# Cyclefly

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{{Short description|Alternative rock band (1995–2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Cyclefly
| image           =
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| alias           = Dogabone
| origin          = [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
| genre           = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
| years_active    = 1995–2003
| label           = [Radioactive Records](/source/Radioactive_Records)<br />[MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records)<br />[Island Records](/source/Island_Records)
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = 
}}

'''Cyclefly''' were an [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock) [band](/source/band_(music)) from [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)), Ireland, and [Antibes](/source/Antibes), France.

The band toured on both sides of the Atlantic many times, including headline and support tours with [Bush](/source/Bush_(British_band)), [Live](/source/Live_(band)), [Linkin Park](/source/Linkin_Park), and [Iggy Pop](/source/Iggy_Pop). The band also played at a number of major music festivals, including [Reading and Leeds Festivals](/source/Reading_and_Leeds_Festivals), [Woodstock 99](/source/Woodstock_99), and [Ozzfest](/source/Ozzfest). They released two full-length albums; the critically acclaimed ''[Generation Sap](/source/Generation_Sap)'' in 1999,<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books)|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=107/8}}</ref> recorded in the [Sound City Studios](/source/Sound_City_Studios) in [Van Nuys](/source/Van_Nuys), [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, which was produced by [Sylvia Massy](/source/Sylvia_Massy),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/generation-sap-mw0000239693/credits|title=Generation Sap – Cyclefly &#124; Credits|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> and ''[Crave](/source/Crave_(Cyclefly_album))'' in 2002, produced by [Colin Richardson](/source/Colin_Richardson), Bill Appleberry and Tobias Miller.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crave-mw0000215908/credits|title=Crave – Cyclefly &#124; Credits|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> ''Crave'' also featured a guest vocal spot on "Karma Killer" from [Linkin Park](/source/Linkin_Park) vocalist [Chester Bennington](/source/Chester_Bennington).<ref name = "Sputnik Music bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Cyclefly/28096 |title=Cyclefly reviews, music, news |website=Sputnikmusic.com |accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, the band dissolved with members moving to 
a band called Hueman. While guitarist Nono Presta went on form alt metal outfit That Falling Feeling.<ref name="irishex">{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30996767.html|title=B-Side the Leeside: Quite the ride to Woodstock '99 for Cyclefly|first=Ed|last=Power|date=29 April 2020|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/7148/tempidx/5/menuid/3 |title=Hueman / Cyclefly &#124; Interviews & Features &#124; Blistering.com Heavy Metal & Hard Rock Magazine |date=5 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605055032/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/7148/tempidx/5/menuid/3 |archive-date=5 June 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the early 2010s, Mako (and later Mako DC) formed through former members.<ref name="irishex"/>

==Discography==
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|Studio       = 2
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|Demo         = 
|EP           = 2
|Singles      = 4
|Music videos = 3 
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===Albums===
{|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Album details
!| Peak chart positions
|-
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"|[IRL](/source/Irish_Albums_Chart)<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Cyclefly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827205235/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Cyclefly|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2016|title=Discography : Cyclefly|website=Irish-charts.com|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|align="left"| '''''[Generation Sap](/source/Generation_Sap)'''''
*Released: 11 May 1999
*Label: [Radioactive](/source/Radioactive_Records) 
*Formats: [CD](/source/Compact_disc)
| —
|-
|2002
|align="left"| '''''[Crave](/source/Crave_(Cyclefly_album))'''''
*Released: 8 April 2002
*Label: [Radioactive](/source/Radioactive_Records) [MCA](/source/MCA_Records)
*Formats: CD
| 13
|-
|colspan="3" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart.
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cyclefly-mn0000145897/discography|title=Cyclefly &#124; Album Discography|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref>

===EPs===
*''Dogabone'' (1995)
*''Cyclefly'' (1998)

===Singles===
*"Supergod"
*"Violet High"
*"No Stress" – [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) No. 68<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 131}}</ref>
*"Karma Killer" (feat. [Chester Bennington](/source/Chester_Bennington))

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mako-dc.com MAKO DC (Cyclefly members Declan & Christians New Project)]
* [http://www.radioactive.net/publishing.html Band Information on Radioactive Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080603/http://www.radioactive.net/publishing.html |date=9 May 2008 }}
* [http://www.mcarecords.com/artistmain.asp?artistid=85 Band Information on MCA Records]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021026134237/http://www.geocities.com/darak77/INTERVIEW.html Cyclefly Interview]

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Category:Irish rock music groups
Category:Musical groups from Cork (city)
Category:Glam rock groups

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