BACKGROUND ON ARTIST/ALBUM:
LOKO PARENTIS are a Dublin-based band influenced
by the ‘New Wave’ era of 1978-1982 and
high-energy alternative guitar-pop. The group's moniker
is derived from the Latin legal term, in loco parentis,
meaning ‘in place of parent’, i.e. a
guardian.
The outfit was founded by Paul O'Mahony, once
of Cork-based bands Berserk and Factor Fiction,
who began discussing the idea of a new group with
Alan Markey, formerly of punk outfit The Gurriers.
They brought English drummer Jareth Tait into the
equation, as Alan knew him from the gigging scene.
Paul then recruited lead guitarist and graffiti
artist Tom McDonald, whom he had known for a few
years, before they more recently added Tommy O'Sullivan
as lead vocalist/guitarist.
The debut Loko Parentis CD, ‘The Other Side
of Fear’, to be released in 2009, is proof
positive of some spectacular results from this energised
outfit, on unusual songs like ‘Pornography
Blue’ and ‘The Other Side of Fear’ but
also on turbo-charged nuggets like ‘This Is
What You Find’, the twisted funk of ‘Singular
Obsessions’ or the manic meltdown of ‘One
Broken Window’.
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