IRISH COFFEE

Early Hard-rock group in the style of Black Sabbath.

Originated from another band called "The Voodoos". This heavy band made the region of Aalst unsafe in the early sixties with American rock'n'roll. They also played covers of Cliff Richard and the Shadows, later on also covers of the Beatles and the Stones." Member Dirk Dierickx recalls "the foreign offering were so good at that time we hardly ever thought of writing our own stuff".

After "The Voodoos", the largest part of the band goes to play in "Brussel", the backing band for Wim Decraene.

Only to form "Irish Coffee" in 1970 with composer William Souffreau. As "Wit-Lof from Belgium" acknowledges "one of the best hard-rock groups Belgium had and has had ever since".

A "masterpiece", a few singles and an album later, the group disbanded after the death of keyboards-player Paul Lambert.
They briefly reformed some time later under the name "Joystick".

Members :
- William Souffreau (vocals)
- Willy De Bisschop (bass)
- Raf Lenssens (drums)
- Paul Lambert (keyboards)
- Luc De Clus (guitar)

Albums :
- Irish Coffee (Triangle, 1972)
Singles :
- Masterpiece / The Show (Triangle, 1971)
- Carry on / Child (Triangle, 1971)
- Down down down (Triangle, 1972)
- Witchy lady / I'm her's (Barclay, 1973)

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