Interview, Mark Cullen, Ponyclub

Artist: Ponyclub
Source: Aoibheann Maguire

There’s nothing quite like a band with a tragic history, and Dublin’s Pony Club are definitely one of those bands. At the height of their career they deserved to be huge indie stars. It didn’t happen. The legendary kiss of death from Morrissey didn’t help matters much either- not that they’re complaining. In fact even though it has taken years to release their current album Post Romantic-they’re still not complaining because as front man Mark Cullen explains to Drop-d that music isn’t everything.

Drop-d: Are you happy with the way things are going with Post Romantic, now that you’re finally getting the chance to promote it?

Mark: Yeah, we have got some really good press. We’re also starting to pick up some decent TV and Radio. In the past you’d always get good press, but you’d never get radio or any of the other things. It can be a difficult place-it’s hard to keep putting records out and getting them ignored all the time, or getting great press and then no one ever buying them.

Drop-d: It took a long time to finally release this album…

Mark: My wife was very ill and it just changed me completely. For a couple of years I couldn’t face doing all the things I had to do with the album. I just wanted to be at home all the time-we have two small kids. When things happen to you like that it gives you some perspective. Music or anything else is for fun, I just want to try and get as much enjoyment out of life as I possibly can. It knocked me sideways, and I just forgot about the record. The label that we were on in England went into liquidation so we had no one to put it out so we just forgot about it.

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