The Thrills

The Thrills
General information
Genre (s)	Indie pop , power pop , west coast
founding	1996
Website	www.thethrills.com
Founding members
singing	Conor Deasy
Vocals, bass , banjo	Daniel Ryan
Current occupation
singing	Conor Deasy
Vocals, bass, banjo	Daniel Ryan
Vocals, bass, guitar	Padraic McMahon
Keyboard	Kevin Horan
Drums	Ben Carrigan

The Thrills is a contemporary Irish band playing sixties California-influenced guitar pop. Musically they were influenced by Neil Young and The Byrds, among others .

history

Daniel Ryan and Conor Deasy grew up as neighbors in Dublin and have been friends since childhood. Together they discovered their love for football and music. When they were ten, they both got their first guitar as a gift; five years later they decided to form a band . Kevin Horan went to school with Conor Deasy, Ben Carrigan and Deasy met at the music school . Padraic McMahon joined them a little later. Since then, around 1996, there has been no more line-up.

When they finished school in 1999, they decided to go to California , where they lived in a beach hut. They took this mood back to Ireland four months later. Soon afterwards they got an offer from the music label Supremo , and in 2001 they signed their first record deal , which was terminated after a short time. The five were not discouraged, looked for a new manager and recorded new demos . Suddenly, several record companies seemed interested in the band and they eventually signed a deal with Virgin Music .

Before they even signed the contract, The Smiths- Frontman Morrissey paid the Thrills a visit to their rehearsal room and offered them to be on his US tour. In September 2002 the Thrills first appeared as the opening act for Morrissey in the Royal Albert Hall .

Shortly afterwards the band flew to the USA again to record their first album So Much For The City . The CD had some success (the New York Times even named it the second best album of the year). The debut album rose from 0 to 3 in the charts in Great Britain , and even to number 1 in Ireland. Their second album Let's Bottle Bohemia recorded the Thrills in 2004 with producer Dave Sardy .

The Thrills have now made 170 appearances.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	IE
2003	So Much for the City	UK3 platinum (40 weeks)UK	IE1 (61 weeks) IE
2004	Let's Bottle Bohemia	UK9 gold (6 weeks)UK	IE1 (9 weeks) IE
2007	teenager	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	IE24 (3 weeks) IE

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	IE
2002	Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far) So Much for the City	UK33 (3 weeks) UK	IE17 (6 weeks) IE	Chart entry only when re-released in 2003
2003	One Horse Town So Much for the City	UK18 (3 weeks) UK	IE7 (13 weeks) IE
	Big Sur So Much for the City	UK17 (4 weeks) UK	IE9 (9 weeks) IE
	Don't Steal Our Sun So Much for the City	UK45 (3 weeks) UK	IE38 (1 week) IE
2004	Whatever Happened to Corey Haim? Let's Bottle Bohemia	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	IE17 (6 weeks) IE
	Not for All the Love in the World Let's Bottle Bohemia	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	IE38 (2 weeks) IE
2005	The Irish Keep Gate Crashing Let's Bottle Bohemia	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	IE44 (1 week) IE
2007	Nothing Changes around Here teenagers	UK40 (1 week) UK	-

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK IE
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

Web links

• Official website
• The Thrills at laut.de
• The Thrills at Discogs (English)