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General Fiasco are an indie rock group from Bellaghy, Northern Ireland.
General Fiasco Biography Known for their electrifying sound and energetic performances, the group features talented musicians Shane Davey, Owen Strathern, and.
The Strathern brothers, Owen 20 (vocals / Bass) and Enda 19 (Guitar) met Stephen Leacock 19 (Drums) at school in Magherafelt, South Derry, N.Ireland.

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The Strathern brothers, Owen 20 (vocals / Bass) and Enda 19 (Guitar) met Stephen Leacock 19 (Drums) at school in Magherafelt, South Derry, N.Ireland.

They formed the band in early 2007 and played their first gig at the Glasgowbury festival near their home town on July 26th.

Within the past twelve months they have supported the Wombats, One Night Only, Pigeon Detectives and the Enemy and played at Oxegen, Belsonic and Reading / Leeds Festivals.

The band have been enjoyed early support from BBC Radio 1, recently recording a live session at the famous Maida Vale studios and getting invited to play at the 2008 Reading & Leeds festival as part of the BBC introducing line up. Their appearance at Reading was picked by the NME as one of

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Owen - Vocals and Bass.
Enda - Guitar and Vocals.
Leaky - Drums
Stuart - Guitar and Percussion

Based in Belfast. Annoying the Neighbours. Not the Australian ones.
The band was formed by the Strathern brothers Owen and Enda and Shane Davey who met at St. Mary's Grammar School Magherafelt. After Shane's departure, he was replaced by Stephen "Leaky" Leacock who they met at Rainey Endowed School in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. They formed General Fiasco in early 2007 and played their first gig at the Glasgowbury Festival near their home town on July 26th of that year. They soon supported bands such as The Wombats, One Night Only, The Pigeon Detectives and The Enemy, and played at Oxegen, Belsonic and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Their debut single Rebel Get By was released on 10 November 2008. In an interview Owen said how they got their name. "There were loads of names going about. Someone came up with General Music which no one really liked and I came up with Marley Jedrejak Fiasco. So it was just a combination of two terrible n

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General Fiasco

Irish indie rock group

General Fiasco are an indie rock group from Bellaghy, Northern Ireland. Since their formation in 2006, they have toured with Little Comets, Fighting With Wire, The Wombats, One Night Only, The Pigeon Detectives, The Enemy, Jet and Kids in Glass Houses. They released their debut album Buildings on 22 March 2010 on Infectious Records and released their second album Unfaithfully Yours on 30 July 2012 on Dirty Hit.

History

Touring and recording (2007–2010)

In 2007, Owen Strathern and Stephen Leacock had been playing with The Tides and had already released an album due much critical acclaim. Leacock and Strathern hadn't enjoyed the music being played in the band and so the pair decided to form General Fiasco as an outlet for the pop rock they had desired to write. Owen's brother was brought in to play guitar alongside Leacock, with Shane Davey on the drums. Davey later moved to America and Leacock filled in as a temporary drummer but was not replaced since. The band had straight away begun gigging and also toured as ma