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The Frames is an Irish band based mainly in Dublin. As of late 2004, the band consists of Glen Hansard (vocals, guitar), Joe Doyle (bass guitar, vocals), Colm Mac Con Iomaire (violin, keyboard and vocals) and Rob Bochnik (lead guitar). Various people played drums during 2004, including Graham Hopkins who drummed on "Dance the Devil" ,"Burn the Maps" and the band's soon to be released album "The Cost". On both versions of the album Fitzcarraldo the band went by the moniker "The Frames DC", to avoid confusion with a United States band.

The band has existed since 1990 and is a survivor of Dublin's prolific early 90s rock and roll scene. They have also been central to the development of the current crop of emerging Irish rock bands, including Turn, and have toured with other Irish artists as support, including Damien Rice and Bell X1. In December 2004, Hansard appeared on stage to collaborate with singer songwriter Paddy Casey.

The name The Frames arose from Hansard's habit, at a young age, of fixing the bicycles of many of his friends. The large number of bicycle frames lying around his house led neighbours to dub it the "house with the frames". In a 2001 interview Hansard said "I worked in a bicycle shop for a little while, but the name came from… my back garden was so full of frames, my house became known as The Frames house, much to my mothers distaste, she hated it. But my garden was full of frames, old bikes, I would make up bikes for my friends out of all the old bikes. So it sort of became known if any body found a bike up on the hill on the way home they would throw it into my garden, a graveyard for old bikes".

Current members

Former members

Trivia

Colm Mac Con Iomaire was previously a member the Irish folk music group Kíla in from 1987-1991.

Glen Hansard played 'Outspan Foster' in the 1991 film The Commitments.

A Frames T-shirt can be seen worn during a part of Pulp Fiction. The wearer of the T-shirt is Irish actress Brónagh Gallagher, who appeared with Glen Hansard in The Commitments.

The band frequently perform the song 'Heyday' by Mic Christopher at live gigs in tribute to him.

They often intersperse snippets of songs into their own songs. These songs Vary from Redemption Song and Ring Of Fire to 'True Imagination' from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Discography

Albums:

Singles & EPs:

  • The Dancer (1991)
  • Masquerade (1992)
  • Turn On Your Record Player EP (1992)
  • Picture Of Love (1993)
  • Revelate (1995)
  • Monument (1996)
  • Angel At My Table (1994)
  • I Am The Magic Hand (February 15 1999)
  • Pavement Tune (1999)
  • Rent Day Blues EP (1999)
  • Come On Up To The House (1999)
  • Lay Me Down (2001)
  • Headlong (2002)
  • The Roads Outgrown (2003)
  • Fake (September 12 2003)
  • Finally (August 20 2004)
  • Sideways Down (January 28 2005)
  • Happy (Radio Single Only - 2005)
  • Falling Slowly/No More I Love Yous (September 1 2006)

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