User:Emperor of Ice cream Cork

Emperor of Ice Cream were John ‘Haggis’ Hegarty (vocals), Graham Finn (guitar), Edward Butt (bass) and John Lynch (drums). From Cork, they formed in 1992 and moved to London a year later. They were signed to Sony Records for two and a half years. In late 1992, the Emperors were asked to headline a four-band showcase at Nancy Spain’s on Barrack Street in Cork. The bill also included Ruby Horse, another Leeside act winning a lot of plaudits at the time. Sony Ireland’s rep, Olan McGowan, was among the audience and immediately took a liking to the Emperors. This was at the height of what the British music press had dubbed the “Corkchester” scene. The Sultans and the Franks were the toast of UK indie-dom; Cork was being hyped as Ireland’s Manchester. British journalists wrote about it as a scrappy second city with a chip on its shoulder and an apparently inexhaustible supply of fantastic new musical talent. Soon label scouts were descending on Cork with orders to sign a band, any band. Sony were first to the post in terms of sealing a deal. Later, Emperor of Ice Cream would discover Nirvana’s label Sub Pop also had an interest.