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    #92
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    TBH when you listen back, most the Irish indie acts from 80/90s that the likes of Hot Press and 2FM endlessly hyped were bland, generic crap.


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    #93
    darkdubh
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    Bambi wrote: »
    TBH when you listen back, most the Irish indie acts from 80/90s that the likes of Hot Press and 2FM endlessly hyped were bland, generic crap.

    Will say there was almost a frenzy among record companies to find the next U2 in the late 80's. This resulted in a lot of samey sounding Dublin guitar bands being signed and disappearing after one album or a few singles. Cactus World News being a prime example, they were hyped bigtime despite being ****e.


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    #94
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    deemy wrote: »
    Any1 remember marksman ( i think that was their name). I Had the tape. remember at the time I thought it was great but can't for the life of me think of any of their stuff now. I think they were from the north?? think the album was called 33 revolutions per second it had a red cover.

    They were English, Manc or Liverpool if I remember correctly. Did political hip hop.


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    #95
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users Posts: 4,383 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    We used to go and see:

    The Memories
    Spyder Simpson
    Royal Flush
    Big Generator
    The Blades
    Rob Strong
    Davey Spillane

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



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    #96
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Deep Thought wrote: »
    We used to go and see:

    The Memories
    Spyder Simpson
    Royal Flush
    Big Generator
    The Blades
    Rob Strong

    They're still doing the rounds.


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    #97
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    I put this together last year. Three parts - Mixcloud links on the page.

    The Last Bus Home: Irish Rock 1979 - 1997


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    #98
    sligojoek
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    vektarman wrote: »
    Anyone remember Tokyo Olympics, I have an album by them called 'Radio' somewhere in the attic, also can anyone remember what they were previously called?

    On the subject of the band Subterrainians, didn't they play in the Underground club in Dame Street in Dublin?
    Fuzzy Clam wrote: »
    D.C Nien ?
    Iggy Pop wrote: »
    Used to go see DC Nein in Toners back in the day. How about the the Atrix and the Radiators?

    Gigs in the Dandelion parking lot on weekends, 2 bands for 50p.

    Brilliant.

    Two members, Joey Cashman and Paul McGuinness(not that one), Moved to London after that. Joey worked with the Pogues for years as tour manager and PA for Shane. He went on to manage Shane MacGowan and the Popes after that. Paul played guitar with the Popes for a few years until he was hit by a car and suffered a brain injury. He made a good recovery and still plays an odd gig in London. Last I heard Joey was living in howth.
    Mars Bar wrote: »
    And Steve Wickham's success with the Waterboys is astronomical. He is the Jimi Hendrix of the fiddle. A very down to earth fella too...

    Steve is a legend. When not touring with the Waterboys he has another band called No Crows. They play in Shoot the Crows in Sligo every Wednesday night.



    Speaking of defunct bands, the bassist in that video, Eddie Lee, was a member of Those Nervous Animals and played bass on "My Friend John".
    Lpfsox wrote: »
    6 pages and nobody's mentioned Toasted Heretic yet - they were brilliant, back in the day.

    Singer Julian Gough is writing novels these days.


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    #99
    Hangdogroad
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    I'd totally forgotten about this band till coming across the BUS label on Discogs just today. I remember seeing them performing this song on some RTE music show, most likely Anything Goes. Seemed to just release the one single, catchy number.

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


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    #100
    James Brown
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    Hot Press defo hype bands they know over any actual decent music. While the A&R crowd were desperate for a next U2, Hotpress did hype a lot of crap and still were last time I looked at it.
    There were some decent bands never 'made it'.
    Actually the Cranberries only made it from getting out of the country.

    Lir were very good.


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    #101
    Hangdogroad
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    Tension were a band I caught live a couple of times circa 95. Kind of reminiscent of Therapy.


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    #102
    Hangdogroad
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    Who remembers No Sweat?

    They had a black Terrence Trent Darby lookalike guitarist. He was from somewhere in the Caribbean. Were briefly massive after that Heart And Soul single. They had a fan club and all, I remember this girl who ran it appearing on Scratch Saturday with them. Of course they didn't manage to replicate H&S's success and before long no more was heard of them.


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    #103
    James Brown
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    Joe Elliot wrote that and I think he managed them.
    I saw the TTD lad from No Sweat working behind a bar, not long after H and S came out. He was trying to form his own band I recall.

    My Little Fun house were tipped to be the next huge band for a time.


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    #104
    BonnieSituation
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    The Prayer Boat

    What a band (or man Emmet Tinley is) they were. Released the masterpiece Polichinelle in 1999 and I was very lucky to get to see him perform the album in Whelans in October 2009 (same night Ireland were drawing 0-0 with Montenegro; a month out from the infamous * spits * Stade de France match).

    Anyway, enjoy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9g-foEWNQ


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9g-foEWNQ


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    #105
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    They had a black Terrence Trent Darby lookalike guitarist. He was from somewhere in the Caribbean. Were briefly massive after that Heart And Soul single. They had a fan club and all, I remember this girl who ran it appearing on Scratch Saturday with them. Of course they didn't manage to replicate H&S's success and before long no more was heard of them.

    Tearing Down The Walls was a brilliant song though


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    #106
    Hangdogroad
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    There was this band that I remember just seeing once performing a song on RTE circa 88/89. The singer had curly hair, Waterboys type image. The guitarist had this odd gimmic where he was lying on his back on the floor pretending to be asleep while playing. Sort of indie acoutistic. Curious to know who they were.


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    #107
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Sorry if either of these have been mentioned already but does anyone remember:

    Cactus World News (80s)
    Shaine (90s)

    The second band I mentioned had a song which I really liked called "Dreamtown" but I think that was their only song


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    #108
    PTH2009
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    Glyder (saw them support Metallica and I think Slash too)
    The Thrills
    The Revs
    Paddy Casey
    Simon Casey
    Scuba Dice


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    #109
    Aglomerado
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    An Riabhach wrote: »
    Sorry if either of these have been mentioned already but does anyone remember:

    Cactus World News (80s)
    Shaine (90s)

    The second band I mentioned had a song which I really liked called "Dreamtown" but I think that was their only song

    I loved Dreamtown! I bought the single on cassette and also loved the B Side "Like an Ocean". I remember they came to Ennis to do a gig in 1991 and I cursed being too young to go to see them.


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    #110
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    I loved Dreamtown! I bought the single on cassette and also loved the B Side "Like an Ocean". I remember they came to Ennis to do a gig in 1991 and I cursed being too young to go to see them.

    I remember them from when I was in first year in secondary school,that song got a lot of airplay and was often featured on The Beat Box.I used to think that song was about drugs or some kind of addiction.Do you still have that tape? ðŸ˜ðŸ˜


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    Aglomerado
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    An Riabhach wrote: »
    I remember them from when I was in first year in secondary school,that song got a lot of airplay and was often featured on The Beat Box.I used to think that song was about drugs or some kind of addiction.Do you still have that tape? ðŸ˜ðŸ˜

    Yes I do! Still working perfectly,think it's in a box in my attic with the others. Dreamtown's on youtube.:)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Q27JovP-s


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    #112
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,763 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Del Amtri


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    #113
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Del Amtri

    Still touring in Scotland / England as recently as 2018 AFAIK. :)
    Great band!


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    #114
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Shaine's Dreamtown is on this comp - https://www.discogs.com/Various-Straight-Outta-Ireland-Volume-II/release/7008658


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    BonnieSituation
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    There was this band that I remember just seeing once performing a song on RTE circa 88/89. The singer had curly hair, Waterboys type image. The guitarist had this odd gimmic where he was lying on his back on the floor pretending to be asleep while playing. Sort of indie acoutistic. Curious to know who they were.

    Any chance it was Toasted Heretic or A House?


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    #116
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,883 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    Any chance it was Toasted Heretic or A House?

    No, certain it was neither of them. Whoever this band were I don't recall seeing them again. The lead singer had bushy curly hair which looked kind of retro for the period. They had a very "laid back" vibe. The song they did was very slow tempo.


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    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,763 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    What ever happened to Tracy Chapman ???

    Still hear her tunes the odd time

    Always thought she was a guy :D:D


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    #118
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    What ever happened to Tracy Chapman ???

    Still hear her tunes the odd time

    Always thought she was a guy :D:D


    Always annoyed me that Fast Car was never on 1980s compilations - then and now.


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    #119
    PTH2009
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    NewbridgeIR wrote: »
    Always annoyed me that Fast Car was never on 1980s compilations - then and now.

    yeah its a brilliant song as well as Talkin about a Revolution

    For some reason there almost always on jukeboxes in kind of rough pubs


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    #120
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,763 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Something Happens
    Picturehouse

    Blasts from the past


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    #121
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Yes I do! Still working perfectly,think it's in a box in my attic with the others. Dreamtown's on youtube.:)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Q27JovP-s

    Excellent


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