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Active until
  
1989

Active from
  
1982

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Albums
  
All The Gods' Men, Explicit Material, Rock 'n' Roll R.I.P.

Record labels
  
Island Records, Solid Records

Similar
  
Into Paradise, Cactus World News, In Tua Nua, Those Nervous Animals, The Stars of Heaven

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Blue in Heaven was an Irish rock quartet from Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland, active 1982–1989 and led by singer Shane O'Neill. They reformed in 1990 as The Blue Angels. O'Neill later went on to form Supernaut with Dave Long from Into Paradise.

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Blue in Heaven released a few singles on U2's Mother Records before being signed to Island Records in 1985, when they released their first album, All The Gods Men, which was produced by Martin Hannett.

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Their follow-up, Explicit Material (1986), saw them team up with Island Records chief Chris Blackwell and Eric Thorngren. Their popularity grew thanks to touring with The Chameleons, Echo & the Bunnymen, and The Damned, alongside achieving a minor hit with "I Just Wanna".

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Kieran Kennedy joined and they played concerts for two years. They released an EP on the Solid label, Rock 'n' Roll R.I.P., which was a chronological compilation of their work: a 1983 track ("On and On") produced by The Edge, four from 1987 and a live cover of The Stooges's song "Loose." Kennedy left to start the Black Velvet Band.

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Original recording members

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  • Drums - Dave Clarke (later played drums for The Black Velvet Band, Warren Zevon, and currently, for Hothouse Flowers)
  • Bass - Declan Jones
  • Guitar, keyboards, vocals - Shane O'Neill
  • Guitar, keyboards - Eamonn Tynan

    • Supernaut

    In 1997, O'Neill played mostly rhythm electric and acoustic guitar and bass, and sang and wrote words and music with Dave Long, from Into Paradise. Clarke played drums and percussion. Paul McQuillan, who later played and wrote with Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions, played electric guitar and ray gun and released a self-titled album on Dirt Records. Today, O'Neill runs a recording studio in Dublin.

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  • Guitar - Quentin Cowper; he moved to County Clare where he now plays largely traditional Irish music on fiddle and banjo with 'The Fiddle Case' and Ceili Bandits.

    • Albums

  • All the Gods' Men (1985)
  • Explicit Material (1986)

    • EPs

  • Rock 'n' Roll R.I.P. (1988)

    • Compilation albums

  • Live for Ireland (1986) -- "Tell Me" (recorded live during their performance for Self Aid)

    • Singles

  • "The Lights Go Out" (1983)
  • "Julie Cries" (1984)
  • "Across My Heart" (1984)
  • "I Just Wanna" (1986)
  • "Track 01" (1988)

    • Albums

  • Coming Out Of Nowhere (1993)

    • EPs

  • Get It Back (1991)
  • All The Way (1992)
  • When It's Gone (1993)

    • "Blow"

    Compilation albums

  • HMV Unplugged: The Acoustic Sessions (1993) - "Candy"

    • Singles

  • "Candy" (1991)
  • "Loose" (1992)
  • "Blow" (1994)

    • Songs

    Across My Heart1984
    Julie CriesAll The Gods' Men · 1985
    Just Another DayExplicit Material · 1986

    References

    Blue in Heaven Wikipedia
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