Favorite 90's Irish band

old hippy

Or the Joshua Trio?

mick121

old hippy wrote: »

Or the Joshua Trio?

The same band as the glam tarts if I remember correctly and tont st james

mick121

mick121 wrote: »

The same band as the glam tarts if I remember correctly and tont st james

Oops ment tony st james

iomega

Is it right to have MBV in there? Only half the band are Irish. That line up anyway.

notnumber

iomega wrote: »

Is it right to have MBV in there? Only half the band are Irish. That line up anyway.

I don't know? I must admit I didnt think too much about it as I seem to have missed them in the 90's but they where formed here so does that not make them Irish?

My Bloody Valentine are an alternative rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1983.m

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine_(band)

seachto7

No Cranberries?

Howard Juneau

seachto7 wrote: »

No Cranberries?

No.....just no!

DellyBelly

Someone else posted Boyzone earlier but I think it was in jest. Don't think U2 or cranberries are accepted because they wouldn't be considered real bands probably because of their commercial success...

How about Divine Comedy?

seachto7

I'm not a fan of The Cranberries, or U2 as such, but I don't see how they couldn't be considered real bands? Cranberries had something on their first album for sure, but they're either loved or hated. Never really loved in Ireland though.
Going by what I just wrote there could be an argument for The Corrs to be included!!

Let's be honest, most bands in that list, if they really were any good, they would still be going. Most of them just ran out of decent songs. A lot of them sounded like bad REM knock offs or American rock knock offs. Only band I see up there worthy is MBV followed by Therapy or SLF. Whipping Boy shone brightly for one class album, but they all fell out with each other innit...

SilverScreen

seachto7 wrote: »

I'm not a fan of The Cranberries, or U2 as such, but I don't see how they couldn't be considered real bands? Cranberries had something on their first album for sure, but they're either loved or hated. Never really loved in Ireland though.
Going by what I just wrote there could be an argument for The Corrs to be included!!

I like the Cranberries singles 'Dreams', 'Zombie', 'Ode To My Family' and 'Free To Decide' but I would never bother with any of their studio albums. Even the best-of that I had I used to just skip most of the songs on it.

They're far more univerally admired in North America, Australia and New Zealand compared to here. I think most people here stopped giving a toss about them 15 years ago.

seachto7

Yeah that's true. I never gave a toss about them the first day, nor have I met anyone who was ever influenced by them!

After listening to Ash, best of, they had a lot of catchy stuff. I'd put them up there as well.

Ghost Buster

I still make my yearly pilgrimage to Whelans for Something Happens! annual pre new years gig. Love that band!!!

seachto7

Ghost Buster wrote: »

I still make my yearly pilgrimage to Whelans for Something Happens! annual pre new years gig. Love that band!!!

Hi Tom!:P

mosstin

SilverScreen wrote: »

I like the Cranberries singles 'Dreams', 'Zombie', 'Ode To My Family' and 'Free To Decide' but I would never bother with any of their studio albums. Even the best-of that I had I used to just skip most of the songs on it.

They're far more univerally admired in North America, Australia and New Zealand compared to here. I think most people here stopped giving a toss about them 15 years ago.

Just about the worst song recorded by an Irish band or any band of any nationality in quite some time, possibly ever. Staggeringly awful.

SilverScreen

mosstin wrote: »

Just about the worst song recorded by an Irish band or any band of any nationality in quite some time, possibly ever. Staggeringly awful.

Haha, I seem to like it for some reason.

Pawwed Rig

bassey wrote: »

Striknien DC

You Sir are a legend. These guys used to hang out at Fusion on Upper O'Connell Street and me and my buddies would see them every week. Lead singer we used to call him Sid bit I think his name was Deco or something similar. You brought back some happy memories from nearly 20 years ago.

Remember My Little Funhouse? I bought their album after they supported Guns N Roses at Slane in 1992. Decent enough band from Kilkenny.

Honourable mention to Stunning and The Pale

seachto7

mosstin wrote: »

Just about the worst song recorded by an Irish band or any band of any nationality in quite some time, possibly ever. Staggeringly awful.

Funny that Zombie had more airplay than Nirvana in the States at the time.

Caonima

Kerbdog and Therapy? all the way

notnumber

Ok a few flaws in my hastily thrown together poll ..really expected Whipping boy to run away with it..thats why I left U2 out
SLF are from the 70's :FacePalm
Another band I should have included where scheer and yip divine comedy worrthy of a spot.The North of Ireland produced some great bands in the 90's.Kilkenny was another hotspot,engine alley ,kerbog.While the North still throws up good bands not much happening in kilkenny,?

SilverScreen

Stiff Little Fingers did make a comeback in the early 90's and released a couple of albums during the decade, so we can't really say you were wrong with them.

nlgbbbblth

notnumber wrote: »

O.Kilkenny was another hotspot,engine alley ,kerbog.While the North still throws up good bands not much happening in kilkenny,?

Don't forget GOUT. Great live show.

Hard to choose.

MBV obviously great but their best LP and single was released in 1988.
A House released four excellent albums in the 1990s.
Thought the Frank and Walters debut wasn't great [too many tracks from the EPs and the other material was dull]. Their second and third albums were much better.
Whipping Boy's Submarine is a much superior LP than Heartworm.

Other good ones.

The Would Be's. Three excellent singles released in 1990/1991.
In Motion.
Sunbear.
Wormhole.
Brawl.

Power of Dreams released two ok LPs.
Into Paradise were also gloomily consistent.
Pet Lamb's two 12"s are gloriously melodic.

crazygeryy

what about an emotional fish, the fat lady sings, the 4 of us,the stunning?

Howard Juneau

the Wood Be's won a Rose of Tralee talent comp approx 20 years ago,

Rothko

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

MBV obviously great but their best LP and single was released in 1988.

I like Isn't Anything and all but no way is it better than Loveless.

nlgbbbblth

Suas11 wrote: »

I like Isn't Anything and all but no way is it better than Loveless.

A possible reason for preferring Isn't Anything over Loveless is timing/context.

I had three solid years of playing Isn't Anything weekly before Loveless was released in late 1991.

A lot of people I know who prefer IA heard it first.

mosstin

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

A possible reason for preferring Isn't Anything over Loveless is timing/context.

I had three solid years of playing Isn't Anything weekly before Loveless was released in late 1991.

A lot of people I know who prefer IA heard it first.

Nah, not for me. I had a year of listening to IA before Loveless but Loveless just blew it out of the water on its release.

old hippy

crazygeryy wrote: »

what about an emotional fish, the fat lady sings, the 4 of us,the stunning?

Indeed. Or PAMF. They were 90s, right?

dregin

Stiff Little Fingers did their best stuff LONG before the 90s rolled around...

Wacker The Attacker

Can you count the redneck manifesto. They were only formed in 1998

SilverScreen

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Can you count the redneck manifesto. They were only formed in 1998

They didn't release anything until 2000 so I don't think you can call them the greatest Irish band of the 90's based on a few practice sessions and maybe a few pub gigs.

nlgbbbblth

THE DILLON FAMILY DANCERS

bassey

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

You Sir are a legend. These guys used to hang out at Fusion on Upper O'Connell Street and me and my buddies would see them every week. Lead singer we used to call him Sid bit I think his name was Deco or something similar. You brought back some happy memories from nearly 20 years ago.

Remember My Little Funhouse? I bought their album after they supported Guns N Roses at Slane in 1992. Decent enough band from Kilkenny.

Honourable mention to Stunning and The Pale

Aye his name's Deko, still going strong with Paranoid Visions who reformed around 2005/2006.

Striknien's complete album Playing With Fire is an absolute classic

seachto7

My Little Funhouse were American no?

Thundercats Ho

seachto7 wrote: »

My Little Funhouse were American no?

Did they support G&R and FNM at slane in 1992?
Just realised that's 21 years ago. That makes me sad.

premierstone

seachto7 wrote: »

My Little Funhouse were American no?

No, all four original members were from kilkenny, all their sucess was achieved while they were based and recording in Ireland, they did become somewhat 'americanised' but that was ultimately their downfall.

seachto7

premierstone wrote: »

No, all four original members were from kilkenny, all their sucess was achieved while they were based and recording in Ireland, they did become somewhat 'americanised' but that was ultimately their downfall.

I was being funny. ;-)

Yep. A guy from Kilkenny singing about "cookie jars" isn't going to last....

premierstone

seachto7 wrote: »

I was being funny. ;-)

Yep. A guy from Kilkenny singing about "cookie jars" isn't going to last....

lol I see the smiley now, I was having a blonde day yesterday!

Stick Monkey

Ha JJ72 !!! What ever happened to them ? Why about The Stunning?

Reberetta

The Cranberries.

machiavellianme

Crikey, Ireland had some excellent 90's bands. And fat lady sings / mesner / revelino weren't even mentioned.