Paul McDermott is an Irish producer and broadcaster best known for his audio documentaries on the bands Five Go Down to the Sea?, Stump, Microdisney and the 1970s experimental musician Michael O'Shea.
documentary "Get That Monster Off The Stage, parts I & II", broadcaster Mike McGrath-Bryan said that they "comprehensively cover both the legacy of Finbarr Donnelly and really the post-punk scene that was operating out of [Cork in the early 1980s].
[The documentaries] lead to an increased knowledge of the history of the Cork music scene; the relative ahistoricality has been shaken off".
[2] McDermott's 2017 documentary on Microdisney, "Iron Fist in Velvet Glove", was described by The Guardian as "brilliant",[3] while Hot Press wrote it was "the stellar work of [a] post-punk historian".
[5] A review in the Irish Times described the documentary as "retracing the picaresque life of innovative street musician Michael O'Shea to fascinating effect".