The band was originally named Slainte. In 2006, they released an album called
BibleCodeSundays of traditional Irish songs. The album's name refers to the
Bible code and other
conspiracy theories they discussed in the drink-fuelled conversations regularly held after Sunday gigs. Slainte was voted
"Best Band on the London Circuit" 2006 in
The Irish World awards. The band later changed its name to The BibleCode Sundays. In 2007, the band recorded a second album of original material at Panic Studios,
Park Royal, called
Ghosts of Our Past. They signed to the Cosmic Trigger label in
New York while on tour there promoting the album, and had several tours to the US afterwards. In 2008, the band recorded
Boots or No Boots, touring extensively in Europe and the US to promote the album. Following the success of both albums, the band played at the
Glastonbury Festival at
Celtic Park in
Glasgow before several
Glasgow Celtic F.C. matches and was the guest band on
Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Christmas Special in a spoof of the
X Factor programme called the
Y Factor. The band supported the
Dropkick Murphys at their homecoming gig in Boston on St. Patrick's Day in 2009. They also supported
Van Morrison and
Thin Lizzy at the London
Feis in June 2011. In 2011, the band released the EP
The Pittsburgh Kid, followed on 22 November 2013 by a third album,
New Hazardous Design. In spring 2014, they recorded
Live Near Abbey Road. "Count Your Blessings", a track from the
New Hazardous Design album, was used on the
Epix TV series
Get Shorty and "Boys of Queens" was used as an epilogue in the US TV series
Unforgettable. In 2015, the band twice supported
PiL at the
O2 Indigo Arena in London. In September 2017, the band released
Walk Like Kings with special guests including Ronan MacManus's half-brother
Elvis Costello,
Russell Crowe and
Matt McManamon (of
The Dead 60s and
the Specials). Other guests included Lorraine O'Reilly, Elly O'Keeffe and Keelta Higgins on vocals, with Tony Rico Richardson, Brian Kelly and Patrick Cassidy as guest musicians. Carlton Hunt died suddenly on 3 November 2017. On 14 January 2019, the band announced that the lead singer, Ronan MacManus, was leaving the band to pursue a "quieter more family-oriented life". == Line up ==