Chris Doheny to perform at the Ovens-Murray Grand Final Day in Albury October 2015

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BRAND NEW COPIES OF 'DOHENY' HAVE ARRIVED!!

Brand new sealed copies of the Chris Doheny solo album 'Doheny' have arrived at Diamond Dog Records.

You can purchase them by going to www.diamonddogrecords.com
They are priced at $19:99 plus postage

Track list for Doheny..

1.Oz Rocks Glory Days (Doheny/Addlem)
2.Can You Hear The rain (Doheny/Harnath/Matthews)
3.More than A Game 21st Anniversary Edition (D Sanicki)
4.Boom (Doheny)
5.Heroes (Bowie/Eno)
6.Gallipoli (Doheny/Addlem)
7.Coming Home (Doheny/Addlem)
8.There's A Place (Doheny)
9.Here Comes The Sun Again (Doheny)
10.Times Like These (Grohl)
11.Waiting on A Train (Doheny/Addlem)
12.All Time Low (Doheny)

Go to: www.diamonddogrecords.com  to purchase this CD.

Demolition Crew release new single 'I Love Everybody'

Diamond Dog Records announces the release of the new Demolition Crew single; ‘I Love Everybody’.

You should remember Demolition Crew’s debut single 'The Real Deal' which was released in early 2014 was received very well by radio. It got some serious airtime across the country and charted in the top 100.

The studio project has been around for a few years meeting every Friday at the DC base of operations, Briggs's North Melbourne studio ‘The Production Workshop’.  
“We follow the three R’s every Friday at 7 am! ” Laughs Steve Strange (successful Melbourne DJ for the last 30 years) “Riting, recording and ranging”(sic).  

The other two members of the Studio project are, hit maker David Briggs from Little River Band and Chris Doheny lead singer/songwriter of Geisha.

“This is only our second single in over a year, so as you can see we take our time...” Chris Doheny says with a smile.

“We take our time that's true, but as creators, writers and/or producers we always strive for the best, and that...my friend...takes time..” Ads David Briggs (Lead guitarist and songwriter for 70's/80's Oz hit-makers Little River Band) who is a multi-award, multi-million seller of hit music for the last 40 years.

Chris also is no stranger to the hit making fraternity; his widely acclaimed AFL Footy Show theme 'More Than A Game' has remained the show’s opening and closing theme for more than 21 years. 

Chris first came to the fore with popular Melbourne band Geisha, who enjoyed a string of hits in the mid to late eighties and on.

I Love Everybody is available on iTunes and you can review/purchase it here. https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/i-love-everybody-single/id1002264646

Media enquiries: Tanya Caddies  Tanya@diamonddogrecords.com   Mobile:0439363706

“Damn boys... are you sure you are not black mate ... you better check?

Loving the funky soul feel, very catchy indeed.

Love the project that is The Demolition Crew.

Well done to all three ... very "get down"

Cheers mate!

Neill.”   

Neill Bartlett-Aussie Radio Show  USA

Slow Release Syndrome have released a new single!

(left Chris Doheny-right Shaun Gardener)

Titled 'The Richest Man' the second single from Shaun and Chris explores new territory for SRS by writing a social commentary about the haves and have nots and what is truly important in ones life..

After passing each other for many years on the local Melbourne music circuit Chris Doheny and Shaun Gardener have finally got around to doing some gigs and writing together.
Both of them singer, guitarist, producer, songwriters there was no shortage of ideas and ability when they got in to the studio together…

Doheny Recounts the birth of SRS. “Late last year I was stuck when my usual guitarist was ill so I called up Shaun to fill in on guitar for a show with my band Australian Made at a festival in Tom Price Western Australia. We spent about 6 hours in a small outback bar in WA drinking all their scotch and chatting while waiting for a flight on the way back to Melbourne and realised how much we had in common. The project name (Slow Release Syndrome) reflects how we intend to go about it, which is to write and release tunes at our own pace and as time permits!”

Gardener explains. “I used to watch Chris Doheny perform with his band Geisha some years ago and be in awe of his musicianship and vocal prowess, so it's a great thrill for me to finally get to embark on this musical journey with him.
I really hope you have as much fun listening to the songs as we had in the creative process…..stay tuned for more.”
Chris Doheny – gained national attention when he emerged with the band Geisha, which scored a worldwide deal with EMI Music and scored eight Top 10 singles in Australia between 1985 and 1987. One of these, “Kabuki” reached Number One.  (Twenty years later Geisha were discovered in America, and Doheny toured there in 2007). He wrote songs for Daryl Braithwaite, James Blundell, Lee Kernaghan, Stevie Wright as well as US band Berlin’s singer Terri Nunn, Roxette and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham! fame. He is the voice of “More Than A Game”, theme song of Nine Network’s AFL The Footy Show, fronted glam-pop band All The Young Dudes, hard rock outfit Dragonfly and, helped coordinate the soundtrack for Australian movie The Castle, and has been releasing solo recordings and new Geisha tracks on his label Diamond Dog Records.
Shaun Gardener - Best known as lead singer and guitarist for Melbourne based band 21-20 and as the front-man for Channel 7's house band on 'Live and Kicking' from 1999.
Shaun made many appearances on Channel 10's 'Good Morning Australia'. A prolific writer, he has produced numerous CDs, including several recent solo CDs, displaying his ability to traverse many and varied musical genres. He studied classical guitar with noted classical guitarist and teacher Sebastian Jorgenson at the Montsalvat Artists’ Colony.

You can preview the new SRS single 'The richest Man' and download it here:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/slowreleasesyndrome2

You can view the clip here:
https://vimeo.com/127118128

RSL green lights Chris Doheny’s fundraising song Gallipoli…

Last April 25^th 2014 ANZAC Day, hit band Geisha singer songwriter Chris Doheny released his heartfelt recording Gallipoli, in acknowledgement of the many servicemen and women of Australia and New Zealand who bravely served their country in the many conflicts over the last one hundred years.

Gallipoli struck an immediate chord with many people, including some seasoned radio journalists who said upon hearing the song; it brought a tear to their eyes!

Chris’ own father Jack had served in the Royal Australian Navy aboard the HMAS Adelaide during WW11 (It is a war time photo of Jack that Chris used for the single cover) and his grandfather Joseph also served during the battle of Kokoda.

On ANZAC Day 2014 Gallipoli was aired on radio across Australia (and the USA) throughout the day to a listening audience of over two million. 

Says Chris “The reaction has been phenomenal! All the money earned from this song will be donated to the RSL, and I want to get that message out there to as many people as possible. I’m sure that if the public realise the money is going to our returned servicemen and women…they might be more inclined to shell out 99cents for a single!”

Explains Chris

“When the Returned &Services League became aware of what I was doing, they immediately wanted to get involved. Tanya Caddies label manager for my company Diamond Dog Records met with RSL Victoria to discuss how they could assist with promoting the song. They gave me their blessing to use the ANZAC Appeal logos and will be screening the video clip on rotation throughout the main RSL branches. Their marketing and communications manager Brad Swain also advised that Gallipoli will go out in all correspondence to members and will be visible in all RSL branches not just for Anzac Day but also for the whole of 2015!”

Chris will perform Gallipoli live this ANZAC Day at Darebin RSL (2-4PM) and Waverley RSL (5-8PM)

Chris’ full length album DOHENY is available on Diamond Dog Records and features the songs Gallipoli, More Than A Game, and many other songs with Australian themes. 

Geisha return to celebrate 30 years of making music in Australia

In late 1984 a young Chris Doheny caught a tram in the early hours of the morning from Richmond to Melbourne University to begin shooting a music video for the bands first single. EMI Records had only just signed the band the previous month and eager to start off with a bang had hired Film maker Carl Steinberg an experienced and creative director from the ABC. Carl arranged with the University to close off their heritage listed underground car park where he planned to shoot most of the clip.

The single Fools Way (penned by Chris) was scheduled for release in February 1985. 

And so began the roller coaster ride that was Geisha. Through success' and failure and success yet again, not withstanding the many changes of band members through the decades. Chris has returned time and time again to take the band on new adventures.

2015 will see some shows around Australia with a rebooted line up of super talented musicians. Chris  will front the band as bass man and lead vocalist. Chris' oldest son Jimmy Doheny on lead guitar and BV's, Brad Hodge on drums and BV's and Alby Stefani on Keys, acoustic guitar and BV's. Alby has been part of Geisha since 2006. The first show will be a warm up at the SS&A Club in Albury on Friday 13th March 2015.

Chris' record label Diamond Dog Records will re-issue the debut album digitally and on CD and it will be available to purchase at shows and online.

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Geisha 'Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" review by Mick Middles UK

Geisha

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

 

 

Australian music in resurgence?  Apparently so, according to Joe

Matera, music writer and the full-blooded rock guitarist who has put a

new sting in Chris Doheny’s vehicle, Geisha.

Even amid a variety of disparate Oz bands, old and new, Geisha are a

lovely and ill fitting off-shoot.

Back in the eighties, after emerging from an intriguing if somewhat

fractured glam rock scene, they scored eight Australian top ten hits.

Even while enjoying the brilliant glare of this success, they seemed

curiously aloof. At first listen one would have been forgiven for a

flash-free melodic rock outfit, with obvious roots stretching through

Foreigner and Journey  back to The Beatles and Kinks. These

observations are lazy, for Chris Doheny’s song writing remains both

literate and intensely personal, leaning more towards mid Seventies

New York, than California. The intelligence within – and this

connected with Australian rock fans in an almost unique manner –

remaining quite the antithesis of the effective simplicity of a

Journey or Foreigner.

The erudite sleeve notes, penned by Christie Eliezer of the American

magazine, Pollstar, illuminated further, citing Doheny’s “…love of

story-telling, film-making, Bauhaus style architecture and an interest

in Aleister Crowley”. To find such references within a collection of

unnervingly catchy rock songs – yes, the hooks simply flood every

corner of this 15 song collection, to dizzying effect in places –

seems positively unique. It certainly collides with the general

interpretation of ‘Oz Rock’, as defined by AC/DC.

As stated, ‘today’s, version of Geisha has been hugely bolstered by

the galvanising inclusion of guitarist (and rock journalist, Joe

Matera) . It’s a partnership that might seem unlikely at first glance.

However, the songs now carry a thrilling urgency, a powerful edge that

now seems to effectively lift Doheny’s emotional depth. Built into

these songs is Doheny’s flirtation with suicide following the collapse

of a relationship, (Fools Way) and a variety of relationships, secret

and otherwise. The simplicity of these lyrics adding a genuine sense

of intimacy.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow sees songs old and new. Not a

compilation as such, for the album features the contemporary line –

up. These nugget songs are bolstered further by Geisha’s off-kilter

takes on the overtly familiar. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (

a traditionally awkward song to cover, to say the least) is

machine-gunned by Matera to a new level that mercifully owes nothing

to the vaudevillian meddlings of the original. Like wise Come Together

features the new shadows of a sinister overtone.

Despite the band’s legacy, however, the two most effective outings

here are the recent singles, Birthday and Mystery Writer. That, alone,

suggests a bright future for a band steeped in history….more depth

than you might reasonably expect. Musically they already transcend and

lame notions of Oz Rock’. Whether this can transcend into a global

commercial success, I don’t know. For the twisted nuances of such a

journey are difficult to negotiate if you don’t submit to obvious

genre. Nevertheless, the true greats will always find a way.

 

Mick Middles