Album Notes

This is the original Blink from Ireland.

Blink's third album "Deep Inside The Sound Of Sadness" was recorded in Dublin and New York in 2002 and 2003, with Howie Beno, founder member of Ministry (Howie had also worked with Chilli Peppers, Blondie and a host of other cool folk, for he himself is very cool).

It was released in Ireland in September 2004 to wide critical acclaim. Ironically however, given the fact that it had taken four years and was entirely self funded, the band had no appetite to go chasing the rainbow again, and used this album as a sort of swansong.

Despite many late night discussions, Blink's last live performance was 29th April 2005.

...THE REVIEWS for "Deep Inside The Sound Of Sadness"...

'BLINKS' BEST WORK TO DATE ...COMPELLING LISTENING....AN IRISH CLASSIC...'.....OLAF TYARANSEN/ HOT PRESS MAGAZINE

'....PROBABLY THE MOST HEARTFELT AND PERSONAL IRISH ALBUM OF ALL TIME...'...ALAN CORR/ RTE GUIDE

'...LASER SHARP... PROFOUND... ONE OF THE BEST IRISH RECORDS YOU'LL HEAR THIS YEAR...'... TONY CLAYTON LEA/ THE TICKET (IRISH TIMES)

'...BEST IRISH ALBUM OF THIS YEAR, OR MAYBE ANY OTHER YEAR...10/10..' ...KEVIN MAGUIRE/ GALWAY ENTERTAINER

'...ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE IRISH BANDS EVER...(****)' ... EDDIE ROWLEY/ SUNDAY WORLD

'...'DEEP INSIDE THE SOUND OF SADNESS' IS AN ANTHEM FOR LIFE, AND A GUIDELINE FOR THE DARK MOMENTS IN IT..... SHOULD BE IN A TARANTINO MOVIE... THIS IS BEYOND TARANTINO...' ... SEAN O'CEARRULLAIN/ IRELAND'S EYE (SWEDEN)

'...IT'S ABOUT TIME WE HAD ANOTHER BRILLIANT BLINK ALBUM TO PLAY...' TOM DUNNE/ TODAY FM RADIO

'...EXCELLENT.. EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW...' ...DAVE FANNING/ 2FM RADIO

'...BRILLIANT...' ...DAN HEGARTY/ 2FM RADIO

And yes, we did get Blink-182 to change their name but we never sued them. We just wrote them a letter pointing out that there already was a band called Blink and maybe they should change their name to avoid confusion. Which they did, and things seem to have worked out okay for them.

Being the real Blink has worked out okay for us, too. We were voted Best New Band in Ireland in 1993. We signed a deal with EMI. The following year we had our first top ten hit ( "Is God Really Groovy? "). Then we had another . And another.
And then A Map of The Universe By Blink was released and it went top ten and was hailed by Hot Press magazine as "The best Irish Pop album-ever!" This was when "pop" meant belting guitars and great tunes.

So we toured all over Europe. England, Germany, France, Slovakia- you name it - if a country has a venue we've played there. Played with...deep breath....Oasis, Blur, Crowded House, Elvis Costello, the Cranberries, Supergrass, Moby, The Ramones, Status Quo and a hundred other bands.

Then we had a college radio hit in the US. In 1995 "It's Not My Fault" was picked up by WDRE in Long Island and put into heavy rotation. Soon hundreds of college stations and dozens of commercial did the same thing. Over to America we went. Tremendous fun but very hard work. In 1996 we played over 200 gigs in 32 different states. Best booking agent ever. Hats off to Nick Caris at the Agency Group.

For our second album we signed with Paradigm Records, a New York based label. When "The End Is High" was released in March of 1998 Billboard Magazine named it a Spotlight album of the week. Things went great until Paradigm was wiped out in the DotCom Crash.

It took us a little while, but in September of 2004 "Deep Inside The Sound Of Sadness" was released in Ireland. The reviews were excellent and sales have been pretty good, too. Blink were invited to represent Ireland at the Midem Music Conference, Cannes in January 2005. In February 2005 both the band and the album were nominated in the Meteor Awards, Ireland's version of the Grammys. The categories were Best Band and Best Album. Snow Patrol beat us for both awards but we don't begrudge them because they've been around even longer than us.

The line-up of Blink hasn't changed since the beginning . The members are:

Dermot Lambert: Vocals and Guitar

Barry Campbell: Drums

Brian Mc Loughlin: Bass

Robbie Sexton: Guitars, keyboards, twiddly bits.

Contact blinkmusic@hotmail.com