The Streaking Chicken From Mercury...


The Streaking Chicken From Mercury Who Exposed
Himself To Everything EP... (Artwork by Binman)

Released: July 1989 Ireland  
Formats/Reg: Cassette
Track Listing :
1. Which Leg of a Chicken is More Tender?
2. The Streakers Of Newcastle
3.All This Everything

Eoin O'Kelly: Lead Vocalist, The Hitchers August 1989.
 (
Photo John Quinn)

All tracks written by Niall Quinn. 
Recording Details: Recorded at Xeric Studios, Limerick July 26th 1989.
Engineered by Pearse Gilmore.
The Hitchers: Eoin O'Kelly-Lead Vocals; Hoss Carney -Bass; 
Benny McCormack-Guitar; Niall Quinn-Drums & Vocals; Donagh Twoomey-Lead Guitar
Additional musicians: Special guest on the recording was a mate of Bennys called Andy Gallagher
who played Harmonica and did some backing vocals.

The Hitchers got their first day in  a recording studio as a prize after winning a battle of the bands competition in May 1989. They used up their prize on Wednesday the 24th  July. What emerged from the recording session was what would become known as 'The Streaking Chicken From Mercury Who Exposed Himself to Everything E.P.' Now I know what your first question is -where the hell did they come up with the artwork? Niall drew it out with three biros. Oh the title? Well they'd planned on recording four songs 'Which Leg of a Chicken is More Tender?', 'The Streakers of Newcastle', 'All This Everything' and 'Mercury' so they harvested a couple of words from each song title to form a composite. Unfortunately they then ran out of studio time and 'Mercury' never got recorded. The session was recorded in Xeric Studios Limerick and was engineered by Pearse Gilmore who, in the second half of the '90's, would  work with The Hitchers on their two LP's.

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