Pet Lamb

Pet Lamb
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Years active	1991–2000
Labels	Blunt, Roadrunner
Associated acts	Dinah Brand,3 Pin Din,Large Mound,Legion of Two
Past members
Brian Mooney Dylan Philips Kevin Talbot James Lillis David Lacey

Pet Lamb were a hard rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They formed in 1991. The band signed to Blunt Records, a label owned in part by Andy Cairns of Therapy?, in 1993 and released their first EP, Paranoid from the Neck Down. After this EP, the band signed to Roadrunner Records, released the Black Mask EP, before their debut album, Sweaty Handshake. Between these records, Blunt released a second EP by the band, Spent, which was also included on the Roadrunner record.

The band recorded a second record for Roadrunner Records, High Anxiety in November 1995 in New York with producer Martin Bisi, but were dropped before the album was released. They returned to Blunt in 1998, and released the Tenderness album. The band split up in 2000.The 1996 Album High Anxiety was Released on iTunes in 2011

Dylan Philips and Dave Lacey now play in an easy listening band called Dinah Brand, releasing an album entitled Pale Monkey Blues in 2004. Brian Mooney currently plays in an instrumental noise rock outfit called 3 Pin Din.

Personnel

• Brian Mooney — Vocals, Guitar
• Dylan Philips — Vocals, Guitar
• Kevin Talbot — Bass Guitar
• James Lillis — Drums (1991–96)
• Dave Lacey — Drums, Vocals (1996–2000)

Discography

Albums

• Sweaty Handshake (27 January 1995, Roadrunner Records)
• High Anxiety (Recorded 1996),Released 2011 on iTunes
• Tenderness (17 April 1998, Blunt Records)

EP's and Singles

• Paranoid From The Neck Down EP (1 March 1993)

1. Littlemeaner
2. Where Did Your Plans Go?[1]
3. Asshole Agony Aunt
4. Never Rest Again
5. Drop It

• Spent EP (5 December 1994)

1. Insult To Injury [2]
2. Fun With Maggots
3. Suck The Grain
4. Black Mask [3]
5. The Bastard

• Black Mask EP (21 October 1994)

1. Black Mask
2. Get Your Socks Off
3. Cinders

• 7" Promo (Given away free with initial copies of Sweaty Handshake album, 27 January 1995)

1. The Cleaver
2. Bangkok (originally written by Alex Chilton)

• Where Did Your Plans Go EP (13 April 1995)

1. Where Did Your Plans Go (Fucking Micks) – new recording, different to album version
2. Bully Lover
3. Mutt Stamina

• Holes (unreleased, 1996)

1. Holes
2. Dry Goods
3. Better Than Alright

Dave Fanning Session

Recorded at RTE,Dublin 1993

• Insult to Injury
• In a Pit
• Grinning Sadist
• I Got Played

John Peel Sessions

Recorded at Maida Vale Studios 3, London on 2 February 1994

• Son Of John Doe
• Carpet Burns
• My Insides
• Flies Mother Cries

Recorded at Maida Vale Studio 3, London on 23 July 1995

• Holes
• Blackmail
• Microscopic Lump
• Nightmare On Dame St

Compilations

• "Son Of John Doe" : Volume Twelve – Winter 1994 (December 1994)
• "Don't Phase Me" : Zip Up Your Boot For The Showbands (November 1996)
• "Baby, I Love You" : Various Artists Title: Hot Shots (1998)

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/petlamb1
• http://www.last.fm/music/Pet+Lamb
• Irishmusiccentral.com