Question: Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.phoenix23.com official website -rsb- - years active: 2007 -- present - caption: phoenix 23 - origin: northern ireland - genre: rock 'n' roll , rock pop - name: phoenix23 - background: group_or_band - image: phoenix23.jpg - current members: gav ' hodgy ' hodgen campbell andy cochrane glenn donnelly neil donnelly richard Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phoenix23 .
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phoenix 23 are a five piece band from northern ireland .formed in 2007 , they consist of four cousins , gav campbell , neil donnelly , glenn donnelly and andy cochrane .as drummer they have their close friend , deano .they had three songs in the soundtrack for the ben kingsley film '' fifty dead men walking '' , directed by kari skogland ; two songs which were written solely for the film ; '' hit the ground running '' -lrb- featured in '' empire '' magazine -rrb- , and '' it 's a blast '' , along with '' hurricane '' .their debut album was produced by supertramp 's guitarist carl verheyen , who also guests on lead guitar .it featured drummer/percussionist steve distanislao and was produced by bernard matthews .in 2010 , they had airplay on cool fm in northern ireland , along with having reviews in ireland , italy and california .