The Sultans of Ping

The Sultans of Ping
Niall O'Flaherty at the Savoy, Cork, 30 December 2006
Niall O'Flaherty at the Savoy, Cork, 30 December 2006
Background information
OriginCork, Ireland
GenresPunk rock, indie rock
Years active1988–1996
Reformed 2005
MembersNiall O'Flaherty
Pat O'Connell
Ian Olney
Morty McCarthy
Sammy Stieger
Past membersJohn McAuliffe
Paul Fennelly
Alan McFeely
Ger Lyons
Websitesultansofping.com

The Sultans of Ping are an Irish band formed in 1988 by Niall O'Flaherty, Pat O'Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons. [1] The band's name is a play on the 1978 Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing", dating from a time when "it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits".[2]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 380/1. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
  2. ^ Sultans of Ping interviewed on Rapido March 1992, viewed on YouTube April 2010