Left to right: Andre Lopes, Mick Pyro, Benjamin Loose, Dave Pyro
Background information
Origin
Dublin, Ireland
Genres
Rock, blues, funk, soul
Years active
2001–2014
Labels
Loaded Dice Records, Big Cat [UK]
Members
Mick Pyro
Benjamin Loose
Deco
Dave Pyro
Brez
Coz Noleon
Andre Lopes
Darach O'Laoire
Website
www.republicofloose.com
Republic of Loose were an Irish funk rock band from Dublin. Formed in 2001, the band formerly consisted of lead vocalist Mick Pyro, bass guitarist and vocalist Benjamin Loose, keyboardist Deco, guitarists and vocalists Dave Pyro and Brez and drummer and percussionist Coz Noelen.
With a self-described musical style of "the stuff your dad likes", the band signed to Big Cat Records in 2003, recording their debut album This is the Tomb of the Juice which was released in 2004. They were named "Hope for 2004" at the 2004 Meteor Awards. In 2005, the singles "Comeback Girl" and "You Know It" received significant airplay on Irish radio. Republic of Loose's second album Aaagh!, released in April 2006, reached number two in the Irish Albums Chart, achieving platinum sales and a Choice Music Prize nomination in the process. It spawned several more successful singles, including "Break" which achieved notoriety in South Africa where a radio station banned it following complaints regarding its allegedly explicit lyrics. Vol IV: Johnny Pyro and the Dance of Evil, Republic of Loose's third album, was released in 2008. That album produced their highest chart performer to date, "The Steady Song", which peaked at number twelve and stayed in the Irish Singles Chart for thirteen weeks. Bounce at the Devil, the band's fourth album, was released in 2010.
Having earned the admiration of several musicians, including members of Snow Patrol and U2, as well as Sinéad O'Connor—with whom they recorded, released and performed a duet at the 2008 Meteor Awards—the band have had their music played on radio stations in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The Irish Times placed them at number thirty-seven in a list of "The 50 Best Irish Acts Right Now" published in April 2009,[1] referring to them as "one of Ireland's most original bands" led by "the gruff singer with the extraordinary soul voice [...] simultaneously channelling the spirits of James Brown and James Joyce in one fell swoop."[2] Aside from U2 and Bell X1, they are the Irish band with the most airplay in their native country.[3] In August 2014, vocalist Mick Pyro confirmed that the band had split.[4]
^"The next 50 bands". The Irish Times. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
^Jim Carroll; Tony Clayton-Lea; Sinéad Gleeson; Lauren Murphy (3 April 2009). "The 50 best Irish music acts right now". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2009 – via Wayback Machine. Simultaneously channelling the spirits of James Brown and James Joyce in one fell swoop, the gruff singer with the extraordinary soul voice leads Republic of Loose, one of Ireland's most original bands.
^Neil Dunphy (27 April 2008). "Rock -- Loose men". Sunday Tribune. Retrieved 21 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
^Mick Pyro [@MIKPYRO] (12 August 2014). "@jeffcrosdale Nope Bosch. Loose have finished gigging for the forseeable [sic] future" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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