Toasted Heretic

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Genres Alternative Genre Alternative rock		Years active 1985–present

Members Declan Collins (lead guitar) Neil Farrell (drums) Julian Gough (vocals) Aengus McMahon (bass guitar to 1992, then rhythm guitar) Barry Wallace (bass guitar from 1992) Past members Breffni O'Rourke (rhythm guitar 1985-1992, 2005) Origin Galway, Republic of Ireland (1985) Albums Mindless Optimism, Another Day, Another Riot Record labels Liquid Records, Bananafish Records Similar The Golden Horde, Engine Alley, Power of Dreams, The Sultans of Ping FC, The Frank and Walters

Toasted Heretic was an Irish rock group who attracted a cult following in the late 1980s and 1990s. They were founded in Galway, where singer and lyricist Julian Gough was studying English and philosophy.

They made the top ten of the Irish Singles Chart in 1992 with "Galway and Los Angeles", written by Julian Gough about a chance meeting with Sinéad O'Connor in the entrance to Raidió Teilifís Éireann's Dublin studios.

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They performed at the Féile Festival in 1992, where Gough tried to steal a large Warner Music banner and was ejected by security guards. The band went to hiatus not long afterwards.