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Best Limerick Bands youve heard

frantic_mel · 2004-10-27 15:37:09

Come on guys, Name a good band you've seen in Limerick/City and where?

27-10-2004 3:37pm

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Come on guys,

Name a good band you've seen in Limerick/City and where?

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#2 27-10-2004 3:41pm

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Woodstar (Dolans, UL)
Kraven (Dolans)
The Driven (not around any more - haven't seen them, but have a few of their MP3s)

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#3 27-10-2004 3:43pm

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Thanks TmB,

Have u seen any unsigned ones recently

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#4 27-10-2004 3:51pm

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errrmmm the cranberries

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#5 27-10-2004 7:10pm

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libelus remark removed

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#6 27-10-2004 11:49pm

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Kev boy banned for ...um nevermind.

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#7 28-10-2004 8:56am

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Best Limerick band by far:
Veneer
Chk out this link
http://www.gigireland.com/viewband.php?BandID=88
their site is down @ the mo, but if U click on the above link you'll see some pics and you'll be able to download some MP3's
Great Limerick band, theyve played Dolans and the HighStool very recently.

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#8 28-10-2004 11:18am

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Alvin Purple. Best band ever.

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#9 28-10-2004 1:20pm

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Knapweed-They coulda changed there name ny now though

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#10 01-11-2004 5:13pm

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The Alvin purple experiece

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#11 11-11-2004 2:08am

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um... roper, giveamanakick, spektacle(or whatever theyre called now)... there was nuclone for a while, but theyre gone now.
youll find a lot of good unsigned bands if you look at the amc's website, theyll post a lot of gigs etc. http://theamc.homestead.com/homepage.html they organise most of the rock gigs etc around limerick.

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#12 11-11-2004 2:49pm

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Metallicababe wrote:

The Alvin purple experiece

Yes!

Oh and my band too.

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#13 11-11-2004 3:28pm

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Dave wrote:

Yes!

Oh and my band too.

which is??

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#14 11-11-2004 3:38pm

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7evenwords, they've played in High Stool a good few times but they're not from Limerick

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#15 11-11-2004 3:59pm

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frantic_mel wrote:

which is??

We're called stuka. Only starting out. Playing in the Stables in UL tonight.

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#16 11-11-2004 5:08pm

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Elore are excellent, played in the High Stool lots of times, there playing in Dolans on Nov 30 upstairs if ye wanna check em out.

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#17 11-11-2004 6:57pm

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what about one september
ye can't talk about bands without those guys.
they're cool!!
there from shannon but play alot in limerick. a great bunch of lads

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#18 23-11-2004 11:59am

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Dave wrote:

We're called stuka. Only starting out. Playing in the Stables in UL tonight.

for only starting out....how did ye manage to get a gig in the stables.

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#19 23-11-2004 12:27pm

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Where are my high stool comments?

thread split

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#20 23-11-2004 4:02pm

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frantic_mel wrote:

for only starting out....how did ye manage to get a gig in the stables.

It was a battle of the bands competition. We played ****e too

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#21 24-11-2004 2:52pm

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Streetcrab, Reverb and the Swarm definetly

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#22 07-12-2004 6:58pm

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roper are pretty good
psyatica, though, even better, same genre as pantera/machine head mix

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#23 12-12-2004 9:35pm

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Has anyone ever heard of HOLYSIN.

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#24 29-12-2004 11:41pm

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the best band i have heard in limerick are bluemoose, this is only their cover band but they are also called SonicVista. they got to number 30 in the charts by themselves www.sonicvista.ie

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#25 30-12-2004 2:05pm

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roper and the swarm....22 are pretty good too!!

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#26 03-01-2005 8:16am

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moby2101 wrote:

Best Limerick band by far:
Veneer
Chk out this link
http://www.gigireland.com/viewband.php?BandID=88....

I'll second this. Found the website completely by accident, and I still rate them as the "Best Band I have found on the Internet". Have yet to see them live though...
Definitely worth a look, My pick of the tracks would be Songbird.

[edit] I think T.A.P.E. will go down in history as one of the best live acts in Limerick for a long time.

And the O'Malleys, gotta love the O'Malleys...

MOYASTA!

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#27 07-01-2005 1:39am

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intrigue are by far one of the better up and coming bands that i've heard of in a long tme

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#28 10-01-2005 9:35pm

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Spunky wrote:

Knapweed-They coulda changed there name ny now though

No they're still Knapweed. Just saw them at the final Battle of the Bands thingy in Trinity Rooms last Monday. They were pretty good.

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#29 10-01-2005 11:13pm

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Knapweed are terrible, from what I've seen of them anyway.

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#30 11-01-2005 7:45pm

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They're not that bad, being a Limerick band.

It's if they ever cross the county border they'll be screwed. There's absolutely nothing original about them.

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#31 15-01-2005 9:58am

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Someone mentioned Veneer as the best ever Limerick Band - don't recognise any of the heads in the snap on the link but the original Veneer Band in limerick was made up of Ger Lane, Mark O'Connor, Colm Ward & Shane Feighery. Mark O'Connor is now playing with GOLF and they have just released their new CD and will surely be playing in Dolans soon - keep an eye out for them. It's one not to be missed.

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#32 31-01-2005 10:11pm

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Lads

great bands from Limerick - FREE BEER. They are a brilliant trad band that sing stuff the wolfe tones etc. Worth checking out

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#33 01-02-2005 1:18pm

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free beer are a decent band. also touché are decent too. both student bands

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#34 03-02-2005 2:51pm

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blessed darkness are pretty f*ckin brilliant too...

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#35 10-02-2005 10:47pm

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Dave wrote:

We're called stuka. Only starting out. Playing in the Stables in UL tonight.

Holy crap, i think my band played the same gig. We're full shred and we played last but came 2nd in the comp to knapweed.

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#36 11-02-2005 12:09am

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Have seen Blue Moose play down in Smyths a couple of times.

The Alvin Purple Experience are also good.

That reminds me I almost killed Alvin one night in the Perry, he was up singing and as he regularly does hangs the microphone around this neck. Well I was passing going to the bar when I got my leg caught on the microphone cable and Alvin nearly chocked! He literly was purple! The whole place was in knots laughing (inc Alvin).

If your reading this Alvin, sorry

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#37 11-02-2005 7:04pm

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The Alvin Purple Experience played my uncle's wedding - best wedding ever!!!

Giveamanakick were cool at Oxegen
Woodstar are cool too but I haven't seen them live yet.

And obviously the Cranberries rock.

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#38 30-03-2005 3:17pm

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Lots of comments here for Veneer, their website is back at www.veneerland.com

Also theyre in the Hi Stool on April 23rd with Niall Quinn of the Hitchers fame

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#39 13-04-2005 4:25am

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Kraven, Heard them for the first time live in Dolans last friday night, they were excellent.

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#40 28-05-2005 4:49pm

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I was in termights last night at tribute gig for girl who pasted away. There were about 5 acts, none more better than Roper, they are flippin excellent totally blew me away. Also a debuting band played called the noise whom of which were extremely good especially Mike Nolan.

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#41 19-06-2005 7:57pm

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I would have to say that for sheer energy and sound, I'd go with 22. Personally i think they are legends. Hmm, would also have to say vessa varo (hope i spelled that right) are cool , and saw 7 even words recently and liked them too. Hmm... can't really say any others stuck in my head. However there is an up and coming band that have given me a demo called blank expression adn would like to see them in action.

Paddy bass, over and out

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#42 03-07-2005 1:55pm

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the fewer the better

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#43 05-07-2005 8:39am

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Catcher and the Rye. Havent seen them around for a couple of years, but they kicked ass.

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#44 07-07-2005 11:15pm

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If you haven't heard these, check them out here:

www.deloreansuite.net

Contemporary Limerick band.

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#45 11-07-2005 4:42pm

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Far be it from me to draw your attention from this very fine board, but there is another site dedicated PURELY to the Limerick original band scene.

If anyone wishes to visit the Limerick Band Archive click below:

http://lba.x.am

They are actively seek contributions to the archive so that a comprehesive website can be constructed showing details of all Limerick bands through the years.

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