times) and a guy called maurice on bass. Cant remember any more of then. ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes! 
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 10-November-2005 at 12:41
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Not in my day! ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 10-November-2005 at 12:49
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Nor mine,Lenny My brother who's probably of your era would know.I'll ask him when I see him. |
Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Date Posted: 11-November-2005 at 05:29
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there were a few bands if i remember correctly. ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes!
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 11-November-2005 at 08:46
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[QUOTE=Lenny3fingers]
Does anyone remember when they had bands at the grove? They played for an hour or so on stage. Which Grove you talking about? Apparently Ditch Cassidy was supposed to have played in the "old" Grove in Mount Prospect. Can anyone confirm this?
Biker Pat |
Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Date Posted: 14-November-2005 at 12:03
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never heard of ditch cassidy pat. ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes!
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
Posted By: Kay Fagan
Date Posted: 14-November-2005 at 14:24
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I went to the grove in the 80's and there were never any BANDS ------------- Kay Fagan |
Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Date Posted: 15-November-2005 at 03:34
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there were definately bands in the 90s. they were good crack and replaced the 'bring down your own album and we might play it' hour ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes!
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
Posted By: xgrovehead
Date Posted: 15-November-2005 at 04:34
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They must have started that after I stopped going coz it wasn't happening early 90's. I too heard it was called Club G for a while towards the end Lenny. ------------- We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. -Ancient Proverb. |
Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Date Posted: 15-November-2005 at 04:43
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think they started it around the mid 90s ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes!
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 23-November-2005 at 18:39
| hi lenny, maurice here who played bass back in the day w. narnia. i played there twice, we did an iron maiden tribute thingie may '93 feat. a mix-match of us from local area bands, ragorder, chronicle, hush, etc. then i played there w. chronicle shortly before or after that. guy called collie was on guitar {mark collopy, of griffith ave., marino til recent years,} & beanie on vocals {john smith, formerly of camoren/edenmore, in mullingar last i heard. i see he's registered here on the forum but hasn't posted before...} i know the lackey's too. they both still in ardlea |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 24-November-2005 at 08:54
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Lenny, If you ever see a poster for "Ditch Cassidy and the News" playing in a pub, go and see them. They usually play Lord Mayors in Swords and Gibneys in Malahide on bank holiday weekends. The News are a great band with a great guitarist.
------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Lenny3fingers wrote:Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Date Posted: 24-November-2005 at 08:58
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will do! ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes!
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
Posted By: Lenny3fingers
Date Posted: 24-November-2005 at 09:00
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hey Mozz hows things! havent seen narnia in a while - he was living up near me a couple of years ago. still talk to the lackys, vaugely remember collie, think i remember beanie. good to talk to someone from my era (instead of all the oldies! ) ------------- work. the curse of the drinking classes!
-----grover 90 - 96 ish------ |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 10-February-2006 at 17:19
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Hello Groovy Grovies!
This is my first post...and as oldest member of the forum I expect everyone to be nice to me. My Grove membership extended from 1968 thru 71. the old Belgrove Club, back when people still referred to it as Eason's. I am married to the same girl I met at the grove( 33 years of sheer heaven---not). After much persuasion I got Cecil to play a Dylan tune- "Desolation Row" and while it was playing I asked her up, proposed marriage, made her pregnat and delivered the baby myself right there on the dancefloor before the song finished...A grove record! There were a few bands played back then. One in particular had a lovely organ player named Maria Dowdall. I was in love with her but unlucky for me she never touched my organ. We even had Phil Lynnott play a couple of times. His group at the time was Skid Row and they were absolutely brutal... the days of 15 minute drum solos Arrrrrgh! We even had what today might be called "Open Mike Night". A few of the local lads doing folkie stuff on their acoustics. Hopefully a guy named Brian Flynn became a pro...great guitarist. Cecil Pioneered a lot of Stuff that he is not given credit for...Every second slow set was a ladies choice so it was easy for us fellas to know where we stood...in my case it was not that good. I'll save all my Cecil scandals for a different topic. Finally the forum let me sign in...tanks to eejit91 |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 10-February-2006 at 17:24
| OOps! double post while I tried to correct my bad typing |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 10-February-2006 at 20:13
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Hey Pogue, Let me be the first to welcome ya to the forum............... With a bit of luck you'll get as addicted as the rest of the regulars and we'll end up talking s**te all day. Rolo. |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 10-February-2006 at 22:54
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Thanks for the welcome Rolo.
Here at work I just keep nodding at the screen all day with a concerned look on my face and nobody asks questions....talking s**te is my specialty. |
Posted By: xgrovehead
Date Posted: 11-February-2006 at 14:34
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Welcome Pogue, If you talk sh*te you'll fit in well over here! I was out in Malahide today and who did I see walking along but Cecil himself, if you come back for a Reunion you might be able to get the money out of him for those paintings you and your mates did.... ------------- We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. -Ancient Proverb. |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 12-February-2006 at 07:07
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Hey Xgh,you should think about trying that one next time you're nearly caught. Rolo. |
Posted By: russell
Date Posted: 15-February-2006 at 13:45
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Hiya Pogue welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it as much as the we do .. would love to hear some of your stories from the early grove days.. early seventies ... I was going from 82 and I thought it rocking then. keep the posts coming Russ
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Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 03-March-2006 at 07:53
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Narnia that name sounds familiar. Dusty blonde fair hair I think I saved him from the mosh a few times ???? Real name could have been Dave or Jason or he hung around with a Jason(Long) I think now my memories are fading old age setting in HA HA Not that bad yet |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 03-March-2006 at 09:14
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Hi ya Black Russian - welcome to the site, hope you hang around and have a chat - we have some craic out here I tell you once you get to know the crowd. T ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 05:49
Why wouldn't I hang around who doesn't want to relive their Grove days lol.... Yeah I am here to stay Eejit I`d love to know who some of the people in here are the chances are I know most of you. I`d be a late eighties and early to 90`s Grove go'er . Might be a suggestion getting people to post there old Grove membership on the site and then maybe not!!!! |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 06:01
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Howya Black Russian, Goods chance you might know some of the regulars all right, not me though,bit older than you unfortunately, Grove from '79 - '85. No chance of any of this lot posting their Old Memberships 'cos most of 'em are so old that their memberships were the old ones,without the photos. You been to any reunions ? Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 06:27
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Heya Rolo I have only been to the one so far that was the one at Christmas I met Cecil in town one day and he told me all about he documentary at hallowe'en. When I was talking to him all the tickets for the Christmas one were all sold out so I was missing this one too. But luckily my mate(Softlad) had a spare one and phoned me about an hour before the Grove started on Dec 27th. So like the old days I legged it home got ready and was walking down to the Sheiling and it was as if I was going to the real Grove but without my stash of drink in hand |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 06:38
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Yeah,Black Russian, Every Northside Teenagers Dream, The Grove with ( legal ) drink. You got tickets for Easter yet ? Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 07:31
| Yeah I am sorted this time... I hope or there will be trouble.... If I don't have tickets might be a case of dodging the bouncers and climbing in through a window or by the fire exit |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 08:47
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Black all the crowd in here are very old - not me though I am the fountain of youth here......that right Rolo..... not a grey hair in sight or a wrinkle...... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 08:57
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How the hell would I know,Eejit ? All , however shall be revealed in the coming months. Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 09:55
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Rolo and Eejit Its great to be young :P BR |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 09:59
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Oh I know Black I know.... OK now where do you come from, where did you go to school - these are the questions that will come out one way or another.... believe me.... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Sharon
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 10:31
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Jeez Rolo did u go to the grove when u had left school?? or u younger than u letting on......going to grove till '85 I left school in '84 and never went to grove afterwards..perhaps i wasnt as much into the grove as you lot..lol Time i found a new forum..perhaps...lol Sharon |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 11:05
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Well Shar, you know what you can do then,don'tcha................ Would you like a list of Forums that you might like to try ? Seriously though,pleeeeeeeeeease don't go. Yeah, I went while I was in College,used to go on Sunday Nights after the boozer. See,and don't forget, Catherine's the same age as you are ,so we would've been going '83 and '84 with that gang. Rolo. |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 11:11
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Me tooo Ah Shar get outta here, your not true grover after all. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Kay Fagan
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 11:15
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Ye I used to love going on a Sunday night.We would be in the Raheny Inn and walk up to the grove from there It was great ------------- Kay Fagan |
Posted By: Sharon
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 13:52
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jasus your a sad lot...lmfto(joke) went on sunday nights on school holidays but never when i left school the bright lights of sardis(spell)saints tamangos etc etc was too much for me to even think of going to the grove....lol I was a disco diva really....left me hippy clothes with my uniform the wednesday i left school...lol....jeez then on the saturday i went on my 1st sun holiday alone talk about "schools out"...lol Those were the days..lol Shar (looking for disco diva forums from the '80's) |
Posted By: Kay Fagan
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 16:45
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Hi Sharon We would go to Saints on a Saturday night and the Grove on a Sunday night the best of both worlds ------------- Kay Fagan |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 19:30
From Beaumont I`m close to StaDavids in Artane Donnycarney is behind me so I am in the middles of everywhere. I went to Davids... ANything else you need to know????????? Oh and I went to the Grove even after I left school but I also went to TAMANGOS where the gang DID go and Saints and few trendy nite clubs in town but nothing bet the Grove always went back there. I think I went up to 22 and there were older people there than me. I had my 21st in hotel in Clontarf(can't think of the name)and a load of Grovers came and then the week after I was back in the Grove |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 07-March-2006 at 19:42
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When did ya leave David's then ? Sorry mate,just seen your DOB,I'd have been gone before you arrived. Rolo. |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 10:59
See Black your getting the hang of it already... we'll hold off on the questions for now.... your in.... Jezz Rolo another St. Davids boy.. a young tang! like me ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 11:07
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Yeah T, Bit younger than our good selves though. Reckon my brother would've been there around the same time though. Rolo. |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 12:17
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Rolo did your brother go to the Grove! if so how come he does not come out here? ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 12:25
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He sure did go T.,after we'd left though. He was at the October Reunion and is coming at Easter. He's in one of the October photos,must have a look and let you know where. Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 14:22
What you mean I`m in.... :P Was going to be in whether you liked it or not.... :) Only joking Sorry just working on my own froum here Hey my smileys don't work |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 14:26
I`ll answer your question anyway I started in September 1983 when Boss Crowe was ther and left in July 1988 when it was Boss Walsh forget who the "Benny Brother was at the time" ~(We al know most of them where lol) Hoep they don't read this and do me for slander ha ha |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 14:37
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Oh,don't get me started about Br.Crowe. I'd the longest hair in the school,well me and another fella had.He was always on at me to get it cut, until one day my Mam went up and told him to leave me alone.After that he left me alone , it really pissed the others off. He wasn't that bad really,once I'd left I met him a few times and we always had a laugh. Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 16:10
| When did you leave St Davids ???? |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 16:12
You are almost one of the youngest on here - you'll fall in with Lenny, XGH, Star to name a few.... gosh Rolo their starting to gang up on us. Black you should join them in the Castle this Friday for a couple of beers. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 16:15
| I can't my Leaving or kicking me out of my job drinking session is on in Maguires of Baggot Street is on Friday night but I think drinking session should be organised a bit more regular though |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 08-March-2006 at 16:27
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Rolo left St. Davids the year you started only know that as I went to the 83 Debs with one of his class mates. Sorry Rolo answered that for ya! ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 09-March-2006 at 03:41
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Yeah T, no problem with you answering on my behalf,now that we're mates and all that. Would prefer if you'd check your facts before doing it though, even if you are making me out to be a year younger. As you are,aware I left in '82...........you left in '83 ( Not David's obviously.) Just thought I'd clear that up. Rolo. |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 09-March-2006 at 09:35
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See what happens when you try to help out!!! Your right though now that I think of it - having a senior moment.... Feck the begrudgers..... ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 09-March-2006 at 20:04
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OOOPS Have I started a row here lol |
Posted By: Black Betty
Date Posted: 10-March-2006 at 09:39
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Hey Mozz/Maurice - I remember you guys, you used to hang around a square in Edenmore, I think you were the tall guy in the leather jacket, bit shy around the cailins no? Remember Narnia too-but can't recall why he was called 'Narnia'. I think we went to see your band - dingy attic type venue springs to mind could it have been on Capel Street or in the old White Horse on the Quays?? Have been to a few of the Reunions in The Sheiling & was disappointed not to recognise more people, though wasn't counting on so many balding men headbanging!! Noticed the Lackeys though, well you can hardly miss them really towering over everyone else. We went to the Isaac Butt also, completely different crowd there but music excellent & good to go somewhere that you don't have to pretend to know Justin Timberlake dance moves!! Are you still part of a band then?
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Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 10-March-2006 at 09:42
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Listen Black Betty, it's not the balding men headbanging you've to worry about at the Reunions,it's the balding women. Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Betty
Date Posted: 10-March-2006 at 09:53
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Rolo - after attending the Halowe'en Special with some of my friends who crash dieted for a week to squash themselves into black tight jeans to honour the 'Come as You Were' theme, balding women would not phase me! The reason all the girls go to the loo together....to help each other wedge the jeans back on...and adjust the comb overs of course. looking forward to Easter , though the jeans might be forsaken for the choccie eggs! Do you know if Crusty will be leading the proceedings as he escaped to Thailand after Christmas?
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Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 10-March-2006 at 10:02
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That's a very cynical assessment of the situation,Black Betty. True,probably ( some of the regulars will kill me for agreeing with you ),but very cynical.Beats mini skirts and high heels and assorted other disco gear,you gotta admit. Think Crusty's due back round the end of this month so he will undoubtedly be back behind the decks at Easter. You said you've been to the Isaac Butt. Keep meaning to make one but never seem to get around to it. Any good ? Rolo. |
Posted By: Black Betty
Date Posted: 10-March-2006 at 10:17
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Yep - it was great at start ie last year. Only been to one now this year, not sure if it was case of post Christmas poverty with people or Crusty being away, and no sleight on replacement DJ's talents, as music still excellent but people a bit thin on the ground (yes, majority were still thin on top). Also, alarming influx of guys in blazers looking to grab ass and reworking some pretty suspect air guitar-esque moves, but I'll put that down to IFSC employees getting lost and wandering in -in error. You should give it a go but maybe wait until Crusty returns & check out attendance with him-God forbid you were moshing on your own..or getting your ass grabbed by a balding woman even!!
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Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 10-March-2006 at 10:22
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.........or fellas from Offaly who grew up on Wham and Gloria Estefan and who missed the last Bus from Busarus to Tullamore and had nothing better to do.............. Rolo. |
Posted By: Engelbert
Date Posted: 20-September-2006 at 13:56
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Yikes, Narnia and Nash are brilliant musicians. Dunno any of the other lads. i know Narnia and Nash since they were annoying bold litlle bla.......ards peddlin their tiny little legs on their tiny BMX's. They're in a band called Cold War that supported Anthrax in the Ambassador some year or so ago. Narnia is an incredible drummer. They havent changed much otherwise. I know folk that travelled across the country to see them play. Engebert Brainerd. |