Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971, Moyross, Limerick, Ireland) is the current guitarist and working co-songwriter on some of the recent tracks with The Cranberries.
With The Cranberries on hiatus from 2003–2009, Hogan turned to focus on his own music. He began working with programmer Matt Vaughan, who had already done work on unreleased Cranberries songs and Dolores O'Riordan's solo material. Mono Band was born with Noel as the sole band member. With vocals being supplied by Richard Walters, Alexandra Hamnede, Kate Havnevik, and other guest artists, Noel worked with Cranberries' veteran producer Stephen Street to compile a mix of twelve tracks. Working on his side project at the same time, saw their resulting debut album, Mono Band, released on 20 May 2005.
Hogan and Mono Band vocalist Richard Walters went on to form Arkitekt. Arkitekt released two EPs at that time in 2009, working on new material,
Hogan's work independent of The Cranberries has been released on his own label, Gohan Records and is published through Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the world.