Favorite 90's Irish band

notnumber · 14-08-2013 06:59PM #1

A plethora to chose from .Am gonna leave some v popular bands off the list for obvious choices.

Er forgot an other option ..:rolleyes:

SilverScreen · 14-08-2013 07:15PM

notnumber wrote: »

Er forgot an other option ..:rolleyes:

Fixed

jossys_giants · 15-08-2013 12:20PM

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

Balmed Out · 15-08-2013 12:22PM

The Frank and Walters or The Sultans of Ping.

Gambas · 15-08-2013 12:25PM

jossys_giants wrote: »

The Frank & Walters

+1

notnumber · 15-08-2013 12:48PM

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?)..

kunst nugget · 15-08-2013 12:53PM

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

premierstone · 15-08-2013 01:06PM

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

premierstone · 15-08-2013 01:11PM

The Frames for me.

FullBack Jam · 15-08-2013 01:28PM

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.

SilverScreen · 15-08-2013 01:35PM

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.

Balmed Out · 15-08-2013 02:12PM

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

asal cliste · 15-08-2013 03:49PM

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

bassey · 15-08-2013 03:51PM

Striknien DC

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

smacg · 15-08-2013 04:00PM

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.

premierstone · 15-08-2013 05:12PM

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

SilverScreen · 15-08-2013 05:21PM

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.

20carrolls · 15-08-2013 07:04PM

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

notnumber · 15-08-2013 07:35PM

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.

bogmanfan · 16-08-2013 04:45PM

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

super_furry · 16-08-2013 04:47PM

Bawl and Saville have to be worth a shout.

notnumber · 17-08-2013 04:07AM

super_furry wrote: »

Bawl and Saville have to be worth a shout.

wtf? never heard of them ..post a tune

bassy · 17-08-2013 04:29AM

The pogues

Jimmy Garlic · 17-08-2013 04:34AM

Boyzone, epic band.

force eleven · 17-08-2013 04:55AM

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

SilverScreen · 17-08-2013 07:18AM

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.

Epicness · 17-08-2013 01:43PM

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

super_furry · 19-08-2013 04:39PM

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

Free Speech · 19-08-2013 04:41PM

The Golden Horde

notnumber · 19-08-2013 07:26PM

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

part time punk · 19-08-2013 11:54PM

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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