May 2007
Engine Alley play:
June 8: Cleere's, Kilkenny (E12, 9:30PM,
Charity gig)
June 9: Whelan's, Dublin - 8PM, E15.
info
Nice review of their song
'Song For Someone' and
'In A Different Kind Of Way'.
August 2006
Hot Press reports: "On August 20, Langton's will host psychedelic
popsters Engine Alley, when they perform to celebrate the last night of the
Kilkenny Arts Festival".
July 11 2006
2FM.ie: "ENGINE ALLEY IN CLASSIC SESSION - TUES 11TH"
"Kilkenny was hip rock central in
Ireland around then - Kerbdog, My Little Funhouse and more, all from the one
town. Engine Alley featured the two Kenealy brothers, Brian and Canice -
they signed to Mother Records, produced a brilliant album and that was that.
This classic
session for Dave Fanning was the first time they did a
recording
for radio and in 1995 blew everyone's mind."
June
25 2006
Engine Alley play "Pumpabaloza" Music Festival, Pump House,
Kilkenny in an all-day music festival.
June
2006
"Switch on the radjo"
Kilkenny People
report,
Gas Bag: "The frontman of a well known band has made a debut into local
broadcasting. Canice Kenealy is best known for his stint with Engine Alley,
the group which cited U2 among their fans, and which shared an amount of
success before splitting up.
Now back living in Kilkenny, Canice can
still be seen performing with band Rigmarole. On Sunday he began a
performance of a different kind, a three-week stint presenting Gas Bag on
KCLR96fm. The 150-minute show will feature everything from rock to reggae,
bops to beats. Tune in from 6:30pm for the next fortnight."
April 30
2006
Engine Alley play the
Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Festival. Venue: The Pumphouse, Parliament
St., Kilkenny: Sunday afternoon 4PM-6PM, Euros 6.
February 25
2006
Engine Alley frontman plays Cleere's, Kilenny with his new
band Rigmarole.
Info
November
2005
Engine Alley play Kilkenny.
November 16 2004
Engine Alley / A Sonic Holiday
(40/100 Greatest Irish Albums)
(Mother)
"With the Steve Lillywhite produced A Sonic Holiday, Engine Alley brought art, glam and— most precious of all— ambition back into Irish pop."
December 2003
Brian Kenealy and Eamonn Byrne from Engine Alley have a new project called The Farlights. They had a 12 track album due out in January 2004.
December 2003
Engine Alley play:
December 29: Cleere's, Kilkenny
December 30: Eamonn Doran's, Dublin
December 2002
Engine Alley are playing in Cleere's, Kilkenny on Saturday Dec.28 2002. Tickets are available at the door. Doors: 9:30. info Setlist: Rollergirl, Machine, The Flowers, Shot In The Light, .....
December 2001
"Engine Alley" features at No.48 in the Top 50 Irish albums compiled by listeners to Tom Dunne's radio programme.
2000
"Nessa Ryan, from Dundalk is another blow in who's burrowing her way through the underground with her band, Poka Poka. With Carlow man, Rubin Maher and ex- Engine Alley drummer, Emeline Duffy alongside her, Poka Poka have embraced everything from homemade guitars to multimedia showcase gigs scaffolded by their Eileen Ivers own sculptures. Hardly music for the faint-hearted."
1999
Engine Alley release the "Lavender Girl" EP on their own Chrome Star label. Canice: "I suppose we kinda broke up three years ago. I don't know what the official line on that is really but in the end I hadn't spoken to Brian for a couple of months, I used to throw apples at his house just to show him that I was still alive [laughs]. We have started writing songs again. Brian did his own thing, he had a band called The Valleys and I went off and made some strange recordings and Eamonn went off and did some work with Lord of The Dance and still is in fact."
August 1998
Engine Alley contribute a song to the "Natural Born Elvis" compilation. They performed a cover of 'Suspicion'.
early 1998
Engine Alley reconvene and along with Paul O'Byrne (drummer from Brian's interim project, The Valleys), played a triumphant return gig in April in The Da Club, Dublin.
1996
Engine Alley take a break from music.
Summer 1996
Engine Alley play the first Heineken Green Energy Festiva with Orbital, Carl Cox, Jack L, An Emotional Fish, Revelino, Mark Dignam and Delores Keane.
July 28 1995
Engine Alley release their second album "Shot In The Light" on Independent.
February 1995
Engine Alley part company with Mother Record.
November 1994
Drummer Emmaline leaves Engine Alley.
October 1994
Engine Alley do a short successful tour of the USA.
1994
Engine Alley relocate to Dublin and the album "Engine Alley" was released in the US on Island Records.
December 1993
Switch EP was released in the Ireland.
September 1993
Infamy was released in the UK.
August 1991
Engine Alley are signed by Mother Records and released their first EP "Flowerbox EP". | 
