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The Frames
Formed: 1990 in Dublin, Ireland
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Group Members: Paul Brennan, John Carney, Joe Doyle, David Hingerty, David Odlum, Glen Hansard, Rob Bochnik, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Graham Downey, Johnny ...See All
Biography: The Frames are led by Glen Hansard, a Dublin-based singer/songwriter who quit school at age 13 to begin busking on local streets. By 17, he'd borrowed enough money from his parents to record a demo, 50 copies of which were pressed and distributed to family and friends. One of those copies made its way ...Read full biography
The Cost
The Cost
Released: 2007
Label: Plateau Records (UK)
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If the Frames don't crack it with The Cost then there is something terribly wrong. The Irish heroes, who often get picked ahead of U2 at being the best live band at home, see this, their seventh album ...Read full review
Burn The Maps
Burn The Maps
Released: 2005
Label: Blue Pie Productions
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The Frames have been fighting it out for 15 years, issuing albums that explode in the Czech Republic and nowhere else, go platinum in Galway but can't get noticed in the U.S.A. They should finally get ...Read full review
More The Frames albums: Main Albums (9), Singles & EPs (19)
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