The Chalets were a five-piece band from Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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, active from 2001 to 2008.

Members

• Chris Judge – lead bass
• Caoimhe "Pony" Derwin – singer
• Dylan Roche – bongos
• Enda Loughman – guitar
• Paula "Peepee" Cullen – singer, songwriter, lead g-tar

Career

Formed in 2001, the band took their name from the fact that they were sharing chalet accommodation at the All Tomorrow's Parties

All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....

 music festival in East Sussex

East Sussex

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, 2001.

In February 2005 they were the victors of the Best New Band award at the Meteor Music Awards

Meteor Music Awards

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. Their first release was a split 7” (with Neosupervital

Neosupervital

Tim O'Donovan, better known by his stage name Neosupervital, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Dublin, Ireland.Previously Neosupervital live was a band affair...

) of “Two Chord Song” on the independent RoadRelish label, for which the band made their own artwork. It was quickly followed by a double-A side 7” released in March 2004 on Nasty Pop/Setanta Records

Setanta Records

Setanta Records is a UK Independent record label. The label was at the forefront of the indie Irish music scene in the late eighties and nineties as itchampioned young Irish groups.-History:...

, featuring “Theme From Chalets” and “Sexy Mistake”, the latter being chosen by MTV as the soundtrack for the MTV branding campaign in Ireland. “The Nightrock EP” followed in October, their first release on CD, and the lead track “Nightrocker” was used worldwide (except in the United States) in the trailer for the film Madagascar

Madagascar (film)

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.. The EP was recorded in Dublin with Richard Rainey

Richard Rainey

Richard Rainey was a Republican politician from Walnut Creek, California, a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served in the California State Assembly from 1992 until 1996 and then served in the State Senate from 1996 until 2000 when he was defeated for reelection by Tom Torlakson, a...

 and Gareth Mannix

Gareth Mannix

Gareth Mannix is an Irish record producer. He has worked on platinum albums by Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, Damien Dempsey, Jack L and Juliet Turner. For six years consecutively a number of acts who have worked with Mannix have won Meteor Music Awards.His live recording credits include the...

.

The band were selected by the Irish government to represent Ireland by travelling to Slovenia

Slovenia

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 in 2005 to take part in the celebrations for the country's adoption into the European Union

European Union

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. They also wrote the music for TG4

TG4

TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....

's IFTA award-winning youth drama Aifric

Aifric

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.

Their songs "Theme From Chalets", "Nightrocker", and "Sexy Mistake" have all been used on Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

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, "Sexy Mistake" being included on the second season's soundtrack. "Nightrocker" is also featured in the video game Outlaw Tennis

Outlaw Tennis

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The band announced their split on February 15, 2008, by means of a blog post on their MySpace

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 page, citing a lack of financial viability as the cause.

Paula and Caoimhe went on to form Talulah Does The Hula

Talulah Does The Hula

-Members:* Paula Cullen - Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Tambourine* Caoimhe Derwin - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Maraccas* Lauren Kerchner - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards* Jessie Ward - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards* Michael Winder - Drums-Band:...

 

Singles

• Two Chord Song:
  • 2003 7" vinyl limited edition. Double A-side with Neosupervital
    Neosupervital
    Tim O'Donovan, better known by his stage name Neosupervital, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Dublin, Ireland.Previously Neosupervital live was a band affair...
    
    

• Theme From Chalets/Sexy Mistake:
  • 2004 7" vinyl limited edition. Double A-side single

• Nightrock EP:
  • 2004 CD EP featuring:
    • Nightrocker
    • Kiss Chasing
    • Love Punch
    • David Boring

• Feel The Machine:
  • 2005 CD Single featuring:
    • Feel the Machine
    • Fight Your Kids (live)

• No Style:
  • 2005 CD Single featuring:
    • No Style
    • C'est Supercool
    • Where Did You Get Yourself?

• Theme From Chalets:
  • 2006 7" vinyl Single featuring:
    • Theme From Chalets
    • Avalanche

External links

• Official website
• PUNKCAST#836 live video @ Sin-é NYC Sep 15 2005 (RealPlayer
  RealPlayer
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  , mp4)