The Aftermath (Irish band)

The Aftermath had two top 20 singles independently by touring Ireland, playing small venues, independent record stores, lunchtime gigs and entertaining the people who bought their record. The band members moved to France to work with Karl and Dave Odlum. Acquaintances from their time touring the UK helped the band - Phil Vinyl (Placebo, Elastica and Pulp) offered producer strokes, Ger McDonald (Travis and U2) performed mixing duties, Steve Wickham of The Waterboys and Damien Rice's cellist Vyvienne Long assisted as did former Anathema bassist, Duncan Patterson and Paul Weller's keyboardist Helen Turner who continues to play live with the band. Words of wisdom were given by the legendary producer Mike Hedges and Irish Jack Lyons, an old associate of The Who and there were contributions from Terry Edwards, well known for working with Tindersticks, whom the band befriended when they supported Gallon Drunk and The Ukrainians.[11] The band have also used fan footage from a free show in Mullingar to create a video for their 2008 single "Northern Lingerie".[12]

The Aftermath were involved in a near-fatal bus crash on 13 July 2007. The crash, which took place on a Friday night, happened just outside the village of Kilbeggan in County Westmeath. All four members of the band and two members of their crew were treated for injuries after the accident. The band were in the middle of an extensive Irish tour at the time in support of their "All I Want For You is to Be Happy" single.

In the aftermath, Johnny Cronin said:

"We thought we were goners, we really thought that this was it - game over. It was like being in a tumble drier - only worse. It¹s a miracle we all made it out alive."[13]

On 3 April 2009, The Aftermath played their first UK show of the year at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds.[14] The show was filmed and later released on DVD.[14] On 1 May 2009, a new single, "Northern Lingerie", was released.[14] The song was remastered by John Davis in London's mastering division of Metropolis Group, Metropolis Mastering.[14] The Aftermath will embark on an Irish tour across May and June 2009.[14] The Aftermath also acted as The Word's house band at Electric Picnic 2009.[15] They performed another Irish tour in late 2009.[16]

Late 2009 saw the release as a single of a cover version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love", alongside an Irish tour of the West and Midlands regions in late 2009.[17]

They played a series of shows across Ireland in June and July 2010.[18]