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The Sultans of Ping FC are an Irish band formed in 1988 by Niall O'Flaherty, Pat O'Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons. The band's name is a play on the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits".〔(Sultans of Ping interviewed on Rapido ) March 1992, viewed on youtube April 2010〕 == History == Following a number of line up changes the band came to the attention of the UK and Irish music press, when "Where's Me Jumper" was released. After several other independently released singles, the band signed to Epic Records, through a deal organised by Rhythm King Records's Martin Heath. With Epic, the band released their debut album ''Casual Sex In The Cineplex'', and its follow up ''Teenage Drug'', with additional tracks gaining a Japan-only release. Teenage Drug was renamed ''Teenage Planet Sexy War'' in Japan, and included the single "Michiko". Renaming themselves as The Sultans, they released their third album ''Good Year For Trouble'' in 1996. However, the album cover's artwork caused problems, as major record chains like HMV and Virgin decided that the display of bondage and S&M was too explicit. By this time, Rhythm King had been absorbed into Arista Records, as Martin Heath became the head of the department. The record label released the band from their recording contract. Following a split 1996, McCarthy joined the band Pharmacy, O'Flaherty was involved in producing the Japanese girl band Mika Bomb, while McFeely formed the rock and roll band, Sister, and later recruited a former member of The Young Offenders, Steve Hackett. McCarthy moved to Stockholm where he taught English. The band reformed as The Sultans of Ping in 2005, and played a number of gigs with Jim Bob of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. In 2006, the group played a show with Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe, and his band The Family Mahone, as part of Manchester's yearly Irish Festival. The band played several subsequent gigs in 2007, at the Brixton Academy in London (with Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine), in Glasgow, and in Roscommon. They have played a number of gigs in 2008 including Southend, London and Cork. Drummer Morty McCarthy has written a book on Cork slang entitled ''Dowtcha Boy''. The title of the song "Give Him a Ball and a Yard of Grass", which appeared on their first album, is a quote from football manager Brian Clough about Nottingham Forest player John Robertson, and the song contains several more of his sayings in its lyrics. This was given away free with a Nottingham Forest Fanzine as a one track flexi-disk. The band were announced as the support act for Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine's 'Norf and Sarf' show at London's Brixton Academy in November 2011. In April 2015, the Sultans played a one-off sold out gig at the Soundhouse, Leicester. 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「The Sultans of Ping FC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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