Good Limerick bands to look out for?

Che Guitarrista

Hey everyone, I'm new to Limerick City and want to see a few good bands and know good live acts in the area. I know the band "Leading Armies" is playing wednesday night somewhere and "The Deans" are playing in Foleys on thursday. any other events that happen would be much appreciated such as DIE in Dolans.

Jambo221

There was a thread a while back on Limerick's music scene.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=62518351

Good place to start. I saw The Hip-neck Blues Collective recently and thought they were awesome, check them out.

StephStarbuck

We Should Be Dead are a great Limerick band...don't know if they do many gigs here though...

yogalady

If you like heavy metal then you will love

"The Siege of Limerick VI

Sunday, October 30 at 12:00pm - October 31 at 2:30am
25 bands from the four corners of Ireland (and further a field) will descend upon Dolans Warehouse.

2 Stages

FREE IN"

Watch out for Dark Matter. Limerick band. They are excellent

the drifter

yogalady wrote: »

If you like heavy metal then you will love

"The Siege of Limerick VI

Sunday, October 30 at 12:00pm - October 31 at 2:30am
25 bands from the four corners of Ireland (and further a field) will descend upon Dolans Warehouse.

2 Stages

FREE IN"

Watch out for Dark Matter. Limerick band. They are excellent

I am so in!

Che Guitarrista

I think my band is playing the day before the Siege so we can go and see it

I like all types of music. Blues, Rock, Reggae, Dubstep electronica, not too keen on properly heavy metal or screamo, but I still like it live for the raw energy

yogalady

Dark matter don't have any vocalist. It just the music so not your typical heavy metal band. They are fantastic. And as you say nothing like the energy from a live gig

Che Guitarrista

Live music is brilliant, I really love instrumental bands that pull it off well

h3000

Pavlov's Dogs a Limerick/Cork/Spanish band play Dolan's on Nov 19th. They are made up of two exmembers of The Driven and a few other Cork bands. Should be a good gig.

Itsdacraic

The Driven were brilliant and should have been huge

Kess73

Itsdacraic wrote: »

The Driven were brilliant and should have been huge

Good band alright, but how Darren did not end up huge is beyond me. I carried him out of enough pubs years ago for him to have grown in size.:D

Kess73

Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters and They Might Be Dead would be my choice from the local scene.

Pavlov's Dog are a good shout as well.

seachto7

Shardborne

Insect Overlord

What ever happened to teenage sensations Soloway? They were supporting Diamond Head and everything a few years ago.

Che Guitarrista

LEADING ARMIES GIG- at the Courtyard Venue these guys are deadly. Mike from Savens (the insane guitarist / pianist) is in this band

roast

+1 on the Siege Of Limerick for metal; I know taste is subjective and all, but I really feel it's the best music festival in Limerick these days. Great atmosphere, and great bands. Gets better and better every year. Even if you're not into metal, it's a great show, and seeing as it's free in, it's better than sitting at home on the bank holiday sunday. :pac:

BTW, to yogalady, I'm the new bassist for Dark_matter, delighted to hear you like the stuff!

Best way to check out new bands would be to randomly attend gigs around town. Even if you've never heard of the band before, it's nice to be able to make your own opinion on a band as opposed to relying on others recommendations.

The Courtyard Venue (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002665086613) do gigs from Original bands every Wednesday night. It's well worth popping in every week, there's been some great acts there for the past few weeks. Now that College season is back in, there's a DJ til late. Free in, and free finger food. Decent venue! Generally the lighter side of rock n' roll, Indie, Alternative, Blues etc.

Foleys has some good bands on every now and again. I'm not a fan of the venue to be honest, but it's acceptable enough. Deans are playing there soon, as you said. They've played there a few times over the past few months.

If you like your metal, Christ Agony (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215999208465024) are playing in Dolans this Thursday night. Going to be an excellent gig, so well worth the 10 quid in.

Again, metal, Wolves In The Throne Room (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263958610298400) are playing in Dolans on the 26th of October. This is their last tour ever, so if you're a fan, definitely call in if you can.

There's loads of other cool gigs coming up soon, keep an eye on all the various facebook pages for the Venues around town, that's probably the best way of keeping up with it all!

Che Guitarrista

I like foleys, Its where I started my "To Arthur" then ended up at DIE in Dolans. Thursday should be a good night. Deans are playing for free in Foleys.

Jambo221

Insect Overlord wrote: »

What ever happened to teenage sensations Soloway? They were supporting Diamond Head and everything a few years ago.

They just kinda faded away, bit weird that they didn't announce a split.
Saw Tony's band Psykosis in Dublin, and Shane is with The Hip-neck Blues Collective, haven't a clue about the others.

Che Guitarrista

leading armies was a deadly gig