Brave Giant

Brave Giant are an Irish indie/folk band from County Longford, consisting of Podge Gill (lead vocalist, electric guitar, acoustic guitar), Mark Prunty (lead vocalist, bass guitar, acoustic guitar), Ross McNerney (banjo, mandolin, vocalist) and Emmett Collum (drums, vocalist).^[1]

Brave Giant have released their debut studio EP: The Lordy Lordy - EP (2016) ^[1] and have released two studio single: The Time I Met The Devil (2017), Way To Love (2017). The Lordy Lordy - EP, peaked #2 on the iTunes Store Album Charts, and with their single: The Time I Met The Devil, debuting on the iTunes Store Single Charts, peaked at #5, and with their second studio single: Way To Love, reaching #1. The Time I Met The Devil music video went onto get 3 nominations in the "Kinsale Shark Awards" for Best Music Video, Best Low Budget Music Video and Best Director.

The band has appeared on "The Late Late Show" (Irish TV series) with their performance of their single: The Time I Met The Devil.^[2] The band has also released a mashup of Bob Marley: "Is This Love" and Daft Punk: "Digital Love" on YouTube, which has over 100,000 views and it went onto win the 2016 Apple Of My Eye Le Crunch song competition.^[3] They have played at such venues as The Olympia Theatre, The Academy, Whelans, and The Workmans Club and they have played at festivals such as Electric Picnic, Longitude, Indiependence, Into The Wild and B.A.R.E in the Woods. The band has also done an half time performance at the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at Croke Park.

History

In December 2011, Mark Prunty and Podge Gill formed a band called "Dutch Courage", their first gig was in their local bars, at their friends 21st birthday. In the months, they began to get more gigs and started to get a good reputation for themselves in their home county.^[1]

In March 2013, they were approached by Ross McNerney and joined their band. Shortly after, the three members decided to change their band name to "Poroma", as they wanted to direct their band to write their own material and their own unique sound. This is when their band started to get a good reputation for themselves outside their jurisdiction.^[1]

In August 2014, Emmet Collum filled in as the drummer for their show at the Marquee Festival in Drumlish, after their show, Emmett Collum turned down his opportunity to return to the United States, as he saw a better opportunity with the band in Ireland. Just months after, David Kilbride joined the band, as a bass player, to complete their full line-up.

Once their band had taken their final form, they decided to change their name to "Brave Giant" as the band was now completely different to the one that Mark Prunty and Podge Gill had shaped.

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