Best Irish groups who never made it

gpo68 · 08-02-2011 09:45PM

JUBILEE ALLSTARS - PLEASE DONT GIVE UP ON ME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJvUKU3u0hY

PaulBrewer · 08-02-2011 11:17PM

I'm familiar with nearly all the bands suggested (I also toured with That Petrol Emotion) and I disagree - virtually all bands were lacking to my ears (including the Petrols who I love !) in many ways.

Might I enquire whether the bands mentioned are bands you were into when you were in your late teens/early 20s ?

That's a guaranteed time for the glasses to be tinted rose !

I used to believe, really believe, The Jam were the best band in the world ever ..... now, even though I still love their work, I can see that that's really not the case.

Dubhthamlacht · 10-02-2011 03:21PM

Revelino, Turn, NPB, Rollerskate Skinny, JJ72, Whipping boy, Scheer, Kerbdog .......so many great bands and such a shame they didn't become as big as they should have.

To that list I would add Director. Their first album was great.

Miguel_Sanchez · 10-02-2011 04:00PM

Dubhthamlacht wrote: »

Revelino, Turn, NPB, Rollerskate Skinny, JJ72, Whipping boy, Scheer, Kerbdog .......so many great bands and such a shame they didn't become as big as they should have.

To that list I would add Director. Their first album was great.

Director are still going so it might be a bit premature to write them off yet.

Boooourns · 10-02-2011 08:17PM

The Chalets.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 12-02-2011 04:58PM

Anyone ever here of a band called porn trauma who later became known as The Last Tycoons? I went to a few of their gigs back in my college days which is about 3 years ago and thought they were brilliant , but I haven't heard anything since as to how they got on. AFAIK they had an album deal back then.

Irish_Elect_Eng · 12-02-2011 05:03PM

The Legendary "Blaze X" and "Too Much for the White Man"

Miguel_Sanchez · 12-02-2011 05:50PM

Irish_Elect_Eng wrote: »

The Legendary "Blaze X" and "Too Much for the White Man"

I can honestly say I've never heard of either of those bands - when were they around?

Nolanger · 12-02-2011 06:49PM

One was an earlier version of the Saw Doctors.

baltimore sun · 13-02-2011 12:51AM

I noticed a few posts earlier in the thread about what Fearghall McKee from Whipping Boy is doing now, he's got at least two projects on the go.
Here
www.myspace.com/filthynewtide and
http://bit.ly/eXINp7

I think Whipping Boy did make it though, they were acclaimed, they had some success, particularly in France, toured with Lou Reed etc.

But...I'd go with Rollerskate Skinny, Kerbdog. There's a huge bunch around now that won't make it for the simple reason that they're too lazy to leave Ireland and go for it, Giveamanakick shoulda been huge but they were happy to just tour around Ireland, they coulda been something special if they'd have gotten picked up in the UK. They're broken up now though.

Irish_Elect_Eng · 13-02-2011 03:31PM

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

I can honestly say I've never heard of either of those bands - when were they around?

Early Eighties from Tuam @ Surrounds

Blaze X

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaze_X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzmoR58E0M0

Too Much for the White Man

Then:
http://fanningsessions.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/too-much-for-the-whiteman/

Now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01X7iImq1fw

My thanks to these guys for many of the best nights out of my teenage years.:)

david75 · 14-02-2011 10:22AM

Turn were an incredible band and had an amazing sound for only three guys. Great live band and great songs. They should have been huge.

did the frames make it? i dunno.

Doolittle51 · 14-02-2011 12:04PM

Anyone remember Blink? Don't know much of their stuff but Cello is a great song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49vDPiz4TI

Also, Desert Hearts from Belfast. Saw them years ago supporting The Breeders in The Ambassador. Their debut 'Let's Get Worse' is a cracking album.

http://www.last.fm/music/Desert+Hearts

david75 · 14-02-2011 02:48PM

Anyone know where I could get my hands on Rollerskate Skinny's Horsedrawn Wishes?
had it years ago but it's long since gone from the house.

thanks in advance.

Miguel_Sanchez · 14-02-2011 02:59PM

david75 wrote: »

Anyone know where I could get my hands on Rollerskate Skinny's Horsedrawn Wishes?
had it years ago but it's long since gone from the house.

thanks in advance.

You can pick it up fairly cheaply 2nd hand off Amazon.

teekayd25 · 14-02-2011 05:00PM

Tuesday Blue, '80s band from Limerick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTYMNX5hTk

Witchie · 15-02-2011 04:14AM

Agree on Whipping Boy and That Petrol Emotion, two of my favs from back in the day who still make me smile when they show up on my ipod.

The Pale were another favourite of mine and I remember meeting Matthew Deveraux where I was working and him giving me a listen to his new band at the time "the product" and falling madly in love with it too.

One band I havent seen mentioned here whom I adored and am gutted that I gave away my copy of their album to someone and now cant get another is Relish. Their harmonies and just pure soulful rock is close to perfection. I miss them.

Slightly off topic but does anyone here remember Cranc and Geppetto?? Just curious!

Dissenter · 15-02-2011 05:17AM

Turn
Rollerskate Skinny
Thee Amazing Colossal Men
Cherry Blossom and the Flower Fairies
The Golden Horde
Zero Days
Jubilee Allstars

I also particularly liked Death to Disco by Ten Speed Racer, but not much of their other stuff. Can't find a link for it.

Rollerskate Skinny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o376bLdhxd0

Zero Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGNsla-cwW8

Jubilee Allstars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxTETcn5KoE

Bootsy. · 15-02-2011 10:47AM

For me it has to be Blue Ghost.

Listen to them here: http://www.myspace.com/blueghostkilkenny

Amazing band. So creative and different to the usual Irish bands.

It was Dave Holland, who played under the name Good Tiger for a while and is now house engineer/resident DJ at The Set venue in Kilkenny, and Jeremy Hickey, who is now doing very well for himself as RSAG.
The singer Caroline is in The Radio and the bass player Monty used to be in Revelino.

I miss that band, brilliant live. One of my favorite bands ever, from anywhere.

Decatur84 · 15-02-2011 01:32PM

The Immediate. Conor from the Villagers was in this band before Villagers

iMax · 15-02-2011 01:53PM

The Honey Theives. Had a great song called "Whiskey on your lips" (which I can't find)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-6AL1_PpAY

Saw them in the Stadium back in 1991 I think, supporting either An Emotional Fish or Something Happens.

I used to go to so many gigs back then

Dissenter · 15-02-2011 07:00PM

iMax wrote: »

The Honey Theives. Had a great song called "Whiskey on your lips" (which I can't find)

Saw them in the Stadium back in 1991 I think, supporting either An Emotional Fish or Something Happens.

I used to go to so many gigs back then

They played a double headliner with Cherry Blossom and the Flower Fairies in The Baggot Inn back in 1990.

http://www.myspace.com/cbff

Blast from the past :cool:

Faolchu · 18-02-2011 02:57PM

Douglas Plump Doughnut wrote: »

Someone told me recently that she's only 32 NOW! means she must have only been 14 or 15 when she was in Engine Alley .
Love this

Emmaline Duffy Fallon was her name and yeah she was pretty young alright she started with them at 15

maybe take a look here

take everything · 19-02-2011 02:20PM

Compulsion: Mall Monarchy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktDeuXe1AjY

Revelino: Happiness is mine

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

Lir: In a day

Scheer: Wish you were dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w0dBmGENHY

Sack: What did the Christians ever do for us

That Petrol Emotion: Sensitize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PgI3reoUvA

Rollerskate Skinny kinda made it but still:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elcj9iBrvjs

Kerbdog : Sally (also kinda made it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9xuNPsS8w

Whipping Boy: Twinkle (Kinda made it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVzZFdbM6d0

A lot of quality for bands that never (fully) made it.

Balmed Out · 19-02-2011 09:42PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i47BcajYZU

not sure he had much else but this is one of my fave Irish songs

Seaneh · 22-02-2011 05:44AM

There's been a few from around the midlands who should have done better than they did.

Recently there was My Fallen Empire, insanely talented group of musicians who for whatever reason just scrapped their self recorded album half way through mixing it.
You can stream one song on their myspace, but they were great live.
http://www.myspace.com/myfallenempiremusic
Singer is a journo with a local paper and the lead guitarist opened a music school, was promised a load of grant money that never came and it has since closed.
Been trying to get them to give me the unmastered album for ages now, not likely to happen though.

Around the time the Revs were all over the radio here there was a band called bunny, they played pretty average radio friendly pop rock but they were getting a fair bit of coverage, they were almost sued by playboy at one stage for using the playboy logo on their merch, they released an album here called slick corperate music on that label who were a sub of sony that left about 5 bands balls deep in debt and used to run kids gigs...
Then they moved to the states to re-record it and new material, last about a year there then 4 of them came home and the singer stayed. The drummer is member of a covers band that plays all the college functions and stuff like that now.

Few years ago there was a band from Athlone called skinsized kings, played all the festivles and a few in the UK, recorded their album in gross lodge, toured a fair bit, were getting pretyt good press but stuff stalled at some stage, singer died about 2 years ago and nothing since. Music was good, John McGrath, the drummer, did all the arranging, very creative stuff. Could have been pretty decent stuff.

And right now there is a band called Kill Goliath from Athlone (3 of them anyway).
McGrath involved again with 3 other very talented musicans, getting a lot of support slots on UK tours at the minute, album sounding very nice so far and they could do quite well.
http://www.myspace.com/killgoliath

Adrian009 · 22-02-2011 06:16AM

God, where to begin? I still wish Phil had'nt died. He missed so much. Italia '90. Presenting one of the Eurovisions. Getting close and personal to all three Corr sisters, Grainne AND Sile Seoige ... no other single man could have done so much to so many women.