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Favorite 90's Irish band

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  • 14-08-2013 6:59pm
    #1
    notnumber
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    A plethora to chose from .Am gonna leave some v popular bands off the list for obvious choices.

    Er forgot an other option ..:rolleyes:

    Favorite 90's Irish band 106 votes

    My Bloody Valentine
    0% 0 votes
    Whipping Boy
    23% 25 votes
    Stiff little fingers
    20% 22 votes
    Engine Alley
    3% 4 votes
    Therapy
    2% 3 votes
    A-House
    12% 13 votes
    Kerbdog
    3% 4 votes
    Lir
    8% 9 votes
    JJ72
    0% 1 vote
    Ash
    6% 7 votes
    Other
    16% 18 votes


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    SilverScreen
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    notnumber wrote: »
    Er forgot an other option ..:rolleyes:
    Fixed ;)


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    jossys_giants
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    EP1, EP 2, Trains Boats & Planes / Grand Parade / Beauty...., and all the amazing singles within each of these e.p's, albums, aided with a brilliant live show, has to be The Frank & Walters

    Therapy? / Whipping Boy and NPB close runner ups


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    Balmed Out
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    The Frank and Walters or The Sultans of Ping.


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    Gambas
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    jossys_giants wrote: »
    The Frank & Walters

    +1


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    notnumber
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    No Bands from Cork Please :pac:
    Never thought of F&W or Sultans of Ping..maybe we can add them to the poll if they are that popular? (I cant seem to edit the poll so unless a mod will?)..


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    kunst nugget
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    Yeah, Frank and Walters would be my top choice too. None of the others aged as well imo.


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    premierstone
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    JJ72 were hardly the 90's?? Or am I that old?


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    premierstone
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    The Frames for me.


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    flasher0030
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    I don't know if one epic album qualifies as a "favourite Irish band" of the 90s but Whipping Boy's Heartworm is my favourite Irish album of the 90s - by a country mile. Probably the only Irish album from that era that I still listen to.


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    SilverScreen
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    premierstone wrote: »
    JJ72 were hardly the 90's?? Or am I that old?
    Yeah that one's debatable. They released the singles 'Pillow' and 'October Swimmer' in 1999 so technically they qualify despite really being an 00's band.

    Also apart from MBV and Whipping Boy who are my first and second choice respectively, my third choice goes to Rollerskate Skinny. Horsedrawn Wishes is one of the best Irish albums of the 90's in my view and doesn't get the credit it deserves. They sounded like Ireland's very own Flaming Lips.


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    Balmed Out
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    My third favourite (a one album wonder though) didnt make this list either - Pelvis.


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    asal cliste
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    Not sure if they are 90s or possibly 80s but I used to really like Microdisney.


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    bassey
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    Striknien DC

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oaIpSHF1iw


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    smacg
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    I would go with the Frames too as Dance The Devil was probably my favourite Irish album of the 90s. Another Irish band I liked were The Pale from back then.


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    premierstone
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    smacg wrote: »
    I would go with the Frames too as Dance The Devil was probably my favourite Irish album of the 90s. Another Irish band I liked were The Pale from back then.

    Seen The Pale live circa 1994 and they blew me away I have to say, was singing Butterfly in my head for about 6 months :D


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    SilverScreen
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    asal cliste wrote: »
    Not sure if they are 90s or possibly 80s but I used to really like Microdisney.
    Microdisney split in 1988. Cathal Coughlan then formed The Fatima Mansions who are worthy of a mention in this thread.


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    20carrolls
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    the revenants/stars of heaven , a house , toasted heretic, tfw, fatima mansions, that petrol emotion.....lot of great bands in the 90s


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    notnumber
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    20carrolls wrote: »
    the revenants/stars of heaven , a house , toasted heretic, tfw, fatima mansions, that petrol emotion.....lot of great bands in the 90s

    Compulsion and Revelino personal favs as well! Yip the 90's where awesome for Irish music - would struggle to create a decent poll for any other decade.


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    bogmanfan
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    For me the best Irish album was Map of the Universe, by Blink. 'It's Not My Fault' still gets played regularly by me.


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    super_furry
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    Bawl and Saville have to be worth a shout.


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    notnumber
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    super_furry wrote: »
    Bawl and Saville have to be worth a shout.

    wtf? never heard of them ..post a tune


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    #23
    bassy
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    The pogues


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    Jimmy Garlic
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    Boyzone, epic band.


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    force eleven
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    Engine Alley blazed for a while. And anyone remember the Harvest Ministers?


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    SilverScreen
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    force eleven wrote: »
    Engine Alley blazed for a while. And anyone remember the Harvest Ministers?
    The Harvest Ministers were Irish? Awesome, I know them from a couple of Sarah Records compilations but never really looked into them.


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    Epicness
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    My Bloody Valentine by a million miles. Loveless is a timeless album. I still can't get my head around that their Irish. Just wow


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    super_furry
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    notnumber wrote: »
    wtf? never heard of them ..post a tune

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


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niG8e-tXgT4


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    #29
    Free Speech
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    The Golden Horde


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    #30
    notnumber
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    force eleven wrote: »
    Engine Alley blazed for a while. And anyone remember the Harvest Ministers?

    Engine Alley where one of the few bands on this List I had actually seen live during the 90's .. gig-going wasn't a forte back then..but engine alley and their gorgeous drummer Emmaline is a gig that remains vivid in the mind..

    For old times sake .

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


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    part time punk
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    Still enjoy listening to Revelino and Whipping Boy. Don't know why but I never really count MBV as Irish, reckon they're Irish in the same way as Tony Cascarino and the 90s soccer team ... ....
    ..... waits for someone to take offence and prove me wrong


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