Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai.
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Career
O'Hare was brought up in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire and studied at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow.[citation needed] He joined Teenage Fanclub in 1989, playing drums on several songs on their debut album, A Catholic Education.[1][2] He co-wrote with Teenage Fanclub on all albums during his tenure, but split from the group after completing the tour for the Thirteen album, citing musical differences.[2][3] at the time and went on to join Telstar Ponies, for which he worked on two albums.[4]
He was an early member of Mogwai for approximately a year, playing on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team.[5][6] A description of O'Hare by the NME as Teenage Fanclub's "Monkey Without Portfolio",[citation needed] for his humour and upbeat personality prompted the track "With Portfolio" on Young Team.
Between 1996 and 2005, O'Hare played guitar and sang with self-proclaimed 'Intelli-metal' band, Macrocosmica.[7] Macrocosmica's releases on the God Bless label were rereleased in 2021 on the God Bless Macrocosmica compilation.[8] O'Hare is also an honorary member and producer of Glasgow-based pranksters The Plimptons, and plays guitar on their second album Pomp.[9]
Between 1997 and 1998, O'Hare released a trilogy of experimental ambient albums under the name of Fiend. These albums featured recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies (predominantly Gavin Laird), of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded.[10]
O'Hare featured on Arab Strap's double A-side 1998 release, "Here We Go"/"Trippy", contributing to the twelve-minute song, "Trippy".[11][12]
In 2006 and in 2018, he rejoined Teenage Fanclub for a tour in which the band played their Bandwagonesque album in its entirety as well as the Creation Years tour.[13]
Discography
Albums
- Ad Astra, with Macrocosmica (1997) – God Bless Records[14]
- Caledonian Gothic, as Fiend (1997) – God Bless Records[15]
- Caledonian Cosmic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records[16]
- Caledonian Mystic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records[17]
- Art of the Black Earth, with Macrocosmica (2003)
- Farewell To Earth, with Macrocosmica (2005)[18]
EPs
- "Space Geek", with Macrocosmica (1998) – God Bless Records
Awards
O'Hare was awarded Live Sound Engineer of the Year at the Scottish New Music Awards in 2011.[19][better source needed]
References
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