O'Hare was brought up in
Cambuslang,
South Lanarkshire and studied at
St Aloysius' College, Glasgow. He joined
Teenage Fanclub in 1989, playing drums on several songs on their debut album,
A Catholic Education. He co-wrote with Teenage Fanclub on all albums during his tenure, but split from the group after completing the tour for the
Thirteen album, citing musical differences. at the time and went on to join
Telstar Ponies, for which he worked on two albums. He was an early member of
Mogwai for approximately a year, playing on Mogwai's debut album,
Young Team. A description of O'Hare by the
NME as Teenage Fanclub's "Monkey Without Portfolio", for his humour and upbeat personality prompted the track "
With Portfolio" on
Young Team. Between 1996 and 2005, O'Hare played guitar and sang with self-proclaimed 'Intelli-metal' band, Macrocosmica. Macrocosmica's releases on the God Bless label were rereleased in 2021 on the
God Bless Macrocosmica compilation. O'Hare is also an honorary member and producer of Glasgow-based pranksters The Plimptons, and plays guitar on their second album
Pomp. Between 1997 and 1998, O'Hare released a trilogy of experimental ambient albums under the name of Fiend. These albums featured recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies (predominantly Gavin Laird), of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded. O'Hare featured on Arab Strap's double
A-side 1998 release, "Here We Go"/"Trippy", contributing to the twelve-minute song, "Trippy". In 2006 and in 2018, he rejoined Teenage Fanclub for a tour in which the band played their
Bandwagonesque album in its entirety as well as the Creation Years tour. ==Discography==