Blame It On His Hormones -
Artwork by John Moriarty
(photo Brendan O'Halloran) |
Released: by Xeric Records October 17th 1990 Ireland
Formats/Reg: Cassette (Xer07)
Track Listing :
1. Blame It On His Hormones
2. Dirty Diane The Deceased Citroen
3. The Inadequate Continuity Announcer
1. Words by Eoin O'Kelly/ Music by Hoss Carnage, Eoin O'Kelly, Andy
Gallagher, Benny McCormack and Niall Quinn 2. Words by Niall Quinn/ Music
by Niall Quinn and Benny McCormack 3. Words by Eoin O'Kelly/ Music by Hoss
Carnage and Eoin O'Kelly
Recording Details: Recorded at Xeric Studios, Limerick September 15th 1990.
Engineered by Pearse Gilmore. Assisted by Kieran Curtin.
The Hitchers:
Eoin O'Kelly-Lead Vocals; Andy Gallagher-Lead Guitar, Keys, Vocals;
Hoss Carney -Bass; Benny Mc Cormack-Guitar; Niall Quinn-Drums &
Vocals.
Additional musicians: Miko Mahoney- extra vocals 1. & 2.
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There was a mood for change in the Hitchers camp when we
went in to record Blame It On His Hormones in early September 1990. A desire
to change the way songs became Hitchers songs meant that we now wrote 'on
the fly' as it were rather than me or anyone else bringing up completed new
songs done and dusted. Consequently as we jammed things, the riffs became
stronger and we got tighter. I think Eoin also felt a lot happier singing
his own lyrics and a mighty set of lyrics they are too.
Blame It On His Hormones started out life as a bass riff Hoss came up with
(You'll see in the Hot Press review below that there's maybe a nudging
wink that it bears something of a resemblance to Buzzcocks 'Why Can't
I Touch It?')
We spent a good bit of time on recording and mixing it but, if I'm being
truthful, we just didn't give this cake time to rise. Written in August,
recorded in September and released in October is, in retrospect, bloody
madness. If the song had been written six months earlier we'd have had time
to make a real cracker out of it -but as the other two reviews below point
out -the chorus is a weak spot and we never resolved it ultimately. It's a
pity as it had a great groove and was lots of fun to play.
It might just have taken the blame for the demise of that early line up.
Pearse and Miko had a go at coming with some new hooks for it. Here's a portion
of it -hope they don't mind.
Blame It On His Hormones feat: Pearse and MikoNiall 2006 |
This one may take a while to open but it's got quite a lot of info so we left it all in. Note the review of The Soupdragons vile madchester effort "Lovegod" at the bottom.
