In 1998 Cormac Battle and Darragh Butler, after their previous band Kerbdog

Kerbdog

Kerbdog was an alternative rock band from Kilkenny, Ireland who formed in 1991. Following two albums released on Mercury Records, the band split up in 1998...

 broke up, along with a new bassist Mick Murphy form another band, Wilt. They played their first gig at The Funnel in Dublin on 26 March 1998. Their music was even used as background on EastEnders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

on the BBC

BBC

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However, after two albums (Bastinado

Bastinado (album)

Wilt's debut album. The album was recorded and mixed at Sun Studios, Dublin in 2000 and mastered at Chop 'Em Out, London. It was released in 2000 through Mushroom Records UK.-Track listing:All songs written by Wilt.#It's All Over Now - 3:16...

and My Medicine

My Medicine (album)

My Medicine is Wilt's second album. It was released in 2002 through Mushroom Records UK.-Track listing:All songs written by Wilt.#Distortion#Understand#Take Me Home#My Medicine#Stations#Dave You Were Right#Tell You Too Much#Family Man...

), Wilt broke up in 2002/2003. Rock Sound magazine tipped them as being Ireland's version of Husker Du

Husker Du

Husker Du means "Do you remember" in Danish and Norwegian, and may refer to:*Hüsker Dü, American punk band*Hūsker Dū?, a Danish board game*Husker Du, a Danish documentary series about the 1970s...

 and Weezer

Weezer

Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...

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Albums

• Bastinado
  Bastinado (album)
  Wilt's debut album. The album was recorded and mixed at Sun Studios, Dublin in 2000 and mastered at Chop 'Em Out, London. It was released in 2000 through Mushroom Records UK.-Track listing:All songs written by Wilt.#It's All Over Now - 3:16...
  
   - (2000) #150
• My Medicine
  My Medicine (album)
  My Medicine is Wilt's second album. It was released in 2002 through Mushroom Records UK.-Track listing:All songs written by Wilt.#Distortion#Understand#Take Me Home#My Medicine#Stations#Dave You Were Right#Tell You Too Much#Family Man...
  
  - (2002) #98

Singles

• No Worries - (1998) #180
• It's All Over Now - (1999) #103
• Radio Disco - (2000) #56
• Open Arms - (2000) #59
• No Worries (re-release) (2000) #83
• Take Me Home - (2002) #76
• Distortion - (2002) #66

Chart # positions are for the UK. If none shown, single/album did not chart.