![]() In fact, in the very first scene there is a scuffle during which they put out his eye. He doesn’t take shite from them, calling them every manner of Nazi and trading vitriolic, Irish-witty barbs. ![]() His mood can be understood given the bloody scenes outdoors and the hoodlums who endlessly trail him (possibly because of his father’s union activities and left-wing political campaigns). The play, which features a 12-member cast and crew who came over from Belfast, opens with Hooley (Glen Wallace) colorfully griping and groaning as he pulls up the metal grating to his stark storefront, later to be the famed record store. The musical opened in 2019 in Belfast and sold out its entire run, but plans to take it on the road were curtailed by the pandemic until the opening in New York in June. ![]() Taken together, the movement spawned later Celtic rock acts like Black 47, New York-based Irish expats fronted by Larry Kirwan which drew its name from the worst year of the potato famine. ![]() And we all know about a certain Irish band named after an American Cold War spy plane that made it big, Bono’s U2. For every one of them, there’s a listicle of lesser known groups. ![]() Also squabbling, dancing and bantering with Hooley in his store were members of Rudi, a Belfast band formed in 1975 that became one of the most popular punk outfits in the region.Ĭoming out of the scene a hundred miles south were Dublin bands that included The Radiators from Space, The Boomtown Rats, Berlin, The Blades, The Vipers and The Virgin Prunes. Such was the case in 1970s Northern Ireland, which spawned the punk likes of Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones and The Outcasts. With a civil war exploding around him, Terri Hooley dared to open a record store called Good Vibrations on Great Victoria Street, commonly referred to as “Bomb Street.”Īs every artist knows, the most difficult times can bring on the best work. ![]()
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