Whipping Boy - Heartworm (1995)
Inspired by the Joy Division, Echo and The Bunnymen, the guitar strains of Sonic Youth and lead singer Fearghal McKee's melancholic insecurity, Whipping Boy emerged from the stagnant music scene in Ireland during the late eighties with all the emotion and darkness from a country caught in the web of a dark recession. Initially signing with the tiny Irish label Liquid Records they released the dark, torn but beautiful Submarine album in 1992. The band retained a low profile and poor relationship with Liquid Records until a CBS rep witnessed them playing in Dublin and set out to sign the band. The resulting album Heartworm released in 1995 had everything to satisfy and it received massive and widespread critical acclaim, but the band were doomed to cult obscurity and they soon parted company with CBS. After a few years in the wilderness and a split in 1998 the self titled third album Whipping Boy (2000) was released but it lacked the imagination and conviction of the band's previous two albums and it finally spelt the end of a band with so much promise.
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