The Baby Snakes

The Baby Snakes were an Irish rock band formed in 1985. The original line-up featured Frank Rynne, Niall O'Sullivan and Johnny Bonney. In October 1985 they recorded a radio session for Dave Fanning's RTÉ radio show and reached No. 13 in Fanning's Fab 50, an end-of-year listeners poll, in December 1985. Their first L.P., Sweet Hunger, featured Brian Downey from Thin Lizzy on drums. Their second L.P. was produced by Dave Goodman. In 1988, after a BBC Radio 1 session for Janice Long, the band moved to London with new drummer Stephen R Kennedy [now a hydro engineer in France] who previously played in a band headed by Noel Phelan (now a house DJ) where they played a mix of underground venues as well as The Marquee.^[1]

The Baby Snakes
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Genres	New wave, garage rock
Years active	1985 (1985)–1993 (1993)
Labels	FOAD, Santides
Past members	Frank Rynne Colin Byrne Daragh McCarthy John Bonnie Ciaran O'Brien Jeff Nilson Nigel Preston Alex Hooper Anthony O'Neill Tom Hooper

Discography

• Song "Johnny" – Various Artists – Weird Weird World of Guru Weirdbrain LP – Hotwire Records – HWLP8505 – IRL – 1985
• Songs for Subliminal Kids EP 7" – Santides Records – SAN 0057 – IRL – 1987
• This City Sucks (live) – Cassette FOAD Records – ??? – January 1988
• Sweet Hunger LP FOAD Records – FOAD 7 – June 1988 Produced by Ian Bryon and Paul Thomas.
• Rebel Radio LP – Santides Records – SAN0089 – July 1990 Produced by Dave Goodman
• Looking for Strange (Cassette) – Santides, 1990
• Four Foot Tapping Greats EP 7" – Santides Records – SUE 66 – UK – 1992 Four Johnny Cash covers, 2 recorded in mono.