Joe Doyle
Joe Doyle was born in 1977 and grew up in the idyllic surroundings of Allenwood, Count Kildare, Ireland. He left school in 1994, aged 16, to join Kilkenny Band My Little Funhouse in 1993. After siging a recording deal with Geffen Records, the band toured their debut album Standunder for about a year, mainly in the United States. Tours included support to Guns N'Roses amd The Ramones amongst others. The band then lived in Los Angeles and recorded the second album for Geffen before imploding.
Doyle
then went on to join The Frames. He joined the Frames in 1996 and has appeared
on 6 albums to date. He is the bassist and backing singer for The Frames and
The Swell Season, the band of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.