Ronan McG

Name: Ronan “The Bass Player” McGrath

Age: 26 on the outside – 6 on the inside

Hair Colour – Dyed: Kind of spiky white ice blond. Natural: What do ya mean Natural??!! This is my Natural colour. Ah, I’m insulted!!! ;o)

Position in the Band: Usually left of Centre Stage (oh, yeah. that and I play Bass!!)

Ever trashed a hotel room? Not yet but once I left the cap of the toothpaste when I was staying in a very swanky hotel and didn’t put it back on for a whole 10 minutes.  ;o)

Best rumour you’ve heard about yourself?That once I left the cap of a tube of toothpaste for 45 minutes.

Do you have an Evil Ex?Em, next question.

What’s your most embarrassing romantic moment?Having a fat American bird grinding me up against a wall in Club One with my girlfriend-to-be watching on and me too drunk to do anything about it. Oops!!! :o(   (Thank god she didn’t hold it against me)

Who is your favourite band? Which band do you hate?Favourite bands: at the moment Death in Vegas, dEUS, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson and System of a Down are up there.Hate the bands: The Thrills, James Blunt, Coldplay (because they haven’t developed as a band – if anything they’ve gone backwards (not that I really liked them in the 1st place anyway)), Aslan.

What word describes you best?Eh – “Bass player” – Duh!! (god, who writes these things)

Best place you ever got drunk?In the back of a free Stretch Hummer Limo we flagged down on the street on the way to a friends apartment where he had a pool on the rooftop of his 20-storey complex looking out over Chicago. Sweet!!!

Worst Rock and Roll injury/gig moment?God, I’d nearly forgotten about this:1st gig ever – in The Phoenix – about 16 – playing bass with Junkyard supporting Paragonn – 2nd song in playing “Breed” by Nirvana – broke the E string on the bass (for those of you that don’t know the E string is the thickest string on the bass and it doesn’t break ever (well 99.9% of the time)) – must have been rockin' out too much – borrowed bass from bass player in Paragonn but he spent the rest of our set freakin' out in case I broke any of those strings– ah, good fun though.

Ever been declared legally dead? No but I was a half hour away from going into a Coma after an allergic reaction to some home brew beer from a certain brewery in Cork which caused my wind pipe and lungs to close up leaving my blood with only 5% oxygen. That was fuckin scary!!!

Favourite My Evil Ex song and why?Probably ADORE cause it just fucking rocks!!!!!!!!

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