Guitarist Barry Sutton of The La's and Cast plays the Alternative Sunday Social Club in The Grand Social, Dublin on Sunday, 29 September at 4.00pm. We asked him the BIG questions . . .
Barry has performed with numerous alternative rock bands since 1981, beginning his career as the songwriter and vocalist in the unsigned bands Western Diplomats (1981-1983) and Marshmallow Overcoat (1983-1987).
We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
He joined Walkingseeds as guitarist and backing vocalist in 1986 and played on two of their LPs: Skullf*** (1987) and Upwind of Disaster, Downwind of Atonement (1989) before leaving to join The La’s in 1988.
Sutton left The La’s after one year and during the 1990s, he performed with his own bands Froth (1990-1993) and Kung Fu (1995-2001) as well as playing live and recording with several artists such as The Stairs, Cast, Peter Coyle and Smaller.
Since 1994, Sutton has also performed as a solo artist under the alias Fabian Rothschilde. During the 2000s, Sutton played in the bands Heavy Lemon (2002-2003) and Mirrorball (2004-2008) and he is currently playing as Beatnik Hurricane.
We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
His official biography reads: "Barry Sutton is a Scouse radical late of The La’s, Cast (we don’t talk about that). He has appeared with The Fall and Love, also Fazakerley chimpanzee Digsy in his band Smaller, immortalised by third rate self-confessed La’s obsessives and Mancunian Beatles tribute band Oasis in their song Digsy’s Dinner.
"Barry loves playing in Ireland, and you better stock up with whiskey and Guinness. Let’s talk about Groucho Marxism, evolution and six European cups. Beatnik Hurricane are a trademark of the Coca-Cola Corporation."
Tell us three things about yourself . . .
I love Stravinsky, coffee and LFC.
How would you describe you music?
Swingin’.
Who are your musical influences?
Captain Beefheart, Charlie Parker, The Fall.
What was the first fig you ever attended?
Peter Gabriel in 1980.
What was the first record you ever bought?
Dr Who theme.
What is your favourite song right now?
Money Jungle by Duke Ellington.
What is your favourite lyric of all time?
'All these English groups act like peasants with free milk.’ Cash n’ Carry by The Fall.
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky.
Where can people find more information about you and your music?
Find music on Instagram at beatnik.hurricane and fabian_rothschilde.
Alan Corr
