Something Happens

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Something Happens
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Something Happens
Background information
Origin Dublin, Ireland
Genres
Years activeMid 1980s – late 1990s
2000 – present (intermittent)
Labels Virgin Records
Charisma Records (US)
Members Tom Dunne
Ray Harman
Alan Byrne
Eamonn Ryan

Something Happens is an Irish pop rock band. [1] [2] Its membership comprises vocalist Tom Dunne, guitarist Ray Harman, bassist Alan Byrne, and drummer Eamonn Ryan. [3] Most active between 1988 and 1995, the members remain close friends as of 2020 and play occasional reunion shows. [3]

Contents

The Dublin-based band first rose to prominence when their single "Burn Clear" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 British-Irish film The Courier . [3] [4]

Career

Recording activity: 1988-1995

An earlier incarnation of the band was known as 'The Dazzmen,' fronted by singer Martin Lynch. [5] After Lynch departed to front another early 1980s Dublin band, The Cracker Factory, [5] the band recruited Dunne and rebranded as Something Happens. [6]

Something Happens' first release was the self-released "Two Chances" EP, which attracted the attention of Virgin Records. [7] After initially declining the label, the band agreed to a second proposal [6] and released a live EP, I Know Ray Harman, in 1988. [8]

Their debut album Been There, Seen That, Done That was, released on Virgin Records later in the year. [7] One of the singles from this album, "Forget Georgia," was later covered by Canadian singer Emm Gryner on her 2005 album Songs of Love and Death. [9] In August 1989, the band attracted further attention from supporting Simple Minds at a show performed in Dublin. [10] [11]

Something Happens' second album, Stuck Together With God’s Glue, was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 1990 [7] to critical acclaim, with the song "Petrol" featuring in NME's top fifty singles of the year. [12] Despite achieving some success in Ireland and the United Kingdom, international recognition eluded the band; they were ultimately dropped by Virgin shortly after their second album's release. The band subsequently produced t-shirts bearing the slogan, "Something Happens are no longer Virgins." [10]

The band released its third album, Bedlam-A-Go-Go on Charisma Records in 1992. [7] When this label folded, their final album, Planet Fabulous (1994), was released on the Wild Bikini label. [13] A song from this album ("Momentary Thing") appeared on the original television soundtrack for Veronica Mars, released in 2005 by Nettwerk Records. [14]

The band released a greatest hits album, The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves, the following year, [3] which was re-released in 2004 under the title, The Best of Something Happens. [15] A repackaged edition of Planet Fabulous, entitled Alan, Elvis & God, was released in 1997 with the addition of five previously unreleased tracks. [16]

Subsequent activity: 1995-present

Since 1995, the band has played occasional gigs, but no longer records new material. [6] The band plays at Whelan's in Dublin twice a year, [17] [18] once at Christmas and a second time during the early summer. They also make appearances at various other festivals around the country, including the "Bulmers Live at Leopardstown" event in 2019. [19] The band supported Horslips as part of their comeback show in 2009. [20] The band has appeared on RTÉ's The Late Late Show on a number of occasions since the 1990s, including a reunion to celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2014 [21] and an acclaimed performance in 2020. [2]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Something Happens". Discogs. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Viewers praise Something Happens on Late Late as they say they're 'amazing'". The Irish Sun. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Fitzgerald, Eric (22 August 2019). "Festival: Something Happened". Limerick Post Newspaper. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Various - The Courier (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1988, retrieved 25 June 2025
  5. 1 2 Cody, Mary (22 July 2023). "Legends Of The Late Eighties Irish Music Scene to play in Kilkenny". www.kilkennypeople.ie. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 Irish Drummers (24 July 2012). "Interview with Eamonn Ryan, Drummer with Something Happens" . Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Carty, Pat (12 January 2023). "Ireland in 50 Albums, No 2: Stuck Together With God's Glue, by Something Happens". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Something Happens". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  9. ↑ O'Hare, Colm. "Covered in glory". Hotpress. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Something Happens". The Journal of Music | Music in Ireland: News, Reviews and Opinion. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Jun 22, 1989: Simple Minds / The Silencers / Texas / Something Happens at RDS Showgrounds Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Remembering Something Happens - Matt McGee" . Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Something Happens - Planet Fabulous, 1994, retrieved 25 June 2025
  14. ↑ Various - Veronica Mars (Original Television Soundtrack), 2005, retrieved 25 June 2025
  15. ↑ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Old blood, new life". Hotpress. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Irish Rock Discography: Something Happens!". www.irishrock.org. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Something Happens". songkick. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "Something Happens". Dublin Concerts. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  19. ↑ Ransden, Brenna. "Something Happens creates a night to remember at Leopardstown". Hotpress. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "Aslan set to join Something Happens". Irish Independent. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  21. ↑ RTÉ - IRELAND’S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA (26 April 2014). Something Happens 30th anniversary | The Late Late Show . Retrieved 25 June 2025– via YouTube.
  22. ↑ Hegarty, Dan (12 March 2024). "Irish Albums Turning 5 to 45 in 2024". RTE.
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