Popular Irish bands

Wheels

Hope this isn't against the rules but I'm trying co compile a list for a (college project) of Irish rock and pop artists that have been fairly mainstream and had decent success (as in they've won awards, sold albums and possibly been big in the UK). So far I've the following but I know I need to add to it. Is there a site that would list something similar? I've tried Wiki and google but they ain't been much help.

Ash
Aslan
B*Witched
Bell X1
Blink
Bob Geldof
Boyzone
Chris De Burgh
Christy Moore
David Kitt
Declan O'Rourke
Director
Fatima Mansions
Gemma Hayes
Horslips
Hothouse Flowers
Joe Dolan
Johnny Logan
Juliet Turner
Kila
Mark Geary
Mundy
Paddy Casey
Relish
Samantha Mumba
Shane MacGowan
Sinead O'Connor
Stiff Little Fingers
Sultans of Ping FC
The Blizzards
The Boomtown Rats
The Cranberries
The Fat Lady Sings
The Four Of Us
The Frames
The Frank and the Walters
The Nolan Sisters
The Pogues
The Revs
The Saw Doctors
The Stunning
The Thrills
The Walls
The Waterboys
U2
Van Morrison
Westlife

GreenHell

Thin Lizzy, shame on you.

cornbb

GreenHell wrote:

Thin Lizzy, shame on you.

Seconded.

Ummm, hate to be the one to remember it but, Enya and Daniel O'Donnell? The Chieftans, they've had some success in the states AFAIK

miju

this list could end up twice as long as yer arm , Republic of Loose is one to add to that list anyways

thebaz

Two of my favorites

the undertones
the stars of heaven

Frank Grimes

Rory Gallagher, guess you could throw Taste in too.
You remembered B*Witched but forgot Thin Lizzy?

Wheels

Frank Grimes wrote:

Rory Gallagher, guess you could throw Taste in too.
You remembered B*Witched but forgot Thin Lizzy?

OK even I admit that was wrong.

copacetic

damien rice, could he be missing, read it twice but can't believe he was missed!




edit: and Damien Dempsey, what have you got against damiens, is it an omen?
Mic christopher, actually every time I look I see more missing so will stop now.

i'd also take off the waterboys myself, don't really count them as Irish.

:|

the chalets?

patrickc

Duke Special, the Divine Comedy

thegoose

Clannad
Snow Patrol

Revelation Joe

Microdisney
In Tua Nua (sp?)

Wertz

A House
Therapy?

pickarooney

Something Happens
Kerbdog
My Little Funhouse
(I think they had some minor success in Japan)

Kevster

Enya ??
Alison Moyet ??

cormie

Antony from Antony and the Johnsons is Irish but I don't think they'd be classed as an Irish band.

Clannad

Damien Dempsey

Mary Black

Jimmy MacCarthy

The Dubliners

Luke Kelly

Paul Brady

Sharon Shannon


There's loads more, the likes of Lunasa, Danu, Frankie Gavin and all that, who I'm sure have won various awards but probably not what you're after?

cormie

JJ72 aswell!

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Something Happens
Kerbdog
My Little Funhouse
(I think they had some minor success in Japan)

My Little funhouse were signed to Geffen at one stage werent they-wonder what became of them

oh yeah
MY BLOODY VALENTINE on that list?:eek:
and Whipping Boy

loyatemu

the corrs - total sh*te but they've had UK and US hits.

The Pale and Engine Alley were both signed to major labels in the 90s but neither had any major success.

The Waterboys aren't really irish - they've had Irish members at various times, but they started in Scotland and the Mike Scott is, er, Scottish.

lordgoat

Stiff Little Fingers
Sultans of Ping FC
Pearl Jam

lordgoat

Oh and Gilbert O Sullivan

Hippo

The Bachelors, the first Irish 'group' to sell loads in the UK. Cheesy vocal shower from the early to mid sixties.

Btw, I don't think you could say In Tua Nua were ever 'successful', despite having bigger posters than everyone else at one stage.

aw

The Fureys and The Dubliners.
One of those two was the first Irish band to be on Top of The Pops but I forget which one. Or maybe it was Foster and Allen. They have all been on it anyway.

RadioActive

I've always been fond of the Saw Doctors.

Sinfonia

Turn

Okie

lordgoat wrote:

Stiff Little Fingers
Sultans of Ping FC
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam???

Anyhoo, this website might be worth a look ----> Irish Music Central

It might help you out:)

lordgoat

Yeah they're from the Seattle, it's in Laois.

A Primal Nut

Gary Moore
Mama's Boys

wow sierra

The Blades

Pearl Jam???The Waterboys??? i'm not even sure you can include Shane McGowan - if you can how about Oasis The Smiths etc

ChuckProphet

daveym wrote:

damien rice, could he be missing, read it twice but can't believe he was missed!

he's missing cos he sucks. toasted heretic

copacetic

ChuckProphet wrote:

he's missing cos he sucks. toasted heretic

really? we have a fair few sucky contenders up there, pretty sure he was missed by accident..

Heisenberg.

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DerekD Goldfish

Fatima Mansions
Thier 1st/2nd(depending on if you concider against nature an LP or EP) album viva dead ponies was Moz's farorite album of 1990 and they did get a top ten hit as a double a-side with the manic's suicide is painless.

Hippo

DerekD Goldfish wrote:

Fatima Mansions
Thier 1st/2nd(depending on if you concider against nature an LP or EP) album viva dead ponies was Moz's farorite album of 1990 and they did get a top ten hit as a double a-side with the manic's suicide is painless.

Rightly included but they were on the original list

DerekD Goldfish

Hippo wrote:

Rightly included but they were on the original list

Inded surpised I missed that
The other Microdisney offshoot Stump were also quite good
but Im not sure you could count them as "Successful"

Hippo

Stump actually quite successful in a small kind of way at least as much as some of the others on the list! NME cover on one occasion if I remember correctly. Not sure that they were a Microdisney offshoot though unless it was some obscure early member, there was only really Sean and Cathal who owned the name.

Tomohawk

Cactus World News
Into Paradise (were signed to Uk Based "Irish centric" label Setanta in the early 1990s

Tomohawk

The Adventures (from the North)
Cry Before Dawn
Minor Detail. mid 1980s synthpop duo from wickow, had 1 album released.

DerekD Goldfish

Hippo wrote:

Stump actually quite successful in a small kind of way at least as much as some of the others on the list! NME cover on one occasion if I remember correctly. Not sure that they were a Microdisney offshoot though unless it was some obscure early member, there was only really Sean and Cathal who owned the name.

Mick Lynch frontman of Stump was in Microdisney back in the early days they may still have been called Micro-Disney at the time

Hippo

Take your word for it, I just don't remember him at all

Hippo

My even older and even more pedantic colleague informs me that Mick Lynch played with the rest of disney in a band called Constant Reminders in 1980 and then left; they then changed to Micro-Disney. I promise to go away now.

Ponster

Any chance the OP could keep the original list updated?

Hippo

Therapy?

DerekD Goldfish

on the subject of Irish bands ive been trying ot find material by Nun Attax and Five go down to the sea does anyone know where I can find some?

Hippo

There's almost nothing recorded by nun attax, but they did have something on a 'Kaught at the Kampus' compilation ep released I think on Reekus records around 1980. Five go down to the sea had an ep on Creation around 1985 (Singing in Braille?) and a couple more on some indie label here. You could start by asking somewhere like Freebird, it's the kind of stuff someone will have at the bottom of their collection, or you might get lucky at something like the Comet record collectors fair

DerekD Goldfish

Chears
They are 2 bands missing form my irish srtists collection
not to bring the thread on to much of a tangent but can anyoine recomend
some obscure(but good) Irish acts who I may not have heard of

tonyDeBrasco

...try Revival TV..http://revivaltv.bebo.com

vinnieq

Cyclefly
Cowboy X

Want proof?:
Take a look for yourself

Cyclefly - www.myspace.com/cycleflyfanpage
Cowboy X - http://www.myspace.com/cowboyxmusic

joeyla

4th Dimension may be worth a mention, they were Kerry lads

...not sure if would be classed as pop though. Were fairly big in Ireland in the 90's, I think everyone will remember 'Storm' and they supported the Prodigy. Two albums 'Overground' and 'Around the day in Eighty Worlds'. Great 90's dance act.

J

Lightbulb Sun

joeyla wrote: »

4th Dimension may be worth a mention, they were Kerry lads

...not sure if would be classed as pop though. Were fairly big in Ireland in the 90's, I think everyone will remember 'Storm' and they supported the Prodigy. Two albums 'Overground' and 'Around the day in Eighty Worlds'. Great 90's dance act.

J

The thread is 7 years old. We can assume the OPs project has long been completed.

buyer95

The Frames are another miss. I know the thread is 7 years old, but they would have been big around then. Only posting because someone else bumped the thread. Whether or not the project is completed, it is still an interesting discussion.