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HISTORICAL FACTS: Carlos oconnell - The Untold Story

“It’s a preamp, but it’s got the biggest distortion I’ve ever heard”: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain

Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame

Guitar World

Fontaines D.C. axe South American shows for medical reasons

Fontaines D.C. have cancelled a string of concerts in South America so singer Grian Chatten can seek "urgent medical attention" for a herniated disc.

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Fontaines D.C. song is a message for guitarist's baby daughter

The new single from Fontaines D.C. is a "special" tribute to guitarist Carlos O’Connell's baby daughter.

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“There’s few institutions in this world who stand strong and unyielding against oppression. Bohemian F.C. is one of them." Fontaines D.C. and Bohemian Football Club collaborate on new shirt to raise money for humanitarian aid for Palestine

Profits from the Fontaines D.C. x Bohemian F.C. shirt will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians

Louder

Fontaines D.C. guitarist passionately condemns Netanyahu and Zionism during award speech

Carlos O’Connell made the comments after the Irish band were awarded Best Album at the Rolling Stone UK Awards

The Independent UK

'Free Palestine': Irish musician applauded for award ceremony speech

AN Irish musician said “free Palestine” and “f**k Zionism” as he collected an industry award.

The National (Scotland)

“Shredding is an amazing thing to be able to do, but when you can really write a feeling with a melody, like Johnny Marr did so well, that’s the goal”: Conor Curley of Fontaines D.C. on his love of Deftones and why he’s writing riffs like a beginner

Romance is the sound of self-confessed “guitar culture nerd” Curley expanding the Fontaine D.C. sound with elemental reasoning, pure instinct, and occasional Mellotron – and if he ever gets stuck for inspiration, he has a pile of Total Guitar back issues to reference…

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“It feels a bit wrong to play it. But I don't think anyone who has a guitar that they love would want it to never be played after their death”: Fontaines D.C. guitarist Carlos O'Connell reacts to playing Rory Gallagher's prized guitars

O'Connell also tries out Gallagher's 1959 Silvertone, 1963 Epiphone Coronet and 1968 Martin D-35 ahead of the much talked-about auction

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Nelly Furtado recalls Liam and Noel showdown at Oasis gig in Vancouver: ‘It made it extra special’

Canadian pop star said she’d ‘die’ to see the rock band’s reunion tour next year

The Independent UK

Liam Gallagher in spat with Fontaines DC after Oasis reunion comments

Irish rock band’s guitarist said he ‘couldn’t really give a s***’ about the reunion

The Independent UK

“When I heard Nirvana’s Live at Reading it became less about learning solos than putting the guitar in front of an amp and making it scream”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on playing Rory Gallagher’s Strat and why a spring reverb is the best overdrive

One half of the Fontaines D.C. six-string machine talks songwriting and influences, and admits that he, too, is a disciple of YouTube’s Kurt Cobain tone guru Aaron Rash

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“I saw it on the wall in a store in Chicago and thought it looked interesting, as it was so distressed to look like his old guitar”: Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell on why he opted for a guitar legend’s signature model as his “workhorse” instrument

Alongside two Fender Mustangs, the relic’d model is one of the main guitars that features on the band’s upcoming album, Romance

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“Korn scared me as a kid!” Fontaines D.C. extend Romance tour, talk up unexpected nu metal influences on new album

Fontaines D.C. love Korn and Deftones, hate Limp Bizkit

Metal Hammer

Fontaines DC: ‘We can generate ideas that sound like they’ve been carved in stone for a thousand years’

Influenced by Korn and moving beyond their native Ireland, the band are ready to be one of the biggest in the world. They explain how panic attacks and parenthood came to bear on a bold new LP

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Fontaines D.C's Carlos had Harry Styles 'tight' pants adjusted to avoid wardrobe error

Carlos O'Connell has revealed that he almost had a wardrobe blunder at the BRIT Awards thanks to a pair of rather "tight" trousers from Harry Styles' Gucci collection

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