The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs (2024)

MusicDocumentary

In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting partnership was ignited; the band they formed, Microdisney, was one of the best bands of the 1980s that you’ve probably never heard. Mixing Sean’s stunning melodic arrangements with Cathal’s poetic, angry lyrics, they recorded three brilliant LPs, gained critical adulation and an obsessive cult following. But a hit single eluded them, as did radio play and LP sales. By 1988, frustrated by their lack of progress, the band crashed and burned, leaving a trail of acrimony and broken friendships.

Director: Julie Perkins

Casts

	Cathal Coughlan as Self
	Sean O'Hagan as Self
	John Fell as Self
	Tom Fenner as Self
	Aidan Gillen as Self
	Elvera Butler as Self
	Garreth Ryan as Self
	Jacknife Lee as Self
	Andrew Mueller as Self
	Richard Boon as Self
	Padraig Collins as Self
	Jamie Lane as Self
	Ronnie Gurr as Self
	Lenny Kaye as Self
	Nick Allum as Self
	Grimmo O'Gruama as Self
	Gary Sheehan as Self
	Billy Connolly as Self (archive footage)
	John Peel as Self (archive footage)
	Muriel Gray as Self (archive footage)
	Àngel Casas as Self (archive footage)
	Tom O'Connor as Self (archive footage)
	David Hepworth as Self (archive footage)

Crew