GHOST OF AN AMERICAN AIRMAN

1992

1993

Discogs

Artist Biography by Michael Sutton

Since they're Irish Ghost of an American Airman faced the inevitable comparisons to their countrymen U2. Of course, the big vocals of lead singer and guitarist Dodge McKay also contributed to Ghost of an American Airman being viewed as the next U2. Consisting of McKay, Ben Trowell (guitar), Alan Galbraith (bass), and Matt Matthews (drums), Ghost of an American Airman formed in Belfast, Ireland in the mid-‘80s. The band released their first single, "I Hear Voices", in 1987. However, five years passed before the group's major-label debut, Life Under Giants, in 1992. But the band was denied a commercial breakthrough in the U.S. mainly due to the dominance of grunge in the early ‘90s and their melodic sound couldn't find a place within the walls of heavy-metal feedback. Ghost of an American Airman's final album, 1993's Skin, received glowing reviews but little radio interest. Ghost of an American Airman were one of the hardest-working groups in Ireland, performing in small clubs in Belfast as well as tours of Europe and the U.S. but never able to acquire a large following. Personal differences eventually split them up. McKay reappeared in Thompson. 

Life Under Giants

Tracklist

1	Bring On The Mystery	3:38
2	When The Whistle Blows	3:30
3	Saving Grace	3:40
4	Honeychild	3:17
5	She...	4:18
6	Empire Song	3:42
7	House On Fire	3:32
8	16 Tons	3:48
9	Whipping Boy	4:38
10	For Your Love	3:40
11	Walking Jack	3:18
12	Hello And Goodbye	4:05

 

Skin

Tracklist 

1	Warboys	3:50
2	1955'er	3:40
3	King Of Nothing	4:34
4	Buried At Sea	3:54
5	Clown #2	4:18
6	Country	3:13
7	Late Great World Collapse	4:45
8	Coathanger Love	5:16
9	Beautiful	3:28
10	Fairytale World	3:39
11	Home	3:20
12	Bird	1:27
13	Wichita Lineman	3:20