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Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai.
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Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai.
O'Hare was brought up in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire and studied at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow.[ citation needed ] He joined Teenage Fanclub in 1989, playing drums on several songs on their debut album, A Catholic Education . [1] [2] He co-wrote with Teenage Fanclub on all albums during his tenure, but split from the group after completing the tour for the Thirteen album, citing musical differences. [2] [3] at the time and went on to join Telstar Ponies, for which he worked on two albums. [4]
He was an early member of Mogwai for approximately a year, playing on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team . [5] [6] A description of O'Hare by the NME as Teenage Fanclub's "Monkey Without Portfolio",[ citation needed ] for his humour and upbeat personality prompted the track "With Portfolio" on Young Team.
Between 1996 and 2005, O'Hare played guitar and sang with self-proclaimed 'Intelli-metal' band, Macrocosmica. [7] Macrocosmica's releases on the God Bless label were rereleased in 2021 on the God Bless Macrocosmica compilation. [8] O'Hare is also an honorary member and producer of Glasgow-based pranksters The Plimptons, and plays guitar on their second album Pomp. [9]
Between 1997 and 1998, O'Hare released a trilogy of experimental ambient albums under the name of Fiend. These albums featured recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies (predominantly Gavin Laird), of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded. [10]
O'Hare featured on Arab Strap's double A-side 1998 release, "Here We Go"/"Trippy", contributing to the twelve-minute song, "Trippy". [11] [12]
In 2006 and in 2018, he rejoined Teenage Fanclub for a tour in which the band played their Bandwagonesque album in its entirety as well as the Creation Years tour. [13]
O'Hare was awarded Live Sound Engineer of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards in 2011. [19] [ better source needed ]
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