Wilt were an alternative rock band founded in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1998. Formed by ex-Kerbdog members Cormac Battle on vocals/guitar and Darragh Butler on drums, the line-up was completed with their friend Mick Murphy on bass.
Wilt played their first gig at The Funnel in Dublin on 26 March 1998. Their debut album, Bastinado, was released in July 2000. Wexford native Derren Dempsey joined on guitar/backing vocals as a live touring member in 2002 to promote their second album, My Medicine.
Although Rock Sound magazine tipped them as being Ireland's version of Hüsker Dü and Weezer, Wilt broke up in 2003.
Discography Studio Albums
YearTitleLabelTrack listIrish ChartUK Chart2000BastinadoMushroom1. It’s All Over Now2. Radio Disco3. Open Arms4. I Found Out5. No Worries6. Goodnight7. Never A Friend8. Working For The Man9. Peroxatine10. Moving On11. Expedestrians12. Radio Disco (Fanning Session) (CD2)13. No Worries (Evening Session) (CD2)14. Peroxatine (Fanning Session) (CD2)15. Open Arms (XFM Acoustic) (CD2)16. Moving On (XFM Acoustic) (CD2)211502002My MedicineMushroom1. Distortion2. Understand3. Take Me Home4. My Medicine5. Stations6. Dave You Were Right7. Tell You Too Much8. Family Man9. Wait A Minute10. Broken Glass11. The Plan1598 Singles and EPs YearTitleLabelTrack listUK Chart1998No WorriesDiscordant1. I Want It All2. Working For The Man 3. I Want It All1801999It’s All Over NowMushroom1. It’s All Over Now2. Working For The Man3. Never Enough862000Radio DiscoMushroom1. Radio Disco2. The Party’s Over (CD1)3. Headline News (CD1)4. My Kind of Girl (CD2)5. Bette Davis (CD2)562000Open ArmsMushroom1. Open Arms2. No Worries (XFM Session) (CD1)3. Mansion on the Hill (CD1)4. Never A Friend (XFM Session) (CD2)5. Mercy Seat (CD2)6. Radio Disco (XFM Session) (7”)592000No Worries (re-issue)Mushroom1. No Worries (re-recording)2. Flutter (CD1)3. Expedestrians (Evening Session) (CD1)4. April Skies (Evening Session) (CD2)5. No Worries (Evening Session) (CD2)832002Take Me HomeMushroom1. Take Me Home2. Tell You Too Much3. Penny Black762002DistortionMushroom1. Distortion2. Tonic (CD1)3. Major Condition (CD1)4. Two Steps To The Sun (CD2)5. Patience (CD2)6. I Want It All (Fanning Session) (7”)662003Understand(UK Promo)Mushroom1. UnderstandN/A
Other
YearTitleLabelWilt Song2003emBraces (Various Artists)Origin RecordsThe Plan (Galway Bay FM Session)
Radio Sessions
DateRadio StationSessionTrack list19.9.99XFMAcoustic Session1. Open Arms2. Moving On- more?21.12.99BBC Radio OneEvening Session1. Radio Disco2. April Skies3. Expedestrians4. No Worries18.3.00RTE 2FMDave Fanning Session1. Radio Disco2. Peroxatine3. Never A Friend4. I Want It All19.3.00XFMXFM Session1. Radio Disco2. No Worries3. Never A Friend2002Total Rock RadioDiamond Dave Session1. Distortion2. Understand3. My Medicine4. Take Me Home5. Stations2002Galway Bay FMGalway Bay FM Session1. The Plan- more?
Covered songs featured on their singles "April Skies" – Jesus And Mary Chain "Mercy Seat" – Ultra Vivid Scene "Mansion on the Hill" – Bruce Springsteen
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