Ricky Dineen

Five Go Down To The Sea? were hugely influential on later generations of Irish bands. His career peaked in June 1989 when he reformed with Finbarr Donnelly as Beethoven, and released the EP Him Goolie Goolie Man, Dem, which was named "Single of the Week" in the NME. Their success was cut short when Donnelly accidentally drowned two weeks later.

They recorded their most acclaimed EP Knot a Fish in 1983 and moved to London later that year. Following two further EPs, The Glee Club and Singing in Braille, the band broke up in 1985. Dineen and Donnelly stayed in London and played a number of gigs with a drum machine early in 1986, but did not attract industry interest. The two reformed as Beethoven in 1988, and the following year released the Him Goolie Goolie Man, Dem EP on Setanta Records. The record was awarded "Single of the Week" by the NME.

Dineen grew up in Churchfield in Cork City. He formed Nun Attax in 1978 with school friends Philip and Keith O’Connell. He met vocalist Finbarr Donnelly in 1978, when they bonded over a shared interest in UFOs. Until then Dineen had been a hard rock and Pink Floyd fan; Donnelly introduced him to post-punk and bands featured on John Peel's BBC radio show. current Dineen was active on the post punk scene between 1978 and 1989, and recorded for Kabuki Records, Abstract Sounds and Creation Records. Five Go Down to the Sea? developed an early live following in Ireland.

Ricky Dineen (born 2 April 1962) is an Irish musician best known as the co-songwriter, guitarist, and at times bassist, with the post-punk band Five Go Down to the Sea? (earlier known as Nun Attax, later as Beethoven). Dineen wrote most of the band's riffs and developed an angular guitar style influenced by bands such as The Mekons, The Fire Engines, Gang of Four and Siouxsie and the Banshees.