Music has the power to unite generations. This was perhaps no truer than the Belfast music scene under the influence of Terri Hooley in the 1970s. Hooley’s record shop, Good Vibrations, became a label and a way of life – responsible for bands like The Undertones, Rudi, The Outcasts and more, all against the violent backdrop of the Troubles. Because while others made their points with guns and bombs, Hooley’s revolutionary statement came out of the grooves of a seven-inch single.
The BAFTA-nominated indie flick Good Vibrations charts Hooley’s story, and explores how a humble son of a radical socialist father gave rise to the Irish alternative music scene of the ’70s. The film stars Game Of Thrones’ Richard Dormer under the direction of Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, with a soundtrack by David Holmes (Out Of Sight and the Oceans 11 trilogy). It opens nationally on Thursday June 12.
We’ve got ten in-season double passes to the national release of Good Vibrations. For your chance to win one, head to the comments below and tell us what song you’d pick to soundtrack a revolution.
