Best Irish groups who never made it

smokedeels · 28-01-2011 02:04PM

Re: JJ72/Turn, I seen "Concerto for Constantine" supporting Idlewild last year, they were god awful.

S.M.B. · 28-01-2011 02:11PM

The Immediate but Connor O'Brein is laughing now anyway.

fluke · 28-01-2011 02:33PM

The Frank & Walters are still around but I think they deserve a lot more love.

We Should Be Dead had a cracking first album, think they're in the states now

smackbunnybaby · 28-01-2011 03:05PM

Crumb should have been massive, amazing jingly jangle pop.

R.I.P. DD

CDfm · 28-01-2011 04:12PM

Auto da Fe - gay (steeleye span) & terry woods - terry went on to join the Pogues

The Radiators from Space - anyone remember Phil Chevron :cool:

That Petrol Emotion - post Undertones O'Neill

meditraitor · 28-01-2011 04:19PM

The Pale were pretty good,

Korvanica · 28-01-2011 04:32PM

Diezel

http://www.myspace.com/diezelirl

:pac:

ps...dont mind the singing... :S

Miguel_Sanchez · 28-01-2011 05:09PM

julio_iglayzis wrote: »

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.

Up to recently even it was hard to find. I worked with the guitarist about four years ago on something and he said he couldn't even get him himself at that stage. I had just bought it 2nd hand from some guy in the States. You can get it new off amazon.co.uk now though so it must have been reissued.

KeanSeenan · 28-01-2011 07:49PM

S.M.B. wrote: »

The Immediate but Connor O'Brein is laughing now anyway.

Don't know why, in my opinion The Immediate's debut is better than Villagers'.

Mr E · 28-01-2011 08:18PM

D-Generate wrote: »

Kerbdog

Funny... I preferred Wilt. Must dig up My Medicine and Bastinado - haven't listened to them for ages.

lordgoat · 28-01-2011 09:02PM

Mr E wrote: »

Funny... I preferred Wilt. Must dig up My Medicine and Bastinado - haven't listened to them for ages.

Think i have bastinado knocking around. Loved Wilt.

chughes · 28-01-2011 09:09PM

The Bogey Boys.

They had 2 great albums, Friday Night(1979) and Jimmy Did It(1980).

Lead guitarist and vocalist was Jimmy Smith.

Nolanger · 28-01-2011 09:28PM

Pleasure cell.

siltirocker · 28-01-2011 10:08PM

I thought The Rev's self titled album was one of the best rock albums i'd heard in years. Download their last single 'Every Monkey', it's Ocean Colour Scene-esqe.

pappyodaniel · 29-01-2011 05:58AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

....Two others of note are Melaton and Berkeley.

AFAIK Berkeley are playing as Conor O'Brien's band Villagers.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 29-01-2011 07:47AM

Its a pity Something Happens didn't make it. We all could have been spared from Tom Dunne's radio career.

ButcherOfNog · 29-01-2011 11:40AM

Only one mention of That Petrol Emotion? So I'll mention them again.

Nolanger · 29-01-2011 01:37PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Its a pity Something Happens didn't make it.

They should have changed their name to Nothing happened.

Mr E · 29-01-2011 01:57PM

Say what you like about Tom Dunne, but SH had some cracking songs. Stuff like Forget Georgia, Burn Clear, Daisyhead, I Feel Good, Crystal Ballroom....

nlgbbbblth · 29-01-2011 01:58PM

Howard the Duck wrote: »

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

The Chicks released two 7" singles

four songs on each

one yellow vinyl
one blue vinyl

KeRbDoG · 29-01-2011 01:58PM

Douglas Plump Doughnut wrote: »

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)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxXMNR7Fdo

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

In light of Kerbdog most prob play more live gigs very soon, a few tunes from them;

Kerbdog - Sally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfQYnfcx0U

Kerbdog - Mexican Wave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZ5V50qpEE

Kerbdog - Soaking Wet (unreleased!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bHtP2vOzZs

http://www.YouTube.com/KerbdogDotCom - Gigs from the 90's and one from a reunion gig in the old TBMC

ghosttown · 29-01-2011 02:06PM

I'll second the Blades, and add In Tua Nua and Cry Before Dawn.....

pwd · 29-01-2011 02:09PM

Holybejaysus wrote: »

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fttWmTGN0NY

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

Rory Gallagher is more recognised in the USA than he is here, in my experience

100pcblade · 29-01-2011 03:10PM

Brilliant Trees

Green Hornet · 29-01-2011 03:14PM

That Petrol Emotion. Cactus World News.

Xavi6 · 29-01-2011 03:30PM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

AFAIK Berkeley are playing as Conor O'Brien's band Villagers.

Yeah I knew Tommy was playing guitar.

Such a waste cause Berkeley shit all over Villagers imo.

calex71 · 29-01-2011 03:53PM

Wow totally forgot about the chics , saw them support sonic youth in the olympia way back when ...... 1997 maybe?

Actually used to really like this song, I remember it being better over 10 years ago

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

fenris · 29-01-2011 04:10PM

Fat Lady Sings were always great live, Arclight was a great song

Toasted Heretics - for some of the dodgiest lyrics, even by todays standards!

A House - a fantastic live band that didn't sound like they were trying to be someone else

Engine Alley - not just because they had a female drummer in the 90's

Golden Horde - the were great and then just vanished

Stump - I have vague memories of moshing and trying to avoid the barbed wire around the stage in Katie Reillys (Waterford) they had one of the first videos played on MTV - "Charlton Heston put his vest on"

Paranoid Visions - for the pure carnage!

yeahme · 29-01-2011 04:23PM

4 pages gone and not one mention of
The 4 of us.
for shame...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUWR_DbGuw

Generation Terrorist · 29-01-2011 04:56PM

Used to love Berkely when i was 15/16, they used to always play those Blast underage gigs at the old Temple Bar Music Centre/Button Factory.

They done a savage cover of Plug In Baby if I recall

Also, wouldn't say that JJ72 necessarily made it - 500k worth of sales of their first album in the UK fair enough, but their second album bombed, which was a shame, as I actually prefer it to their eponymous debut.

Best Irish groups who never made it

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