Noel Hogan (born Noel Anthony Hogan, 25 December 1971, Moyross, Limerick, Ireland) is the guitarist and co-songwriter of The Cranberries.
With The Cranberries on hiatus from 2003 - 2009 Noel 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 others guest artists Noel worked with Cranberries veteran producer Stephen Street to compile a mix of twelve tracks. The resulting eponymous album was released on 20 May 2005.
Noel and mono band vocalist Richard Walters went on to form Arkitekt. Arkitekt released two EPs and were to have an album released in the near future when The Cranberries reunion tour was announced on 25 August 2009.
Noel's work independent of The Cranberries has been released on his own label, Gohan Records and is published through Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd.
Noel has also been producing bands on the local music scene of Limerick. Gohan Records has recently released, in collaboration with Limerick Live 95FM's Green and Live show, tonelist, a collection featuring better-known and up and coming musicians in the Limerick music scene.
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