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  • 27-02-2007 2:25pm
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    Wheels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭


    Hope this isn't against the rules but I'm trying co compile a list for a (college project) of Irish rock and pop artists that have been fairly mainstream and had decent success (as in they've won awards, sold albums and possibly been big in the UK). So far I've the following but I know I need to add to it. Is there a site that would list something similar? I've tried Wiki and google but they ain't been much help.

    Ash
    Aslan
    B*Witched
    Bell X1
    Blink
    Bob Geldof
    Boyzone
    Chris De Burgh
    Christy Moore
    David Kitt
    Declan O'Rourke
    Director
    Fatima Mansions
    Gemma Hayes
    Horslips
    Hothouse Flowers
    Joe Dolan
    Johnny Logan
    Juliet Turner
    Kila
    Mark Geary
    Mundy
    Paddy Casey
    Relish
    Samantha Mumba
    Shane MacGowan
    Sinead O'Connor
    Stiff Little Fingers
    Sultans of Ping FC
    The Blizzards
    The Boomtown Rats
    The Cranberries
    The Fat Lady Sings
    The Four Of Us
    The Frames
    The Frank and the Walters
    The Nolan Sisters
    The Pogues
    The Revs
    The Saw Doctors
    The Stunning
    The Thrills
    The Walls
    The Waterboys
    U2
    Van Morrison
    Westlife


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    GreenHell
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    Thin Lizzy, shame on you.


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    cornbb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    GreenHell wrote:
    Thin Lizzy, shame on you.

    Seconded.

    Ummm, hate to be the one to remember it but, Enya and Daniel O'Donnell? The Chieftans, they've had some success in the states AFAIK


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    miju
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭miju


    this list could end up twice as long as yer arm , Republic of Loose is one to add to that list anyways


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    thebaz
    Registered Users Posts: 13,693 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Two of my favorites

    the undertones
    the stars of heaven


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    Frank Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 5,338 ✭✭✭Frank Grimes


    Rory Gallagher, guess you could throw Taste in too.
    You remembered B*Witched but forgot Thin Lizzy?


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    Wheels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    Frank Grimes wrote:
    Rory Gallagher, guess you could throw Taste in too.
    You remembered B*Witched but forgot Thin Lizzy?

    OK even I admit that was wrong.


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    damien rice, could he be missing, read it twice but can't believe he was missed!




    edit: and Damien Dempsey, what have you got against damiens, is it an omen?
    Mic christopher, actually every time I look I see more missing so will stop now.

    i'd also take off the waterboys myself, don't really count them as Irish.


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    :|
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    the chalets?


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    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,901 ✭✭✭patrickc


    Duke Special, the Divine Comedy


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    thegoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭thegoose


    Clannad
    Snow Patrol


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    Revelation Joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 386 ✭✭Revelation Joe


    Microdisney
    In Tua Nua (sp?)


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    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    A House
    Therapy?


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,476 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Something Happens
    Kerbdog
    My Little Funhouse
    (I think they had some minor success in Japan)


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    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    Enya ??
    Alison Moyet ??


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    cormie
    Registered Users Posts: 20,836 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    Antony from Antony and the Johnsons is Irish but I don't think they'd be classed as an Irish band.

    Clannad

    Damien Dempsey

    Mary Black

    Jimmy MacCarthy

    The Dubliners

    Luke Kelly

    Paul Brady

    Sharon Shannon


    There's loads more, the likes of Lunasa, Danu, Frankie Gavin and all that, who I'm sure have won various awards but probably not what you're after?


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    cormie
    Registered Users Posts: 20,836 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    JJ72 aswell!


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    30txsbzmcu2k9w
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    Something Happens
    Kerbdog
    My Little Funhouse
    (I think they had some minor success in Japan)
    My Little funhouse were signed to Geffen at one stage werent they-wonder what became of them

    oh yeah
    MY BLOODY VALENTINE on that list?:eek:
    and Whipping Boy


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    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,005 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    the corrs - total sh*te but they've had UK and US hits.

    The Pale and Engine Alley were both signed to major labels in the 90s but neither had any major success.

    The Waterboys aren't really irish - they've had Irish members at various times, but they started in Scotland and the Mike Scott is, er, Scottish.


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    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Stiff Little Fingers
    Sultans of Ping FC
    Pearl Jam


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    #21
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Oh and Gilbert O Sullivan


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    #22
    Hippo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭Hippo


    The Bachelors, the first Irish 'group' to sell loads in the UK. Cheesy vocal shower from the early to mid sixties.

    Btw, I don't think you could say In Tua Nua were ever 'successful', despite having bigger posters than everyone else at one stage.


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    aw
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭aw


    The Fureys and The Dubliners.
    One of those two was the first Irish band to be on Top of The Pops but I forget which one. Or maybe it was Foster and Allen. They have all been on it anyway.


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    RadioActive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭RadioActive


    I've always been fond of the Saw Doctors.


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    #25
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Turn


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    Okie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 651 ✭✭✭Okie


    lordgoat wrote:
    Stiff Little Fingers
    Sultans of Ping FC
    Pearl Jam

    Pearl Jam???

    Anyhoo, this website might be worth a look ----> Irish Music Central

    It might help you out:)


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    #27
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Yeah they're from the Seattle, it's in Laois.


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    #28
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    Gary Moore
    Mama's Boys


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    wow sierra
    Registered Users Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭wow sierra


    The Blades

    Pearl Jam???The Waterboys??? i'm not even sure you can include Shane McGowan - if you can how about Oasis The Smiths etc


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    ChuckProphet
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭ChuckProphet


    daveym wrote:
    damien rice, could he be missing, read it twice but can't believe he was missed!

    he's missing cos he sucks. toasted heretic


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    #31
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    ChuckProphet wrote:
    he's missing cos he sucks. toasted heretic

    really? we have a fair few sucky contenders up there, pretty sure he was missed by accident..


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