04/08/2026
Two legendary bands of the alternative rock music scene in Cork come together for a debut performances at Savoy!
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A COW IN THE WATER were an integral part of the Cork live music scene in the late Eighties and early Nineties and were regulars at venues around the country. Formed in Blarney, County Cork, their eclectic musical influences include Stump, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Fall, The Smiths, Johnny Cash, Porter Wagner and Madonna, which permeates their sound.
In late 2017 A COW IN THE WATER reformed with previous “Emperor of Ice Cream” Drummer John Lynch and began work on a new LP. They played the Crane Lane Theatre, Cork on 9th December 2017, in memory of their lead singer, Aidan O’Connell, who sadly passed away twenty years previously, with all proceeds from the show going to Pieta House. The performance sold out weeks in advance, with fans from all around the globe returning to Cork for the show, encouraging The Cows to continue to write and record new material.
The Men From Manhole are three fifths of the 90's weirdo Cork band Manhole… who have partially reformed to reassemble the fragments of their old repertoire from memory… and to play them on the soundtrack of a new animated movie called Manhole… which is set in the mental netherworld where those songs originated from.
In the movie the lost souls who inhabit that place plan to ressurect the songs of their long defunct band Manhole, escape with them back to the real world and perform them under the moniker The Men From Manhole.
