Editing The Undertones (section)

==Subsequent careers==
Following the disbandment of the Undertones in 1983, Feargal Sharkey was invited by [[Vince Clarke]] and [[Eric Radcliffe]] of the [[synthpop]] duet [[The Assembly]]<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Michael Sutton |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-assembly-mn0000033095/biography |title=The Assembly &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> to provide lead vocals on the single "[[Never Never (The Assembly song)|Never Never]]", which was released by The Assembly in November 1983 and peaked at number 4 in the UK charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19831120/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 &#124; Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref> Sharkey was never officially a member of The Assembly<ref name="AMG"/> and his vocal contribution to "Never Never" proved to be Sharkey's only recording with the band, who would only issue this one single before folding.<ref>''The Sound of the Crowd: A Discography of the '80s'' {{ISBN|978-1-326-07358-9}}</ref>

Sharkey subsequently embarked upon a brief, but commercially successful solo career in the mid-1980s to early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mark Allan |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/feargal-sharkey-mn0000163256/biography |title=Feargal Sharkey &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=13 August 1986 |access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/feargal-sharkey-age-siblings-wife-children-songs/|title=Who is Feargal Sharkey? Undertones Star's Age, Songs, Wife, Children and More Facts|website=smoothradio.com|date=28 August 2020|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>

Two of the other band members, John O'Neill and Damian O'Neill, formed [[That Petrol Emotion]] in 1984.<ref>''The Rough Guide to Rock'' {{ISBN|978-1-85828457-6}} p. 1121</ref> That Petrol Emotion released a total of fifteen singles and six albums between 1985 and 1994.<ref>''British Hit Singles & Albums'' {{ISBN|1-904994-10-5}} p. 554</ref>

In the 1990s John O'Neill formed a trip hop group called [[Rare (Northern Irish band)|Rare]] under the stage name Seán Ó'Néill with vocalist Mary Gallagher. They only had one notable chart appearance and disbanded shortly after the release of their only album in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/42477|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218044217/https://api.discogs.com/artists/42477|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2021|title=Rare|publisher=Discogs|access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref>
[[File:DamianO'Neill2007.JPG|right|upright|thumb|Damian O' Neill on stage with the Undertones in Barcelona, September 2007]]