That Petrol Emotion

Formed when the O’Neill brothers, Sean and Damian, parted from the fragmenting Undertones in 1983, That Petrol Emotion signalled a new direction for the pair, with frothing guitar, a fuller sound, and a more pronounced political agenda.

Their pop-based debut and its follow-up, BABBLE, were dominated by frantic guitar and U.S.-born frontman Steve Mack’s whole-hearted delivery.

They signed to Virgin and expanded their mind with END OF THE MILLENNIUM PSYCHOSIS BLUES, which included the bone-shattering disco of \