Music In 1991 Battle, along with school friends Darragh Butler (drums), Colin Fennelly (bass) and Billy Dalton (guitar) came together to form a band called
Rollercoaster before changing the name permanently to
Kerbdog. Following two demo cassettes recorded in Dublin and a short support slot to
Therapy? in 1992, the band was signed to
Vertigo Records in London. The group released their self-titled album, produced by legendary
grunge icon
Jack Endino, in 1994. A second album entitled
On The Turn was recorded in 1996, produced by
GGGarth, but the album's release was delayed for almost a year indicating troublesome times for the band with their record company. Kerbdog were soon dropped and eventually split up in 1998. Battle and Butler immediately formed another band, along with bassist Mick Murphy, called
Wilt. Their music had a greater pop influence than Kerbdog. Following the release of two albums,
Bastinado and
My Medicine on
Infectious Records, Wilt split up in 2003 following limited success. At this point, Battle began to seriously focus on his DJ career and abandoned his musical pursuits. However, in 2005 Kerbdog reformed for a series of one-off shows. The band is still currently active on a part-time basis and have no plans to write or record new material. His favourite
Oxegen memory is playing the festival with Kerbdog in 2005.
Broadcasting Battle began life at
Phantom FM before moving, along with colleagues
Jenny Huston and
Dan Hegarty, in 2003 to RTE. Battle's late night show features new and alternative music from acts around the world as well as the 2fm sessions, live recordings, band interviews as well as from other sources.
The Wireless is a supporter of the
IMRO Showcase Tour. He also offered his voice to the narration of popular live music programme
2fm Live, which was broadcast on Saturday nights between 20:00 and 23:00 before it was axed and reformatted as
2fm XtrAlive. Battle regularly features in live coverage of high-profile musical events such as
Electric Picnic and
Oxegen, as well as being sent around the country to present the 2fm 2moro 2our. In 2008 Battle was sent to The Music Show to distribute advice. He has appeared on
BBC Introducing to discuss the state of the Irish music industry. He also contributes to television programmes in Ireland. Cormac is a voice of reason, and contributor, to The Jennifer Zamparelli Show 9-12 on RTÉ 2FM. ==References==