Dublin music scene veterans Shane O'Neill and Dave Long have teamed up again for a new album. We asked Long the BIG questions and he gave us some short answers . . .
Long was frontman of the acclaimed Into Paradise, who released two albums and a few EPs on the legendary London-based independent label Setanta Records and the major label, Ensign, while O’Neill sang with the equally loved Blue In Heaven, who released two albums on Island Records.
Friends since childhood, their first band was a three-piece group called amuse, and they worked together again in the mid-nineties when they recorded an album as Supernaut.
Tell us three things about yourself?
I have the patience of a saint, I drink whiskey, and I haven't shaved since 2004.
How would you describe your music?
Atmospheric.
Who are your musical inspirations?
Martin Hannett, Public Image Limited, Gram Parsons.
How are you occupying yourself during the coronavirus lockdown?
Hiding from the wife and kids.
What’s your favourite song right now?
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo.
Favourite lyric of all time?
"I am angry, I am ill, and I'm as ugly as sin, my irritability keeps me alive and kicking, I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit, I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it". A Song From Under the Floorboards by Magazine.
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life what would it be?
How Great Thou Art by Elvis Presley.
Where can people find your music/more information?
