After All to Happy Busman: The Frank and Walters in five great songs

In advance of their gig at Cork City Hall, Frank and Walters' singer Paul Lenihan tells us the stories behind five of the band's classic tunes 

The Frank & Walters: Niall and Paul Lenihan with Ashley Keating at Dolans Warehouse, Limerick, in 2003. Picture: Sean Curtin/Press 22

It’s going on for 30 years since indie band the Frank and Walters played a triumphant homecoming show at Cork City Hall. They did so after a breathless rise to the top of alternative rock that saw the group heralded as the one of the most exciting new voices in indiedom and which culminated in their January 1993 appearance on Top of the Pops, where they performed their hit After All and chinwagged with fellow TOTP performer Paul McCartney.

Three decades or so later, the Franks are marking that anniversary with another concert at the historic venue which has hosted everyone from Thin Lizzy to Björk. It will be a celebration of their longevity and of the evergreen magic of After All, which has featured on Cork-set  comedy The Young Offenders and has been embraced as a terrace anthem by Cork City and Cork GAA fans.