The Aftermath (Irish Band)

The Aftermath (Irish Band)

The Aftermath are an Irish mod/pop rock band, currently based in Mullingar. They are composed of brothers Johnny (guitar, keys, vocals) and Michael Cronin (drums, percussion, samples, vocals), both of whom are originally from Longford but raised in Leeds, UK, as well as Mullingar guitarist, Justin McNabb and bassist Martin Gray. The Aftermath released their debut album, Friendlier Up Here on 25 April 2008. They have had three singles enter the Irish Singles Chart, all inside the Top 20; "One is Fun/Are You Not?" spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at number eleven, "Hollywood Remake/Need" also spent two weeks in the chart and peaked at number nineteen, whilst latest single "All I Want is For You to Be Happy" spent a week in the chart at number thirteen. All this led to the band being voted at number nine in the "Most Promising for 2007" category in the Hot Press Readers Poll.

The Aftermath have also received praise from far within the musical hierarchy, most notably from indie rocksters Kaiser Chiefs and have provided support for Razorlight, The Streets, The Mission and The Frames on Irish and European dates. They have played a double-headliner in Whelan's, Dublin with New York outfit Arckid, who feature Liv Tyler’s husband Royston Langdon on bass and lead vocals. Eight weeks of 2006 were spent in BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles's Top Unsigned Bands Chart and they are still the only Irish band to have featured in the Tastemakers Chart. Festival appearances include Electric Picnic, Indie-pendence, Le Chéile and Hard Working Class Heroes. The Aftermath are named after the Cronins favourite album by The Rolling Stones. They are signed to the Live Transmission label.