Irish bands - help!

[Stephen]

Hi folks,
I have to play a gig on St Patrick's day, so we need to fill up 3 hours with fiddley-dee and music from Irish bands.
Please name me as many Irish bands of bands with Irish links as you can.

So far we have:
U2
The Corrs
Van Morrison
The Undertones
Snow Patrol
Christy Moore
Damien Rice
Waterboys
Thin Lizzy
Phil Coulter
Divine Comedy
And of course our Duke Special.

Any bands I'm missing out?
(Boyzone and Westlife excluded, in that order..)

Cheers,
Steve

[Guinness]

Wolfe Tones... can't not play Celtic Symphonies!

[Stephen]

Any bands I'm missing out?
(Boyzone and Westlife excluded, in that order..)


Haha, disregard that that - I said "bands".
Decent music was a gimmie...

[smile]

JJ72...!!!

:D they've split up now :(

[Stephen]

I actually liked them, October Swimmer being their best song, followed by Snow. Not neither really suitable for St Patrick's day though!
Dukester, any song suggestions? What does Copenhagen have in store? :-)

[matthew]

flogging molly!

*edit* oops think they are american! but i love them :)

[Elle]

The Frames
Picturehouse
Aslan
The Brennan Sisters (as in NOT Clannad)
A different family of Brennan sisters (i.e. Clannad)
Sharon Shannon & Friends (if this isn't a band, check out her DVD, Live at Dolan's)
Bell XI

[Guinness]

If you can clamp the nessesary body parts Cara Dillon has some great works as well!

[very_special]

The Pogues
The Cranberries
The Saw Doctors
Iain Archer
Mic Christopher
The Waterboys
Mary Black
Brian Houston
Horslips
Dropkick Murphys
Brian Kennedy
Ash
Enya
Moya Brennan
The Dubliners
The Chieftains
The Fureys
The Clancy Brothers
The Bothy Band
Rory Gallagher
Frances Black
Sinead O'Connor
A House
An Emotional Fish
The Harvest Ministers
The Sultans Of Ping FC
Hothouse Flowers
Paul Brady

Oh and not forgetting B*Witched :)

[Guinness]

I saw the Hothouse Flowers a couple of years ago and found them to be extremely good.

Haven't heard sight nor sound of them since, are they still on the go?

[very_special]

Looks like they're still about yeah, Liam appears to be playing at Queen's St. Patrick's Day Festival!?

http://www.hothouseflowers.com/gigs.asp

[Elle]

Sinead Lohan
Juliet Turner
Celine Carroll
Eleanor McEvoy
Horslips

[joemono]

The Thrills :)

[Guinness]

Horslips

Now, just to clarify this...

Are you saying that Horslips are Irish music?

Because there are two people who browse this forum... one of them my other half, who laughed at me the day I said these guys played irish music!

[mac]

The Legendary Moving Hearts.
Lucky enough to see them live first time in years on Friday night.
Mighty stuff indeed!
I second Flogging Molly too. I get to see them play live in my tiny local pub every Saturday night as they currently live in my village while rehearsing for their new album. True gentlemen, they even sweep the pub floor and wash glasses etc when they finish playing believe it or not.

[Guinness]

That is mighty stuff now!

I love Flogging Molly, "Drunken Lullibies" was the soundtrack to my new years eve about 5 years ago!

[Geordie]

Horslips

Now, just to clarify this...

Are you saying that Horslips are Irish music?

Because there are two people who browse this forum... one of them my other half, who laughed at me the day I said these guys played irish music!

Now, just to clarify this...

He put on a CD and said "You guys wanna hear some Irish music?" It wasn't a Horslips album, it was some "Electric Dreams" album or something. And yeah, Horslips were on the album, but the song he put on was NOT irish music. So nobody take his side on this, he's just trying to stop us bringing it up everytime we see him haha!

[Guinness]

Look at his avatar!

He lives in a zoo for crying out loud!

and for those of you in the know, the song was Horslips - dearg doom

[Elle]

Hi Guinness

Check out this little link if you have any doubts about Horslips' Irish heritage.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horslips

[Guinness]

I had no doubt they were Irish man!

Tell it to the jarv!

He's a stubborn mule!

[Geordie]

I had no doubt they were Irish man!

I never doubted that they were Irish, mainly because they were on an album of Irish bands... :roll:

Conor did say it was Irish music, and to me, Irish music is all fiddley dee fiddley doo. In my eyes, it doesn't qualify. Its def not traditional, not what I expect when i hear 'Irish' music. Listen to the song, I think a lot of people will agree with me!

[Elle]

I firmly believe that there's a damn site more to Irish music than fiddley dee.

I also believe that there are far too many Irish musicians who deserve the financial rewards which their talents merit. This situation is unlikely to improve while the majority of UK radio stations continue to feed the general public such dummed down dross.

I feel better for that , now back to the thread.

[matthew]

is it dropkick murphys then are the yankees?
my friend gotme into flogging molly and i love them! other friend is obsessed! its great! do flogging molly!!

[very_special]

is it dropkick murphys then are the yankees?


They are surely Niamh, they're still great for a knees up though :wink:

[very_special]

JJ72...!!!

:D they've split up now :(

I actually liked them, October Swimmer being their best song, followed by Snow. Not neither really suitable for St Patrick's day though!


Don't forget 'Oxygen'....absolutely loved JJ72 :)


Dukester, any song suggestions? What does Copenhagen have in store? :-)

http://www.stpatricksdayparade.dk/ :D

[duke of hal]

Ahem...

Anyone mentioned:

Leya (Belfast!)
Hal (Dublin)
Fionn Regan (Dublin, I think)
Foy Vance...

[the wee whisperer]

wot bout The Walls? their single 'To The Bright And Shining Sun' was the most played song on Irish radio in 2003!

Aslan
Phil Lynott's Solo Work (Old Town, Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, etc.)
The stunning
The Saw Doctors
The Waterboys
Horslips (anyone who doubts their Irishness by the way should listen to their albums 'Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part' and 'Drive The Cold Winter Away')
The Immediate

[matthew]

is it dropkick murphys then are the yankees?


They are surely Niamh, they're still great for a knees up though :wink:

so kiss meeee im S**tfaced.. im soaked and im soiled in rum! :smt078

[very_special]

is it dropkick murphys then are the yankees?


They are surely Niamh, they're still great for a knees up though :wink:

so kiss meeee im S**tfaced.. im soaked and im soiled in rum! :smt078

Drink to me only with thine eyes.....http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o72/carnivore7/guinness.gif

[brianmcf]

I love a lot of Flooging Molly's stuff, Drunken Lullabies and Seven Deadly sins especially, but no matter how I try DKM just do nothing for me. Too much punk and not enough irish, alas.

[Fintan]

I firmly believe that there's a damn site more to Irish music than fiddley dee.

Arghh I hate missing threads when you have the lack of the internet!

I firmly agree with you there Graham...it doesn't at all. E.g. U2 is still classified as Irish music. Just because it's Irish doesn't mean it can't have different genres amoung those.

Conor just didn't get his point across before he put that cd on...therefore it was definately not something Jarv and I were waiting to hear. It's hard to explain..one of those...'you had to be there' type things.

[matthew]

I love a lot of Flooging Molly's stuff, Drunken Lullabies and Seven Deadly sins especially, but no matter how I try DKM just do nothing for me. Too much punk and not enough irish, alas.

i only really heard Kiss me im a wee bit tipsy :) but flogging molly are excellent!!

[Sergei A 3]

Just going through my MP3 player and heres my list: [sorry if they've been previously mentioned!]
The Amazing Pilots
Ash
Bellx1
Cathy Davey
Damien Rice
David Kitt
Divine Comedy
Emmett Tinley/Prayerboat
Fast Emperors
The Frames
Glen Hansard/The Sweel Season
The Guggeinheim Grotto
Iain Archer
The Jimmy Cake
Mark Geary
The Mary Janes
Mic Christopher
Mongoose
Mundy
My Bloody Valentine
Polar/Pilotlight
The Redneck Manifesto
Republic of Loose
Sultands of Ping FC
TKO
Turn
Van Morrison
Vyvienne Long
Waiting Room
Warlords of Pez

eh yeah, some very good irish bands there ^ :)

[nicavecmini]

No-one's mentioned The 4 Of Us yet...why don't you have some sense!

[Eoin]

Just going through my MP3 player and heres my list: [sorry if they've been previously mentioned!]
TKO

eh yeah, some very good irish bands there ^ :)

Heehee Mic would be proud Blath! ;)

[Sergei A 3]

Haha, I know :D I'm not biased at all - honestly ;)

[arginite]

Missed this thread, and had some great ideas that werent mentioned, ah well no need now. In fact I had an 'all irish' music marathon from fri-sun, you all missed some 'mighty tunes' there lads :D

[mickoc]

No-one's mentioned The 4 Of Us yet...why don't you have some sense!

I was just about to but you beat me to it! :)

Anyone else remember Power Of Dreams? I used to like them a lot (early 90's).

[thesneakybandit]

I loved Power of Dreams' "Where's The Love" when I was younger. It used to get the odd play on the wireless. A couple of years ago I managed to buy the Immigrants, Emigrants and Me album for the equivalent of about 80p in South Africa. It's class!

[mickoc]

Ah, my copy got nicked in a burglary a few years ago, keep keeping an eye on ebay in case it shows up some time. Still got a tape of their second album 2 Hell With Common Sense, somewhere.

Saw them once at The Duchess in Leeds and bloody great it was too. :)

[thesneakybandit]

in the words of tommy cooper...

"ah hah just like that!"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/POWER-OF-DREAMS-Immigrants-Emigrants-And-Me-CD-RARE_W0QQitemZ130089134227QQcategoryZ2250QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[mickoc]

Cheers Mr Bandit, bid placed!

:)

[Flackmeister]

Do the Chalets count as irish? I've got an album of theirs called check in, but cant find much else by them.

[very_special]

Anyone else remember Power Of Dreams? I used to like them a lot (early 90's).


Great band, '100 Ways To Kill A Love' is still one of my favourites, I have their 'The Pleasure is Back' demo tape from 1988 somewhere including a handful of 12".

Can't believe I left them out of my list of Irish Bands....:?

[thesneakybandit]

Do the Chalets count as irish? I've got an album of theirs called check in, but cant find much else by them.

the chalets are indeed irish. half of them occasionally play in the warlords of pez as well. there is only the one album and two or three singles so far as well as some obscure vinyl releases from 2001/2ish.

[Sunny]

Do the Chalets count as irish? I've got an album of theirs called check in, but cant find much else by them.
yeah they're irish my brother works with one of the girlies

[mac]

I must insist on adding to this list one of the most underated and influential bands ever. That Petrol Emotion. (Old person alert) Long since split up now, they were the soundtrack to my youth.(Edits out gushy rambling nostalgic platitudes)
Now there is a band who have unfinished business.
Ciaran Mc Laughlin was such a fine songwriter (amongst great songwriters in the band) that its a shame he never followed up the bands demise with some solo recordings or at least wrote for other artists.
If anyone knows any different please let me know!!!
At least there is the reformed Undertones I suppose.

[very_special]

Good one Mac, TPE were a great band.

'Creeping to the cross' :wink:

http://www.myspace.com/thatpetrolemotion

[mac]

Great band indeed and it's nice to come across a fellow fan.
Are you familiar with the band Marfa Lights? It was Steve Macks follow up project. They only released one album "Tensor" and then split up. I think its really good.
( I think there is another band going by the same name these days)
I'd be more than happy to make a copy if you're interested?

[very_special]

Very nice of you Mac cheers :)

I tried to save you the trouble by searching for a downloadable source but to no avail.
Yes by all accounts it seems to retain the TPE sound so I'd be most interested in hearing it.
I kinda lost track of the works of Mr Mack after TPE but I did follow a band that John O'Neil went on to form called 'Rare'. If you fancy a copy of their album in return just say the word :wink:

Bless...
http://www.myspace.com/realsmack