Hamsandwich relish a return: 'We weren’t a band that could be moulded'
Podge McNamee and Niamh Farrell of Hamsandwich. Picture: Dara Munnis.
Across their 20-year career, Irish indie band Hamsandwich have experienced their share of surreal moments. There was the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at which they bumped into Bono, who chided them about their unusual name (he advised that they change it). They were once drafted in as support to poodle-maned metal veterans Whitesnake at the last minute. But by far the weirdest was a record company “audition”, where they had to play an entire set to four executives in an otherwise empty venue.
“We did a showcase in front of Sony executives, which was one of the most bizarre things I've ever done in my life,” says singer Niamh Farrell, speaking ahead of the long-awaited return of the group to Cork for a Live at St Lukes gig.
