Brave Giant were an Irish indie/folk band from County Longford, which consisted 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]

The band had released, One studio EP, The Lordy Lordy - EP (2016),^[1] One studio album, White, Pink + Blue (2019) and five studio singles; "The Time I Met The Devil" (2017), "Way To Love" (2017), "Dakota" (2018),"More Beast Than Beauty" (2018) and "Somebody's Someone" (2018).

The EP peaked at number two on the iTunes Store album charts, whilst "The Time I Met The Devil" and "Way To Love" peaked at number five and number one on the iTunes Store Single Charts respectively. The music video for The Time I Met The Devil received three nominations in the "Kinsale Shark Awards" for Best Music Video, Best Low Budget Music Video and Best Director.

The band had appeared on Irish TV's The Late Late Show with a performance of "The Time I Met The Devil".^[2] The band has also released a mashup of Bob Marley's "Is This Love" and Daft Punk's "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 festivals including Electric Picnic, Longitude, Indiependence, Into The Wild and B.A.R.E in the Woods. The band also performed at half time at the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at Croke Park.

On May 8, 2020, Brave Giant announced through their social media, that they are disbanding, after 9 years together.^[4]

On August 19, 2022, Brave Giant performed their last live event (The Last Dance) at the Marquee in Drumlish, County Longford.

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.

Discography

References

1. 1 2 3 4 "Brave Giant is no 'Flash in the Pan'". www.longfordmusic.ie. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
2. ↑ "Video: Much acclaim for Longford band Brave Giant after they perform their new single 'The Time I Met The Devil' on The Late Late Show". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
3. ↑ "POLL: You decide who makes it to the final of the Le Crunch Apple of My Eye Song Contest | JOE.ie". JOE.ie. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
4. ↑ "BREAKING | Top Longford band Brave Giant have called time on their amazing musical journey". www.longfordleader.ie. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. ↑ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
6. ↑ "Dublin People - MUSIC: Top music acts to line up for festival". Dublin People. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
7. ↑ "The Time I Met the Devil - Single by Brave Giant on Apple Music". iTunes. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.