Ireland in 50 Albums, No 38: The Scary Era, by early hip hop act Scary Éire

The pioneering Tullamore group never quite made it to the mainstream, but they helped clear a path for the generation following in their wake 

The Scary Era, by Irish hip hop group Scary Éire.

When Scary Éire took to the Salty Dog stage at Electric Picnic in the early hours of August 29, 2019, nobody present could have guessed they were witnessing the end of not one but several eras. 

Within months, Covid would plunge live music into an economically ruinous deep freeze. For Scary Éire – playing a rare reunion show after reforming earlier in the year – it was a different sort of farewell. The group would once again go their separate ways soon afterwards, and then, in December 2022, founder member James Molloy, aka beatmaster Dada Sloosh, died suddenly aged just 48.