Comments on: BONESHAKERS: DEMO, C.1985

By: gerry molyneaux

gerry molyneaux — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:33:20 +0000

not a psychobilly or rockabilly fan more oi,ska,and punk but good to see old memories revisited.does nanybody remember the band cold novembre,were they the cold band yez mentioned or different?

By: Dave G Kelly

Dave G Kelly — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:37:35 +0000

I was at that gig in the Underground (mental, sweat dripping from the ceiling, couldn’t take pictures as the lens kept steaming over) and think that this was where I picked up the demo from Dave Finnegan. Cheers Dave. And then kept it safe for 25 years +. So the circle is complete. Or something.

And I remember Cold. Legendary. Singer used to sing with his back to the audience, liked Joy Division.

A lot.

Anyway, an old mate of mine Ronan Collins (no not that one) was the drummer though and went on to form the Outpatients: http://dublinopinion.com/2010/02/09/the-outpatients-demo-1988/

By: Shay Kerrigan

Shay Kerrigan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:02:55 +0000

Brilliant! Delighted to have stumbled across this after all those years. Saw the original Boneshakers in some old furniture warehouse I think it was in Abbey Street in ‘85 with Dave on drums. Think they were supporting The Gorehounds (anyone remember BaseX then Comet records?). Saw Shark Bait one time in the Underground when they railroaded a band called ‘Cold’ ( a would be Joy Division ), Shark Bait used Colds’ gear that night. Dave started the gig with ‘good evening, we’re joy division! Howsit goin?’. They blew everyone away.

Hangyerb****x on it!

By: Maria Mulraney

Maria Mulraney — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:18:21 +0000

Mad hearing all those tracks again i’ve been looking for them for ages. and if anyone wants them i’ve got some photos from back in the day.

By: Dermot

Dermot — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:41:10 +0000

Hi Dave, Good to hear from you again man. I remember us doing a vid in the crumlin church one sat afternoon, good craic. Must try and get photos from ye.

By: Dave Finnegan

Dave Finnegan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:46:41 +0000

Dermot Free and Chris, trying to think of there names for the last, few days, cheers Dermot, i still have photo’s of us busking, might have some boneshakers,dont remmeber a video though.

By: Dermot

Dermot — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:22:13 +0000

Hi Conor stumbled across this site last surfing the web as you do. I’d forgotten how raw those track where. Sounds great though brings back some great memories. Good to hear that Dave’s back doing the Psychobilly stuff with Sharkbait. Just thought I throw in my two pence worth but the guitarist with the Boneshakers was called Dermot Free. The Scottish singer Dave mentions was a guy named Chris for wee Glasgow, he’d a great voice for singing rockabilly if memory serves me. The original line up was Dave on drums, Willo on bass, Dermot on guitar and Chris on vocals. Although that all changed after we’d seen the killer pussies and Dave’s performance on vocals. That’s when Dave moved to vocals and Marie came. I think there was a video done to go along with the demo. Does anyone know where I’d get a copy of that.

By: Dave Finnegan

Dave Finnegan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:35:43 +0000

that paisley jocks gig was the killer pussies gig i think

By: Sean Baite

Sean Baite — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:44:05 +0000

Was Maria the drummer after the ‘paisley jocks and quiffs’ gig, Dave ?? Otherwise I’m sure we would’ve heard about that sort of thing in the Sunday World if she’d played in that get-up

By: Dave Finnegan

Dave Finnegan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:31:05 +0000

i actually was the Boneshakers Drummer, we had a scotish singer he went and that was my chance to be a front man, Maria Mulraney,replaced me on drums and i took over vocals, or swallowing mics, which i used to do before the film, i think Alan Parker seen me do it somewhere, we seen Maria with another band, and thought it was a good idea,so we nicked her,lol.