Brendan O'Hare
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Template:BLP primary sources Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai.
Career
O'Hare was brought up in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire and studied at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow.Template:Citation needed He joined Teenage Fanclub in 1989, playing drums on several songs on their debut album, A Catholic Education.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="uncut">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He co-wrote with Teenage Fanclub on all albums during his tenure, but split from the group after completing the tour for the Thirteen album, citing musical differences.<ref name="uncut" /><ref name="The Great Rock Discography">Template:Cite book</ref> at the time and went on to join Telstar Ponies, for which he worked on two albums.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Telstar Ponies", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Template:ISBN</ref>
He was an early member of Mogwai for approximately a year, playing on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team.<ref name="StrongIndie">Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, Template:ISBN, p. 872</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A description of O'Hare by the NME as Teenage Fanclub's "Monkey Without Portfolio",Template:Citation needed for his humour and upbeat personality prompted the track "With Portfolio" on Young Team.
Between 1996 and 2005, O'Hare played guitar and sang with self-proclaimed 'Intelli-metal' band, Macrocosmica.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref> Macrocosmica's releases on the God Bless label were rereleased in 2021 on the God Bless Macrocosmica compilation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> O'Hare is also an honorary member and producer of Glasgow-based pranksters The Plimptons, and plays guitar on their second album Pomp.<ref name="thelist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Between 1997 and 1998, O'Hare released a trilogy of experimental ambient albums under the name of Fiend. These albums featured recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies (predominantly Gavin Laird), of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
O'Hare featured on Arab Strap's double A-side 1998 release, "Here We Go"/"Trippy", contributing to the twelve-minute song, "Trippy".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2006 and in 2018, he rejoined Teenage Fanclub for a tour in which the band played their Bandwagonesque album in its entirety as well as the Creation Years tour.<ref name="6ofthebest">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Discography
Albums
- Ad Astra, with Macrocosmica (1997) – God Bless Records<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Caledonian Gothic, as Fiend (1997) – God Bless Records<ref name="cal_gothic_allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Caledonian Cosmic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records<ref name="cal_cosmic_allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Caledonian Mystic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records<ref name="cal_mystic_allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Art of the Black Earth, with Macrocosmica (2003)
- Farewell To Earth, with Macrocosmica (2005)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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EPs
- "Space Geek", with Macrocosmica (1998) – God Bless Records
Awards
O'Hare was awarded Live Sound Engineer of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards in 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Better source needed