Cathal Coughlan death

CORK musician Cathal Coughlan has been described as "one of Ireland's great maverick talents" following his death at 61.

"Cathal was one of Ireland’s great maverick talents," he said. CORK musician Cathal Coughlan has been described as "one of Ireland’s great maverick talents" following his death at 61. Tributes to Cork post-punk artist Cathal Coughlan following death

Cathal Coughlan – famed for his work as a solo artist, as well as with Microdisney, Fatima Mansions, and Telefís – has passed away, aged 61.

One of Cork’s finest, he will be greatly missed." "The title of Microdisney’s debut album We Hate You South African Bastards was typically uncompromising. Throughout his career, there was an ongoing sense of musical adventurousness, and an unwillingness to toe any line – whether to do with fad, fashion, politics or propriety.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Cathal Coughlan has died aged 61. His death was announced via Coughlan's family, who commented that the Cork-born artist had ...

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The former lead singer of Microdisney and Fatima Mansions passed away in the UK.

Difficult to pigeon-hole, the band’s unique combination of Coughlan’s often-acerbic lyrics and O’Hagan’s sunny guitar licks meant they didn’t quite fit with the wider trends of the times. Broadcaster and singer Tom Dunne was among those paying tribute to Coughlan after the announcement of his death. “He slipped away peacefully in hospital after a long illness.”

Cathal Coughlan, frontman with acclaimed indie bands Fatima Mansions and Microdisney, has died aged 61. His family announced the news, saying he “slipped ...

This year, he released an album as Telefís, a duo he formed with producer Jacknife Lee. In 2018, Microdisney briefly re-formed for a pair of concerts. The experience of having been in a band that was doing OK and tumbling out of it was pretty unsettling and I was existing on a hovercraft of alcohol and caffeine.” The band supported U2 for a leg of 1992’s Zoo TV tour, and had an unlikely Top 10 hit that year with an eerie trip-hop cover of Bryan Adams’ (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (on a double A-side single with Manic Street Preachers’ cover of the theme from MASH). Born in Cork, Coughlan first formed Microdisney with guitarist Sean O’Hagan in 1980, relocating to London in 1983.

Cathal Coughlan, the former frontman of Irish indie acts The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney, has died.The Cork-born, London-based singer passed away in ...

Coughlan's acerbic wit and fierce intelligence was obvious in the band's early singles, including the Thatcher-referencing Only Losers Take The Bus and the seething Blues for Ceausescu, and his confrontational character was never more obvious than when he elected to pretend to sodomise himself with a Virgin Mary-styled 'holy water' bottle during a June 1992 show supporting fellow countrymen U2 in Barcelona on the Dublin band's Zoo TV tour: "There was a noise, the like of which most people had never heard, in terms of hurt," the singer told the Irish edition The Mirror in 2021. The following year, Microdisney achieved a degree of notoriety on the indie scene with the release of their second album, We Hate You South African Bastards!, a title making clear their feelings on apartheid. They went on to score a Number One album on the national indie chart the following year with The Clock Comes Down The Stairs.

Coughlan was a member of critically acclaimed bands The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney.

Artistically, it’s a real shot in the arm.” He will always be remembered as a unique talent who has left a great legacy, one that will be cherished and lauded for decades to come.” The Cork musician had been living in the UK for some years.

Irish songwriter Cathal Coughlan has died. The Cork artist built an incredible catalogue across a multitude of projects, fuelled by his imposing baritone ...

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