Since 1995, the band has played occasional gigs , but no longer records new material. The band plays at Whelan’s in Dublin twice a year, once at Christmas and a second time during the early summer . They also make appearances at various other festivals around the country, including the…
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The band released a greatest hits album, The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves, the following year, which was re-released in 2004 under the title, The Best of Something Happens . A repackaged edition of Planet Fabulous, entitled Alan, Elvis & God , was released in 1997 with the addition…
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The band released its third album, Bedlam-A-Go-Go on Charisma Records in 1992. When this label folded, their final album, Planet Fabulous (1994), was released on the Wild Bikini label. A song from this album (“Momentary Thing”) appeared on the original television soundtrack for Veronica Mars, released in 2005 by Nettwerk…
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Something Happens’ second album, Stuck Together With God’s Glue, was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 1990 to critical acclaim, with the song “Petrol” featuring in NME ‘s top fifty singles of the year. Despite achieving some success in Ireland and the United Kingdom, international recognition eluded the band;…
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Their debut album Been There, Seen That, Done That was, released on Virgin Records later in the year. One of the singles from this album, “Forget Georgia,” was later covered by Canadian singer Emm Gryner on her 2005 album Songs of Love and Death. In August 1989, the band attracted…
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Something Happens’ first release was the self-released “Two Chances” EP, which attracted the attention of Virgin Records . After initially declining the label, the band agreed to a second proposal and released a live EP, I Know Ray Harman , in 1988.