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OVERVIEW Ian started writing songs on his 4 string guitar. Anthony Mackey helped him to record them on 4 track. Ian asked Paul Hickey to play bass. His wonderfully melodic playing brought Ian's songs to a new level. Anthony was brought in to play drums and Omelette became a band. They played many times across Dublin (Whelan's, Doyles, The Shelter, The Cobblestone..). Then Ian took off to New Zealand for a few months. While there he wrote Happiness which the band recorded as soon as he came back to Ireland for the first single. In 2003 Omelette released a 7" single (Happiness, The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair, Scissorhands). Shortly after that Anthony bowed out and was replaced temporarily by Mark Jordan. The new band played a number of shows including gigs with Cinerama but once the band found a new drummer Mark left. Brian was the new drummer. Omelette continued to play live, including a support with Ian's heroes Luna, but Brian's time with Omelette was over. Mark came back and the band embarked on the recording of Off By Heart. The album includes songs from all eras of the band's history. During the long recording process Ian continued to write and at the time of writing Off By Heart has just been released and Omelette are gearing up to record the follow up! 2003 - Release of 'Happiness' single 2004 - Release of 'Off By Heart' album