At this stage, the connection to the original Them was the smallest of splinters Pat (John) McAuley was the band’s original drummer, and his brother Jackie appears to have played in some version of the band as well. In reality, the band went by the legally approved name of Belfast Gypsies, and there seems to be some conjecture as to whether the official album title should be regarded as an eponymous album by Belfast Gypsies (with the reference to Them no more than a bit of bold cross-marketing) or as Belfast Gypsies by an alternate, unlicensed version of Them. This is one of the murkier chapters in the convoluted history of Them: an album recorded by a splinter group of the original band that was released in Sweden and, at least on the cover, appeared to be credited to Them. A bastardized version of the band alternately billed as The Belfast Gypsies turns up Scandinavia, proving that revenge is Swede.
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