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Best Irish groups who never made it

  • 27-01-2011 06:31PM
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭


    loads from the mid 90's when I actually bought cds, two that stand out are:


    revelino
    whipping boy

    I also remember a band called "the chicks" appearing on jo whiley's show on channel 4 late one night, I remember being blown away by the song and I never heard from them again

    oh and I also remember hearing a few songs on the radio from a band called "the hormones" (i think) about 10 years agao or so, I was impressed and thought I'll keep my eyes/ears open for them and again never heard from them again


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭JerryHandbag


    Future Kings Of Spain, 2 great albums but they've split now I think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Howard the Duck


    donfers wrote: »
    I also remember a band called "the chicks" appearing on jo whiley's show on channel 4 late one night, I remember being blown away by the song and I never heard from them again

    I remember them, I'm pretty sure one of them is the sister of the dude from republic of loose. I also heard he wrote their songs but i'm not sure about that. Think they just released one EP.

    Here is one of their tunes http://www.supremorecordings.com/mp3/Daria.mp3


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    The Hitchers
    The Stars of Heaven
    but mainly - Whipping Boy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭tim_holsters


    Aslan.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,723 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Brando.... they only had an EP as far as I know (The Singular Death of Privacy) and some random songs on compilations, but I would have loved to see/hear more from them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭roashter


    Whipping Boy & Revelino were 2 great bands.
    I remember saying them playing on the same night down in Cork around 95/96 I think. Some sort of Heineken roller coaster tour.
    the memories.....

    Kerbdog are another who spring to mind


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭D-Generate


    Kerbdog


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 708 ✭✭✭dolittle


    i remember tokyo olympics
    they were brilliant


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭RGDATA!


    The Would Be's are worth a shout



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭hairy sailor


    An emotional fish & the stunning,think they were only big in this country but i could be wrong.


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  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,407 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    NPB
    Turn
    Whipping Boy

    And a hell of a lot of others.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭Holybejaysus


    No Sweat-This song is going to jog a lot of memories, and it's one of the best 'earworms' I've ever heard!




    And, to a certain extent, Rory Gallagher-he deserves to be much more internationally recognised.




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭JerryHandbag


    Anyone remember a band called The Marbles? Goin back about 10 years I'd say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    U2....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭AhSureTisGrand


    Yeah Kerbdog


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 301 ✭✭Ellian


    Not sure what we're defining made it as but I always wish that more people knew of the brilliance of A House. I used to love them live.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    Ellian wrote: »
    Not sure what we're defining made it as but I always wish that more people knew of the brilliance of A House. I used to love them live.

    Good shout, they've some great songs.

    Fat Lady Sings have some really great stuff too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    Man this thread is depressing me, so many great bands.

    Whipping Boy sorta did make it, in Ireland at least. Do yiz mean never made it big abroad? Heartworm is such a classic album.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭boscoroxx


    Whipping Boy & An Emotional Fish would stick out to me.
    I used to love JJ72, not sure what ever happened to them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭30txsbzmcu2k9w


    Kerbdog caused quite a bit of a stir in England with their debut - rightly so, cracking album. They nearly played on Top of The Pops with this little ditty (charted somewhere in the 30s i think they were on standby in case someone dropped out) :D



    Biffy Clyro still mention them in a lot of interviews as being a big influence.

    Agree with a lot of the other suggestions here Turn especially, great ear for melody but I think the best thing they released was also the first (Check my Ears Ep).



    Also I'm pretty sure Arcade Fire nicked a fair few ideas from Rollerskate Skinny


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    boscoroxx wrote: »
    Whipping Boy & An Emotional Fish would stick out to me.
    I used to love JJ72, not sure what ever happened to them.

    Mark is playing regularly enough in Dublin and has his own website with some good tunes on it. Hillary had a kid but is planning a return to the industry but no idea what happened Fergal. Superb band.

    Agree on Turn, absolutely love their stuff and they were great live. Two others of note are Melaton and Berkeley.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 301 ✭✭Ellian


    boscoroxx wrote: »
    Whipping Boy & An Emotional Fish would stick out to me.
    I used to love JJ72, not sure what ever happened to them.

    I did like quite a lot of stuff on the Emotional Fish CD - especially Lace Virginia - but if the demise of that band was the cost of getting Jerry Fish and the Mudbg Club, then I'll accept that.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 95 ✭✭RichieMc


    Anyone remember a band called The Marbles? Goin back about 10 years I'd say.


    One of, if not THE first band I saw at the first Witnness. Have most of their singles. Saw their complete ZTT recordings is up on itunes.

    I'd also give a shout for The Young Offenders - never got to release their album after getting signed to Sony. Lead singer Ciaran McFeely eventually did OK as Simple Kid


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    mama's boys -they were brothers

    pat mcmanus the lead guitarist played in one of the local pubs in swords recently

    "needle in the grove" was the single

    and the Revs included the other Rory Gallagher -they also did panto :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    the mitcheners
    settler
    red kid
    nina hynes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭julio_iglayzis


    donfers wrote: »

    I also remember a band called "the chicks" appearing on jo whiley's show on channel 4 late one night, I remember being blown away by the song and I never heard from them again

    I saw this crowd supporting Sonic Youth in the Olympia in 1998. I've never seen so many people do an about-turn to the bar. I'm not sure if they were going long at that stage, but it was like watching an Irish version of Shonen Knife. Just horrible.

    Rollerskate Skinny were an amazing band.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    I saw this crowd supporting Sonic Youth in the Olympia in 1998. I've never seen so many people do an about-turn to the bar. I'm not sure if they were going long at that stage, but it was like watching an Irish version of Shonen Knife. Just horrible.

    Yeah that wasn't a good booking for them at all. They got abuse from the crowd and left early.

    I was always a big fan of Revelino, felt they deserved a lot better. Rollerskate Skinny too. There was a while there when you could only get Horsedrawn Wishes secondhand. Even members of the band had no access to it and had to bootleg their own stuff if they wanted to give it to anyone. Thankfully it seems to have been rereleased.

    I saw the Marbles live in a small pub in Castlebar many years ago, they were pretty damn impressive live. The guitarist used to play in his bare feet didn't he?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,383 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    Sure JJ72 "made it".

    They just ran out of legs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭julio_iglayzis


    There was a while there when you could only get Horsedrawn Wishes secondhand. Even members of the band had no access to it and had to bootleg their own stuff if they wanted to give it to anyone. Thankfully it seems to have been rereleased.

    Really? I thought they had signed to a fairly big label after Shoulder Voices, but I'm probably wrong. Actually, you're dead right, now that I think of it, I remember picking up Horsedrawn Wishes for 2 dollars in Boston in 1996 - I couldn't find it anywhere else.

    I think they played Lollapalooza too, I can't imagine them going down too well with American Beavis and Butthead skate shorts brigade.

    I still have their first few EPs on 10 inch vinyl, they're brilliant.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Racks Brains

    Horslips and Moving Hearts stand out.

    The Blades were a great singles band and were the Irish "The Jam"

    There was another band from Dublin who had a song "The Bridge" -one of them was Eamonn Andrews son. Goths I think.


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