Name five good irish bands without scratching your head?

Saint-dotsie

in response to all the people who disagreed with posting their top least favourite groups,name yer top 5 here

1.u2
2.horslips
3.Frupp

thats all i can think of,

shabbyroad

didn't take long and definitely not in any order

1. Cat Magic
2. Aiken Drum
3. 4 of Us
4. Thin Lizzy
5. The Fountainhead

spoiltbrat

Originally posted by Saint-dotsie
1.u2
2.horslips
3.Frupp

thats all i can think of,

Emmm... yeah. Are you serious? Have you stepped outside your bedroom door in this century? No wonder its hard to name 5 bands when you only have your Dad's album collection as a reference point.

Funkstard

1. U2
2. Taste (Or any of rory's bands)
3. Thin Lizzy
4. The Horslips
5. The Pogues
6. The Dubliners
7. Luke Kelly
8. Damien Rice
9. Planxty
10. Mundy
11. Paddy Casey (well i like him)
12. Do you want me to keep going?

Saint-dotsie

Please do continue
My dad has ten cds that i like,as for
thin lizzy-average rock and roll (i have vagabonds and a best of)
damien rice- nothing to talk about (compare him to songwriters such as john martyn,nick drake and jeff buckley!)
mundy- boring
rory gallagher excellent guitarist but so is eric clapton and jeff beck do you like them? i dont
planxty-never heard of them
Pogues,dubliners- not my cup of tea at all
luke kelly-respectable
cat magic,aiken drum-im not familiar
4 of us- see 5 worst band list

As for stepping outside my bedroom door,i dont really and in this day and age you dont have to,especially if you have broadband and an mp3 player!

im not saying my opinion is gospel. In comparison to other countries such as england,america and iceland there is nothing to really boast about, and it is very annoying to me that there is no real consistency and that there is f*** all out there maybe my standards are too high.

you may ridicule my taste now
my fav bands and singers
are
(in no order)
beatles,beach boys,pearl jam,nirvana,soundgarden,flaming lips,mercury rev,delgados,the who,the police,manic street preachers,pink floyd,spiritualized,smashing pumpkins,syd barrett,mike oldfield,steely dan,toto,alice in chains,supergrass,john martyn,led zeppelin,royskopp,air,siguir ros,sugar cubes,bjork,dave mathews band,elton john,ozric tentacles,cure,nine inch nails,return to forever,herbie hancock,charles mingus,jeff buckley,u2,peter gabriel

they are just my favourite groups,i like a lot more than that.

as for getting out there and looking for am irish band that i like,i really have been to a lot of gigs and i really havent found anything that i would like to buy,
in saying that if the stranded circus had an albumn id definately buy it.

Amnesiac

if you're looking for a great irish band to get into, i can wholeheartedly recommend the frank and walters: try grand parade or beauty becomes more than life.
they are chronically underappreciated in this country.

your list of favourite bands ain't too bad...i would suggest however that supergrass should be omitted: one good album and three dodgy ones is a poor return in my book.
you can replace them with radiohead...then you'll be getting warmer.

Morello

If I can give my 2c, in no particular order:

1) Therapy?
2) Turn
3) Indigo Fury
4) Neosupervital
5) *cough* M o r e l l o *cough*

Kurdt

TURN

THERAPY?

BELLx1

X CONSTANT

BERKELEY

Morn

*cough*Responsibility*cough*

thedrowner

turn
polar
the 66 electric
joan of arse
the dudley corporation


morn---dont think responsibility is quite called for yet.

just trying to remember...i did diss u2 in the other thread didnt i? if i didnt put u2 into my top 5 worst riish bands, i deserve a smack round the 'ead.

sodiumlightbaby

The Virgin Prunes
That Petrol Emotion
Divine Comedy
The Undertones
Auto Da Fe
Libido (not the norwegian band of thre same name !)

Kurdt

man i think i've been studyin too hard... left out two of my fav bands on this here island...

polar and the 66 electric and they can hack it live n all

Trev M

Originally posted by sodiumlightbaby
The Virgin Prunes
That Petrol Emotion
Divine Comedy
The Undertones
Auto Da Fe
Libido (not the norwegian band of thre same name !)

Auto Da Fe ...tell me more >>> I know these guys are a bit in the past yeah ??? Any links or more info?

Sandi

Republic of Loose
Murder of Crows
Mike Got Spiked
Skyjack
Otranome

there's my top 5 anyway...there are more...

DerekD Goldfish

whipping boy
Mundy
Thin Lizzy
Undertones
Reindear section
Stiff Little Fingers
The Pogues
My bloody valintine
The Frames
Lir
Berkley
Therapy
Snowpatrol
Element
Frank and Walters
Future kings of spain
Gemma Hayes
Horslips
Mary janes
Mundy
Rory Gallagher
Turn
Nina hynes
Sultans of ping
In no order
There are loads more that dont spring to mind straigt away

knobbles

listen to these and i say what amazing talent our wee isle has produced in the last 15 year...

My Bloody Valentine - loveless
Whipping Boy - heartworm
Snow Patrol - when it's all over
U2 - joshua tree
Gemma Hayes - night on my side

...a gifted land!

SimonMaher

Hello all,

So many bands and I will of course inevitably forget loads. Heres a selection of new and more recent.

Oh and Trev M, Auto Da Fe were class at the time. I have the vinyl single of All is Yellow Hot Hot Hot knocking around here...will dig it up and put it online when I get a minute....great band.

Old bands (no particular order):

The Blades
Microdisney
Thin Lizzy
The Radiators from Space
That Petrol Emotion
Stars of Heaven
The Undertones
Moving Hearts
Boomtown Rats
A House
Frank and Walters

Will have to have a think about new bands....Looking forward to Jimmy Cake and Tycho Brahe this weekend, also enjoy the frames and turns of this world too.....will compile list later...

Regards,

Pete Reed
Phantom FM

Saint-dotsie

dont like the blades nobody mentioned Relish
they are an excellent band,i have seen some half decent bands on this page but unfortunately none of em really grab me.

Amnesiac

relish?

i have only heard "rainbow zephyr", which i thought was woefully bad.

tony 2 tone

bobby pulls a wilson(RIP)
kerbdog(RIP)
Throat
Tooth(RIP I think can any one help?)
Superskin
Kosha
Runnin' Riot
The Steam Pig
Finger Mouse or Mike got Spiked.....
Skyjack
Dollar $hort or Short
Coldwar
Mouthpiece
The Dagda/dagna......

penhelli

1.Fairuza
2. My Bloody Valentine
3. Lir
4. Hally
5. Future Kings of Spain

The new Fairuza album is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant and I bet the FKOS one will be too...

Rancid

Puget Sound
The Steam Pig
Skint
Kid Blunt
Striknien DC
Foot 'n' Mouth
Blood or Whiskey
Coldwar

And The Frames... though I'm not their biggest fan...

panzer_attack

therapy?
whipping boy
turn
beautiful losers
future kings of spain

also worth a mention are the ultra montaines and a band i never liked until i seen them supporting hot hot heat a few weeks back,ten speed racer.they where on top form,tore up the stage.i was well impressed.

butterflywings

The frames- have you heard setlist? wow...
turn
bellx1
66electric
thin lizzy
u2
damien rice ( he doesn't really count as a band but hey, he counts all the same.. 2+2=4)
kíla kick quite a lotta ass also..

we've got a hell of a lot better bands than most countries, and they all have zillions more people in them, you've got to recognise a talented isle when it comes and pisses on your shoe...

Saint-dotsie

But what about the flourishing russian pop scene?

bombidol

Clergy
Coldwar
Pinion
therapy?
The Dangerfields
Stomach Inc
And of course 20 Bulls Each;)

theres loads more
im just tired

Space Coyote

therapy?
frank and walters
an emotional fish
sultans of ping fc
a-house
engine alley
the frames
the golden horde
my bloody valentine
pet lamb
revelino
thin lizzy
whipping boy
wilt
u2
david kitt
mundy

...woops more than 5...

Damon_Kind

My two cents

Polar
The Tycho Brahe
Derrick Devine (and his 7 piece band)
The Jimmy Cake
My Bloody Valentine

stez

Thin Lizzy, Horslips, U2, Planxty & The Frames......yeah right Glen, you wish ye ginger feck. Sorry, fifth one would be MBV, no particular order....

Mewzel

snow patrol
my bloody valentine
polar
brando
frank and walters
turn
tycho brahe
66 electric
thin lizzy
damien rice
wallmark
gemma hayes
babelfish
blotooth
bellx1
the frames
david kitt
tadhg cooke

pretty sure ive left some out....

freakofnature

the frames


berkely(like an irish at the drive in)


turn (although i can't help but notice i'm still gavin-less)


wilt

blotooth (giv up yer day job...)


the frames (its physically impossible not to mention them twice)

paddy casey
ricer
mundy (my cool, my cool haired lady from the west..)
nina hynes
popster(one true looove....)


and of course (although only 1 was irish) THE CROCKETTS