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Interference is an Irish band that formed in 1984. They are noteworthy for their live shows and for their powerful songwriting. Fergus O'Farrel's song 'Gold' was a feature in the Irish film 'Once' which won an Oscar for best song ( Falling Slowly, by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová ) and it is one of the major songs in the Broadway show of the same name, which cast performed the song during the 2012 Tony Awards where it won 8 awards. ==History== Fergus O’Farrell (vocals, piano & guitar) and James O’Leary (guitars) formed Interference during their time in Clongowes Wood College from 1983 to 1986. While in Clongowes they auditioned various friends and referrals to fill out the remaining positions in the band. Maurice Culligan from Ennis joined on Piano and Keyboards, Kevin Murphy from Cork took up the Bass Guitar and Cello and Cal MacCarthy also from Cork became the band's first drummer. Malcolm MacClancy became Fergus’ song-writing partner and the journey began. In 1986 on leaving college the band moved to Dublin and took up residence in the old Winstanley shoe factory (presently Mother Redcaps Tavern & Market) alongside two other promising new outfits, The Hothouse Flowers and The Black Velvet Band. During this time based on the promise of a ‘demo’ they were selected to perform on the debut edition of ‘Borderline’ RTE’s (Ireland's National TV station) first youth friendly magazine show. On the strength of that performance, Fergus and the lads were commissioned by RTÉ to make an original video to be directed by non other than Gerry Stembridge, one of Irelands leading filmmakers. The resultant video of ‘The Doll’ was selected as one of the finest Irish made pop videos of the decade. By early 1987 the band had actually performed more on television than in live venues, one main reason for this was the lack of a full time competent fiddle player, Kevin’s brother stepping in when the need arose. On a recommendation from The Waterboys’ Steve Wickham, Colm McCaughey joined up…the band was now complete. Now with a completed line-up the band rehearsed, developed and wrote new material with the goal of creating a unique sound to compete with their comtempories on the Irish music scene, during a period of very high quality home grown musical talent. From 1987 to 1988 they were being touted by the music press as the next breakthrough act with several awe inspiring showcases and support slots including some with their old housemates, The Hothouse Flowers, after one such show in City Hall in Cork (with the flowers) one reviewer wrote. ‘.the support act was so powerful you almost forgot who you were there for…I witnessed the auspicious performance in Cork when they played with the Hothouse Flowers . Though some might describe them as a little rough around the edges, Interference positively bewitched the audience’ (Cork Tribune, July 1988). Then due to over work and over stress, Fergus, who suffers from Muscular Dystrophy developed nodules on his vocal cords. He was forced to stop singing in early 1988 for fear of further damaging his voice. It was an indefinite stop, nobody being able to place a time frame on when he might be able to perform live again. To keep themselves busy some of the members of Interference loaned their musical talent to some of the other bands doing the rounds. Maurice joined up with the Black Velvet Band and Vinnie Kilduffs’ Rocking Chairs, Colm became Niall Toners Fiddle man in Hank HalfHead and the Rambling Turkeys. Colm and Kevin became a string duo (Violin &Cello) and sessioned with just about everybody making a record in Dublin as well as appearing as guest musicians for several travelling bands. James went back to college to study architecture (and became one) but Cal decided his path led elsewhere. He left the band in the summer of 1988 to pursue other avenues. Late in 1988, after months of inactivity for Interference as a working unit, events began to take shape once more drawing the lads together again. Fergus’s voice was practically back to normal, he had been moonlighting with Colm and Kevin as a three piece calling themselves ‘The Back Lane Boys’ and as with the first few outings with Interference they were making waves, this time on the acoustic circuit. After some guest appearances from James and Maurice at Back Lane Boy’s gigs it was decided to reform the full band and a nation-wide search began for a new drummer. Several drummers were tried out including Willie Walsh who after only a few gigs decided his path lay elsewhere. For a one off showcase in Mother Redcaps Tavern, their former home, it seemed only right that they were joined for the evening by old cronies Jerry Fehily and Leo Barnes from the Hothouse Flowers for a memorable gig. A new-found enthusiasm existed, months of rehearsals were endured along with 35 auditions for a new drummer, new material was tried out, eventually in early 1990 when Ray McCann, a Londoner ( and Jazz drummer by trade) came along, everyone knew the hard work had been worth it. The Band decamped to Schull in west Cork (Fergus’s hometown) for a month to develop a new set with Ray, away from all the distractions of the big cities and returned to Dublin with something they had never previously tried….they were going to hit the road. Their schedule took them all over the country for most of the next year, from Kerry and Cork to Limerick, Clare and Galway to Northern Ireland and even across to The UK for a show-stopping performance in London’s’ Mean Fiddler Club at the request of Dave Fanning who was putting on several Showcase gigs of unsigned Irish Bands for the music industry. On returning to their old stomping grounds in Dublin they played a brace of gigs in Dublin’s Trinity College where their new sound and electrifying performance received not one but two standing ovations on each night. They followed this up with slots at both the Trinity and UCD Freshers Balls winning the accolade in the reviews of both as ‘Best band of the night’. On foot of these performances they were asked to play the 1990 Trinity Ball, a very coveted engagement. The review from this show read "…thus they have an image amongst the music intelligentsia as being something of a supergroup. An image compounded by the fact their music is a mix of virtually everything the boys listen to. Interference play with such energy and confidence and musical obsessiveness that they throw most of their comtempories to shame.." (Entertainment TCD, College review 1990). Next up was the New York Music seminar and the Festirock festival in Dijon, France. The next couple of years were spent trying for the elusive record deal, eventually realising if you want something done….Interference embarked on a project of financing and installing their own recording studio. Much of the expense for this was dealt with from intense gigging around the country, the balance was begged borrowed and donated, bringing along with them on several trips two wide eyed teenagers, Glen Hansard and Mic Christopher who would open for them as the ‘Blotto Brothers’. These two went on to create The Frames and Mary Janes respectively. In 1992 Ray left, it would seem that Interference’s’ achilles heel is drummers, and were joined by Billy Gegarthy formerly of the Swinging Swine on Drums and Ronan Gleeson on second guitar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interference (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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