Top five Irish music acts

Kingdom Bhoy

1 Thin Lizzy
2 U2
3 Horslips
4 Van the Man
5 Bipolar Empire.

delbertgrady

Mellow Candle
Planxty
Horslips
U2
Van Morrison

RC88

Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher/Taste
Gary Moore
Van Morrison
Bell x1

Bryan4president

Rory Gallagher
The Dubliners
Thin Lizzy
Christy Moore
Van Morrison

neil_18_

U2
Rory Gallagher
Aslan
Damien Dempsey
Thin Lizzy

ttoppcat

Rory Gallagher
Sinead O'Connor
Van Morrisson
Henry McCullough
Seamie O'Dowd

ClashCityRocker

The Undertones
Rory
Thin Lizzy
Ash
The Frames

Kingdom Bhoy

Bryan4president wrote: »

Rory Gallagher
The Dubliners
Thin Lizzy
Christy Moore
Van Morrison

Good shout with Rory I should have included him.

Nolanger

Virgin prunes
Ash
Undertones
Bachelors
MBV

Kingdom Bhoy

Nolanger wrote: »

Virgin prunes
Ash
Undertones
Bachelors
MBV

MBV ?

joulter

Kingdom Bhoy wrote: »

MBV ?

MBV = My Bloody Valentine

My list:

My Bloody Valentine
Rory Gallagher
Van Morrison
Whipping Boy
Ash

If FIFA rules apply then i'll add Aphex Twin aswell

Nolanger

Well he was born here so FIFA rules needn't apply!

joulter

Nolanger wrote: »

Well he was born here so FIFA rules needn't apply!

Ya you're right. I thought it was his parents were Irish

Kingdom Bhoy

That Petrol Emotion were a top band.

JerryHandbag

Rory Gallagher
Bell X1
U2
David Kitt
The Frames

Kingdom Bhoy

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Rory Gallagher
Bell X1
U2
David Kitt
The Frames

Good shout the Frames.

CiaranMT

Purely personal choice:

Mike Slott
My Bloody Valentine
U2 in their hey-day
Van Morrison
A toss-up between Rory and Lizzy, I'd give it to Rory cos I've always listened to him more.

Rory Gallagher
Thin Lizzy
Van Morrison
Paul Brady
Planxty/Christy Moore/Dubliners/The Frames/Ash (select as you feel necessary)

Hannibal

U2
Oasis (not born here but 4 out of original 5 were second generation)
Rory Gallagher/Taste
Thin Lizzy
Wolfe Tones

Just for note the five biggest selling Irish music acts are:
U2
Enya
Van Morrison
The Cranberries
Westlife (not really a music act)

Kingdom Bhoy

Dotsey wrote: »

U2
Oasis (not born here but 4 out of original 5 were second generation)
Rory Gallagher/Taste
Thin Lizzy
Wolfe Tones

Just for note the five biggest selling Irish music acts are:
U2
Enya
Van Morrison
The Cranberries
Westlife (not really a music act)

The Cranberries, another quality band.

JerryHandbag

Dotsey wrote: »

U2
Oasis (not born here but 4 out of original 5 were second generation)
Rory Gallagher/Taste
Thin Lizzy
Wolfe Tones

Just for note the five biggest selling Irish music acts are:
U2
Enya
Van Morrison
The Cranberries
Westlife (not really a music act)

Not really classed as irish in fairness, if we used that rule I would've picked The Smiths!

MsJenjers

Damien Rice
Enya
U2
The Script
The Cranberries

Cole

Don't forget The Blades.

LordSutch

joulter wrote: »

If FIFA rules apply then i'll add Aphex Twin aswell

Aphex Twin

Richard David James was born to Welsh parents Lorna and Derek James in St. Munchin's Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital, Ireland. He grew up in Lanner, Cornwall, England enjoying, along with two older sisters, a "very happy" childhood during which they, according to James, "were pretty much left to do what [they] wanted."[2] He "liked growing up there, being cut off from the city and the rest of the world".[3] James attended Redruth School, located in Redruth, Cornwall.

Source, Wikipedia.

carrolls

If living in Ireland for most of your life counts, then Ill add Dead Can Dance and Chris De Burgh.
Also Snow Patrol, The Thrills.

martybike

Rory Gallagher
The Blades
Stiff Little Fingers
The Undertones
Ash


So who are the best 5 current bands?

InTheTrees

Rory Gallagher
Clannad
u2
BellX1

and

Dropkick Murphys

(Yeah I know they're from Boston. They should be Honorary Irish)

lempsipmax

My personal list:


A House (I am the Greatest)
The Fat Lady Sings (Johnson)
The Frames (For the Birds)
U2 (Achtung Baby)
Whipping Boy (Heartworm)

This list is really based on best albums to be honest.

Ahoy hoy

U2
Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
The Cranberries
Van Morrison

karaokeman

Dotsey wrote: »

U2
Oasis (not born here but 4 out of original 5 were second generation)
Rory Gallagher/Taste
Thin Lizzy
Wolfe Tones

Just for note the five biggest selling Irish music acts are:
U2
Enya
Van Morrison
The Cranberries
Westlife (not really a music act)

That top five selling list is not really accurate because its from wikipedia, out of date and lacking citations. The Corrs have sold more records than Westlife but Westlife are the best selling Irish act of the 2000s, mainly because The Corrs were bigger in the 1990s.
Here's my list;

1. U2
2. Jimmy MacCarthy
3. The Script
4. Christy Moore
5. The Corona's

Hannibal

karaokeman wrote: »

3. The Script

The Script have only got one song, and just seem to constantly reword the same melody

On a serious level, no one has mentioned Daniel O'Donnell

maupat

U2
Mick Flannery
Christy Moore
Ash
The Coronas

smokedeels

My Bloody Valentine
Nun Attax
Stiff Little Fingers
Bats
Thin Lizzy

....probably.

Android 666

The Frank and Walters
Stiff Little Fingers
Warlords of Pez
Fatima Mansions
My Bloody Valentine

Nolanger

Dotsey wrote: »

The Script have only got one song, and just seem to constantly reword the same melody

They're copying One Republic - badly.

JBnaglfar

Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
Aphex Twin
God is an Astronaut
Primordial

Lago

Dotsey wrote: »

The Script have only got one song, and just seem to constantly reword the same melody

So true, I've never heard a band who I recongise so quickly every time they come on the radio. Every song just sounds the same. Their lyric writing is poor as well, every song is about the exact same thing, a **** break-up. I still enjoy their music but in terms of musical skill, they are way down there.

Anyway...

1. Two Door Cinema Club (love them)
2. Ryan Sheridan
3. The Coronas
4. Bell X1
5. Snow Patrol

magentas

1. Rory Gallagher
2. Thin Lizzy
3. Gary Moore
4. The Frames
5. Bell X1

That's my top 5 but I also love cranberries, JJ72, ash, jerry fish & the mudbug club, undertones and the horslips

UBd

the stunning
an emotional fish
the beatless
d-11 runners
gemma hayes
ash
u2
something happens
john spillane
the irish world cup squad (not strictly a band but extra points for a song that lifted the hopes of a nation!)

trad

What this thread demonstrates is the amount of top groups this country has produced.


Lets hear it for Irish Bands

Rud

Thin Lizzy
Dubliners
Horslips
JJ72
Gemma Hayes

Kingdom Bhoy

carrolls wrote: »

If living in Ireland for most of your life counts, then Ill add Dead Can Dance and Chris De Burgh.
Also Snow Patrol, The Thrills.

Quality live band the Thrills.