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{{Short description|Alternative rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Cyclefly
| image           =
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| alias           = Dogabone
| origin          = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| genre           = [[Alternative rock]]
| years_active    = 1995–2003
| label           = [[Radioactive Records]]<br />[[MCA Records]]<br />[[Island Records]]
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = 
}}

'''Cyclefly''' were an [[alternative rock]] [[band (music)|band]] from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland, and [[Antibes]], France.

The band toured on both sides of the Atlantic many times, including headline and support tours with [[Bush (British band)|Bush]], [[Live (band)|Live]], [[Linkin Park]], and [[Iggy Pop]]. The band also played at a number of major music festivals, including [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]], [[Woodstock 99]], and [[Ozzfest]]. They released two full-length albums; the critically acclaimed ''[[Generation Sap]]'' in 1999,<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=107/8}}</ref> recorded in the [[Sound City Studios]] in [[Van Nuys]], [[Los Angeles]], California, which was produced by [[Sylvia Massy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/generation-sap-mw0000239693/credits|title=Generation Sap – Cyclefly &#124; Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Crave (Cyclefly album)|Crave]]'' in 2002, produced by [[Colin Richardson]], Bill Appleberry and Tobias Miller.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crave-mw0000215908/credits|title=Crave – Cyclefly &#124; Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> ''Crave'' also featured a guest vocal spot on "Karma Killer" from [[Linkin Park]] vocalist [[Chester Bennington]].<ref name = "Sputnik Music bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Cyclefly/28096 |title=Cyclefly reviews, music, news |website=Sputnikmusic.com |accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, the band dissolved with members moving to 
a band called Hueman. While guitarist Nono Presta went on form alt metal outfit That Falling Feeling.<ref name="irishex">{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30996767.html|title=B-Side the Leeside: Quite the ride to Woodstock '99 for Cyclefly|first=Ed|last=Power|date=29 April 2020|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/7148/tempidx/5/menuid/3 |title=Hueman / Cyclefly &#124; Interviews & Features &#124; Blistering.com Heavy Metal & Hard Rock Magazine |date=5 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605055032/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/7148/tempidx/5/menuid/3 |archive-date=5 June 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the early 2010s, Mako (and later Mako DC) formed through former members.<ref name="irishex"/>

==Discography==
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===Albums===
{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Album details
!| Peak chart positions
|-
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"|[[Irish Albums Chart|IRL]]<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Cyclefly|title=Discography : Cyclefly|website=Irish-charts.com|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|align="left"| '''''[[Generation Sap]]'''''
*Released: 11 May 1999
*Label: [[Radioactive Records|Radioactive]] 
*Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]]
| —
|-
|2002
|align="left"| '''''[[Crave (Cyclefly album)|Crave]]'''''
*Released: 8 April 2002
*Label: [[Radioactive Records|Radioactive]] [[MCA Records|MCA]]
*Formats: CD
| 13
|-
|colspan="3" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart.
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cyclefly-mn0000145897/discography|title=Cyclefly &#124; Album Discography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>

===EPs===
*''Dogabone'' (1995)
*''Cyclefly'' (1998)

===Singles===
*"Supergod"
*"Violet High"
*"No Stress" – [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No. 68<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 131}}</ref>
*"Karma Killer" (feat. [[Chester Bennington]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mako-dc.com MAKO DC (Cyclefly members Declan & Christians New Project)]
* [http://www.radioactive.net/publishing.html Band Information on Radioactive Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080603/http://www.radioactive.net/publishing.html |date=9 May 2008 }}
* [http://www.mcarecords.com/artistmain.asp?artistid=85 Band Information on MCA Records]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021026134237/http://www.geocities.com/darak77/INTERVIEW.html Cyclefly Interview]

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[[Category:Irish rock music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Cork (city)]]
[[Category:Glam rock groups]]


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