The minutes

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The minutes
The Minutes live in the Little Club (2012)
The Minutes live in the Little Club (2012)
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 2006
Website http://theminutesmusic.com
Founding members
Mark Austin
Tom Cosgrave
Shane Kinsella

The Minutes are an Irish rock band from Dublin .

Band history

The cousins ​​Mark Austin (guitar / vocals) and Shane Kinsella (drums) played together from an early age. The band The Minutes was formed when bassist Tom Cosgrave joined the band in 2006. At first, smaller concerts were played in Dublin and the surrounding area. This was followed by support shows for Mona , Supergrass , Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Von Bondies, among others . In 2008 the band released the single Harmonic , which reached number 36 on the Irish charts. In 2010 The Minutes played a total of eleven concerts at the South by Southwest .

In 2011, the debut album Marcata was released , named after the New York studio in which it was recorded with producer Kevin McMahon ( The Walkmen , Titus Andronicus ). James Felice ( Felice Brothers ), John Goodmanson and Rocky O'Reilly took part as guests . The album reached number 16 on the charts in Ireland. In 2011, they opened up for Flogging Molly on their Speed ​​of Darkness tour. An independent European tour followed in 2012.

Music genre

The band members of The Minutes describe their music as "dirty and pure rock and roll". They name " Thin Lizzy , Led Zeppelin , Jack White , Bob Dylan , The Smiths , The Beatles , Ramones [and] Fleetwood Mac " as their influences .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Marcata
  IE 16 05/26/2011 (2 weeks)
Live Well, Change Often
  IE 12 05/15/2014 (2 weeks)
Singles
Harmonic
  IE 36 05/15/2008 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2011: Marcata (Model Citizen Records)
  • 2014: Live Well, Change Often (Model Citizen Records)

Singles

  • 2008: Harmonic
  • 2008: Ukraine
  • 2009: Black Keys (rerelease 2011)
  • 2010: Secret History
  • 2010: Fleetwood

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b search query. Irishcharts.com, accessed May 1, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b The Minutes Muxtape. (No longer available online.) Muxtape.com, archived from the original on October 19, 2012 ; Retrieved May 19, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / theminutes.muxtape.com
  3. ↑ The Minutes: Dirty and pure rock and roll. Anvil Magazine, accessed May 1, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Charts IE

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