What was your favourite limerick band from any era ?

Catkins407 · 21-04-2013 1:06am #1

Did you have a favourite live band from Limerick you liked or loved? From any era ? I loved Tuesday Blue , Tucandance. The good old cranberries of course. A good current band is We come in pieces . Who did you like?

1qTour · 21-04-2013 1:51am

Catkins407 wrote: »

Did you have a favourite live band from Limerick you liked or loved? From any era ? I loved Tuesday Blue , Tucandance. The good old cranberries of course. A good current band is We come in pieces . Who did you like?

Hitchers. Liver - brilliant. Strachen song - genius. Only two among a lot of brilliant songs. Youtube them. Well worth a listen.

Think the lead guy is going by the name theme tune boy or something of the sort. More good tracks there.

Mc Love · 21-04-2013 5:31am

There was a band around 2002/3 that I thought were very good. One of the band members was a lecturer in LIT - sound man too.

Catkins407 · 21-04-2013 9:05am

Mc Love wrote: »

There was a band around 2002/3 that I thought were very good. One of the band members was a lecturer in LIT - sound man too.

One of the lads in We Come in pieces has a brother a lecturer in LIT , weird lol

sioda · 21-04-2013 10:07am

Woodstar is the band your thinking of me thinks definitely my favorite Limerick band

21-04-2013 10:14am

They never had a commercial release so I doubt many will remember them, but my own favorite was definitely The Coup, back around '89 to '91 or so. I was friends with one of them so had (still have) their demos and some live recordings.

A few years later and I also liked Hatch 77, who had sort of a jangly Wedding Present style to them, plus Giveamanakick who I suppose were reasonably well known at the time.

Mc Love · 21-04-2013 2:57pm

sioda wrote: »

Woodstar is the band your thinking of me thinks definitely my favorite Limerick band

Thats it

ZombieBride · 21-04-2013 4:51pm

I'm a huge fan of Moscow Metro, check out their stuff if you haven't heard of them.

DeBurca · 21-04-2013 5:32pm

Any one old enough to remember Reform or Grannies Intentions

oikster · 21-04-2013 6:47pm

The O' Malley Brothers and their famous dog "Bollocks" :cool:

Insect Overlord · 21-04-2013 6:50pm

Will I be chased out of here if I mention Hermitage Green?

The Funk Junkies are phenomenal, but as they don't perform their own material they might not belong in this thread.

Catkins407 · 21-04-2013 7:13pm

Sadly I do remember both reform and grannies intentions lol the O Malleys were and are Limerick legends lol can I just state I was dragged out to pubs from a very early age by my older siblings. I looked older but they never checked anyway in those days. You could go in to Buddy's in your school uniform lol That's the ONLY reason I know those bands and really Grannies were actually before my time but I knew the name lol Now delighted I clarified that. Bet everyone else is too lol

eclectichoney · 21-04-2013 7:24pm

Windings for me!

phog · 21-04-2013 7:54pm

DeBurca wrote: »

Any one old enough to remember Reform or Grannies Intentions

Reform yes and a good bnd tio but can't recall Grannies Intentions

Kankan14 · 21-04-2013 7:56pm

The Lollygaggers from around 5 years ago

elmolesto · 21-04-2013 8:25pm

Catcher and the rye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9b7lA3-sLw

early2000s

Mr.Mackey · 21-04-2013 9:15pm

The Swarm, The Kader Fire,

In Exile · 22-04-2013 1:00am

One from the pub scene that still appear at weddings now and again, Shantytown.

Always enjoyed listening to them.

h3000 · 22-04-2013 8:47am

The Driven. They really should have made it bigger.

The Driven - Bonehead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPyWxJ31ss

The Driven - Growing up hurts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrhX-dRE2rk

The Driven - London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPjf54Xoey0

black & white · 22-04-2013 8:53am

Reform & Gimik. Jon Kenny was the lead singer with Gimik and I'm sure I still have a single they released in '77 or '78 called "Dancehall Queen". Reform entered the competition in Ireland to go forward to the Eurovision with a song called ( I think) "You gotta get up".

gerardk55 · 22-04-2013 8:55am

They was a band from Newcastlewest called Rock The Joint who used to play in Ballybunion during the summer months, rock-trad combo, they were excellent. Think it was around 1996/1997.

Saw the lead singer Brendan something or other singing in an Irish Pub in Paris in 2006 but that's the last I saw of them.

Sin City · 22-04-2013 8:56am

Back when it was Limerock

Tooth
Baitano
22
Bridge Mile 7
My friend Judas
Medic
The Hitchers
Cather and the Rye
Edgefly
Giveamanakick

Barberscum lol

Reverb for the covers

and most of the bands that the AMC brought over

Wilbert13 · 22-04-2013 10:46am

The Corrigan Brothers. No Team as Wembley as Bradford City is a classic.

Aglomerado · 22-04-2013 11:45am

Tuesday Blue were excellent! Shibumi is one of my all time favourite albums.

Littlegirllost · 22-04-2013 12:13pm

My favourite are The Driven, they were fantastic live

leakyboots · 22-04-2013 12:33pm

Leadies Armies are a great new Limerick band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_VdW4OpZU

manna452121 · 22-04-2013 5:27pm

DeBurca wrote: »

Any one old enough to remember Reform or Grannies Intentions

old enough to remember Reform,the Grannies were around in the early 60ths.Some of the group are still playing and I have played with them before.

YFlyer · 22-04-2013 11:08pm

elmolesto wrote: »

Catcher and the rye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9b7lA3-sLw
early2000s

Lom at 48 seconds. Think he may have played with them live a few times.

Sabina was the German Rose one year.

jomoloney · 23-04-2013 8:57am

DeBurca wrote: »

Any one old enough to remember Reform or Grannies Intentions

umm !! afraid so

:o

seachto7 · 23-04-2013 11:04am

Wilbert13 wrote: »

The Corrigan Brothers. No Team as Wembley as Bradford City is a classic.

ffs. I'm surprised they haven't jumped on the Boston bombing bandwagon and written a song about it, seeing as it's whatever is in the media they latch on to. Worst thing is, they are raking in the $$$$

seachto7 · 23-04-2013 11:07am

Littlegirllost wrote: »

My favourite are The Driven, they were fantastic live

Brendan from The Driven now has a band called Parliament Square. Some nice songs out of them.....

seachto7 · 23-04-2013 11:09am

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Will I be chased out of here if I mention Hermitage Green?

The Funk Junkies are phenomenal, but as they don't perform their own material they might not belong in this thread.

Leave now! Music for Aubars chicks....:D:confused:

h3000 · 23-04-2013 11:43am

seachto7 wrote: »

Brendan from The Driven now has a band called Parliament Square. Some nice songs out of them.....

Colin ex Walter Mitty is with them (Parliament Square) too.

Darrin and Paul ex The Driven have a new band too called Pavlov's Dogs based in Cork. Good band too.

flutered · 23-04-2013 8:49pm

DeBurca wrote: »

Any one old enough to remember Reform or Grannies Intentions

yup, i knew the brownes in reform, knew none of the grannies.

bonnieprince · 29-04-2013 12:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

They never had a commercial release so I doubt many will remember them, but my own favorite was definitely The Coup, back around '89 to '91 or so. I was friends with one of them so had (still have) their demos and some live recordings.

A few years later and I also liked Hatch 77, who had sort of a jangly Wedding Present style to them, plus Giveamanakick who I suppose were reasonably well known at the time.

My God, I never thought I would hear "The Coup" mentioned on the webternet. Never saw them live but heard some demo's and later became friends with most of them. They had some interesting gigs from what I remember.

There were some great Limerick bands, Windings, Woodstar, Giveamanakick and A Touch of Oliver!!!

Catkins407 · 29-04-2013 6:45pm

Have to mention some of the 80s bands I loved in Limerick

The Rhythm Sector
The Groove
Out of the Fog
Up the down stairs.

seachto7 · 01-05-2013 5:55pm

bonnieprince wrote: »

There were some great Limerick bands, Windings, Woodstar, Giveamanakick and A Touch of Oliver!!!

Windings are still going.

Check out the "Bleeding Heart Pigeons"

mathepac · 01-05-2013 6:04pm

DeBurca wrote: »

... Grannies Intentions

Yes Johnny Duhan started out with them I think. Aged 15 or so he was only a couple of years older than me when I was doing the rounds of the beat clubs and tennis clubs in Dublin. I was tall for may age then; I'm much smaller and rounder now!

Junco Partner · 01-05-2013 7:05pm

milk baby, hip neck blues and hermitage green are three great bands playing at the moment

topper75 · 02-05-2013 4:26pm

They Do It With Mirrors

seachto7 · 02-05-2013 7:15pm

Headgear / WYOs

cnoc · 02-05-2013 7:35pm

DeBurca wrote: »

Any one old enough to remember Reform or Grannies Intentions

I remember both of them! Johnny Duhan had the most fabulous voice. Reform were excellent. I would like to add Tommy Drennan and The Monarchs to the list.

you wha? · 04-05-2013 9:49pm

woodstar = sweetness

seachto7 · 05-05-2013 5:31pm

you wha? wrote: »

woodstar = sweetness

Cracking album. Doesn't sound dated like some other bands...

angeleyes · 06-05-2013 12:38pm

Anyone remember Treehouse Diner? I used to love them.

Now I'm showing my age but wasn't there a band called One September as well. This would be early 90's era.

bonnieprince · 08-05-2013 10:05am

angeleyes wrote: »

Anyone remember Treehouse Diner? I used to love them.

Now I'm showing my age but wasn't there a band called One September as well. This would be early 90's era.

I had completely forgotten about Treehouse Diner, I know the female vocalist.
Found this link for them http://www.taramusic.com/biogs/treeh.htm
Some nice music.

What was your favourite limerick band from any era ?

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