CPI Archive 2008
IT’S tough carrying the weight of a town. But that how it’s been in Galway of late. Ask any Galwegian (imported or regular) what the City of Tribes means to them and they’ll likely as not name two things; the craic and art (and yes, maybe also the Buckfast). Yet for a place so synonymous with the arts, the music scene in Galway has lived a fairly charmed life of late. In the dark days of the ‘90s and ‘00s, cover bands ruled the roost, and the Galway scene began to fade — being replaced by Cork, Limerick and even Sligo as the music capitals of the west. Though things have started to improve, the people of Galway still await their musical messiahs. With just the Saw Doctors and The Stunning (and we all know where they really come from) to show by way of mainstream success, each great new musical hope has been saddled with 20 odd years of expectation. One such band is Pier Nineteen. “The Galway scene has definitely bounced back in the last few years. There is some good stuff around, some really good local bands. It’s been the strongest it has been since the days of The Stunning,” said Dave.
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