Limerick brothers making their name in Liverpool release debut single

TWO BROTHERS from Montpelier, O'Brien's Bridge have made a career from creating songs out of wild nights out. 

Tom and Cian O'Dowd make up 'The Guzzlers' and they  released their debut single '20 Pints to Cherbourg' on St Patrick's Day.

They performed in 20 pubs every night in the lead up to the release of the song.

“It's been really fun,” the duo said, looking back at all of the gigs. 

Tom laughed and said that initially they had a more costly idea  for the release.

“Our first idea was to buy 20 people 20 pints, but we did the maths and reworked the idea into 20 gigs,” Tom said. 

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Laughing as they talk about their parents who align themselves with Clare and Limerick, the brothers clearly affirm that they are from Limerick and not Clare.

Cian's claim to fame is that he also played hurling with Ahane underage at the same time as Tom and Dan Morrissey. 

Cian started playing the guitar at the age of eight and said he was always drawn to song writing. 

Tom then didn't start playing music until he was 17 and Cian was in need of a bass player for his band. 

The brothers started out by busking on the streets of Limerick and are now based in Liverpool.

As huge Liverpool FC fans, they have the honour of being the band in residence at Anfield and get to perform for fans at the home games. They also return home for the hurling in the summer. 

“Our music is a mix of everything we like - Rock and Roll and then a mix of Irish music, which we got into in later years,” Cian said. 

Tom added: “We bring a bit of punk energy into the songs.”

Follow guzzlersband on Instagram and TikTok for gig details and new song snippets and watch the video to their single here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhcYwry3E0.