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The young band from Downpatrick, County down, Northern Ireland, began their way to the mainstream in 1994. Their youthful style and punk pop image was reflected well into their music and at 17 they made their first release. ‘Jack Named the Planets’ was the title of this release. Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton had release this with a limited 1000 copies. The media and press sipped up the band and were reeling from their radio friendly sounds. A lot of their success was drawn on the fact that other record companies were searching for a new green day to compete with that band. For the uk market they signed to infectious records after a long discussion because they were still in A levels. Soon after they released their EP ‘Trailer’. This album placed them onto the music scene and featured some classy styled songs that were instantly listenable like ‘Uncle pat’ and cool like ‘jack names the planets’. Soon after this the band were in the studio creating their seminal hit album 1977. Named...