Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai.
He was an early member of Mogwai for approximately a year, playing on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team.[5][6] A description of O'Hare by the NME as Teenage Fanclub's "Monkey Without Portfolio",[citation needed] for his humour and upbeat personality prompted the track "With Portfolio" on Young Team.
Between 1996 and 2005, O'Hare played guitar and sang with self-proclaimed 'Intelli-metal' band, Macrocosmica.[7] Macrocosmica's releases on the God Bless label were rereleased in 2021 on the God Bless Macrocosmica compilation.[8] O'Hare is also an honorary member and producer of Glasgow-based pranksters The Plimptons, and plays guitar on their second album Pomp.[9]
Between 1997 and 1998, O'Hare released a trilogy of experimental ambient albums under the name of Fiend. These albums featured recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies (predominantly Gavin Laird), of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded.[10]
O'Hare featured on Arab Strap's double A-side 1998 release, "Here We Go"/"Trippy", contributing to the twelve-minute song, "Trippy".[11][12]
In 2006 and in 2018, he rejoined Teenage Fanclub for a tour in which the band played their Bandwagonesque album in its entirety as well as the Creation Years tour.[13]
Discography
Albums
Ad Astra, with Macrocosmica (1997) – God Bless Records[14]
Caledonian Gothic, as Fiend (1997) – God Bless Records[15]
Caledonian Cosmic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records[16]
Caledonian Mystic, as Fiend (1998) – God Bless Records[17]
