Marxmen part of Red Door Project fundraiser
THERE promises to be an incredible night in Odd Mollies on Monday March 16 (admission €5) when the venue hosts a fundraiser for the Red Door Project.
Fresh from their debut album launch will be The Marxmen, along with Trenchtown, Notion & DJ Jiffy
The Marxmen are a four piece band from Drogheda, Bass player, Andrea Sica hails from Sicily and the rest are local, Shane Synnott is the guitarist, Paul O Meachair is the singer, and Adam Kiernan is the drummer.
They’ve been together with this lineup from about 2017 and they provide the best night ever - as they say themselves, ranging from Joy Division to Screaming Jay hawkins, from Do-wop to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from Hillbilly to Psycobilly.
‘We like to think of our sound as Rockin’ psychosis with a dash of trash, a soupçon of garage and a pinch of joyful morbidity.’
The Red Door Project (formly known as Louth Community Drug and Alcohol Team), was founded in 2009 following growing concerns of the affect of drug and alcohol use within the local community.
In 2013, The Red Door Project set up a special Rehabilitation Community Employment Programme. The Programme is aimed for individuals who are in recovery from drug and alcohol use and offeres practicial work expierence, training and education opportunites.
In early 2015, they embarked on a new beginning, by moving into a new premises in St. Mary’s Convent School on the Dublin Road in Drogheda.
The Red Door Project continues to provide a drop in service three days a week, but now in a much larger and suitable area.
The number of clients accessing key working has also increased and they have access to numerous comfortable key working rooms and group work rooms. The Red Door Project’s CE Programme, has also gone gone from strength to strength, has grown vastly with increased numbers and excellent facilities, since its inception on 2013.
But as ever, funding is a a key factor and this gig will be important as part of that.