Friends Reunited

Band news, Friends of Protex, Related
[caption id="attachment_409" align="alignright" width="425"] Aidan & BP Fallon at SXSW 2015[/caption] Funny who you bump into at SXSW. Also on the bill at Hotel Vegas was the legendary publicist, BP Fallon, who worked with, among others, John Lennon and Led Zeppelin before teaming up with Protex in 1980. Now a solo recording artist, BP caught up with Aidan before his set on March 18th.
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April 2015 update!

Band news
Protex are just back from the States and gearing up for shows in Sweden and Belfast. The band are currently writing their first new material in 35 years, with a release due later in 2015. We’ll keep you posted!
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Last Call Carson Daly NBC

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The legendary Northern Ireland punk band, Protex, gets the Snapshot treatment. Only on Last Call. Available Until 09/30/14 Tags: Video, Streaming video, nbc, late night, Last Call, carson daly, Spotlight, Protex S13 E65 | 5:01 | Highlight | Talk and Interview | Latenight The legendary Northern Ireland punk band, Protex, gets the Snapshot treatment. Only on Last Call.
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SXSW 2014 review

Band news, Gigs
SXSW 2014: The best things I saw – Protex Protex at Hotel Vegas in Austin for SXSW. (Photo by Michael Mayer) By Michael Mayer The SXSW venue called Hotel Vegas was the home for dozens of excellent garage rock bands, most made up of youngsters in search of some exposure and a good writeup or two. In the midst of it all, this group of fifty-somethings blew everyone else away with their pop-punk jamming. Members of other bands on the night’s bill stood stageside and rocked approvingly. Protex formed in Ireland in 1977, inspired by a Clash concert credited by many with kickstarting the Irish punk movement. The name, originally Protex Blue, came from a song on the Clash’s UK debut album. The band broke up three years later after…
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You got my number – new studio recording from Protex

Band news, Releases
http://www.protexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/you-got-my-number-mp3-1min-sample.mp3 Just spent tonight in the studio recording our version of The Undertones classic " You got my number".. .. one of the best rock n roll ever songs ever written.. .. Soon to be released  on vinyl by "Time to be Proud " Records. Aidan Murtagh
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Norm’s profile

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[caption id="attachment_303" align="alignright" width="168"] Norman Boyd[/caption] Protex's new bassist Norman "Norm" Boyd has very kindly sent us some information for the official Protex website I played in rock band Preacher John in the late 80s and early 90s. The band had a good degree of local success and got some good Radio 1 airplay but broke up in 1993. After that in the mid-late 90s came Stonefish, a three piece band where, like Preacher John, I sang and played guitar. Again, the band did well locally but it didn't transfer to UK success. Dead FM, another three piece came after and Lidsville in 2003 and were together for a number of years before I started writing and playing with singer Annika Graham and her band 'Shake!' [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignright" width="300"]…
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