Other favourite Irish Musicians.

by **Guest** Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:37 pm

Certainly the Chieftains. If you have not heard it 'Long Black Veil' is a tremedous album. It features Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Sinead and others. Beautiful, timeless music.

I'm also a huge Waterboys fan. Of course The Waterboys are basically Mike Scott and whoever he's playing with at the time. And yes I know he's Scottish but nonetheless he's a fabulous and talented musician.

by **Dosgatas** Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:25 pm

Behan wrote:Another band I remember seeing was Dublin's "SOMETHING HAPPENS".
I happened to be staggering into a small club in the Rutgers University area of New Jersey (USA) one night only to find them setting up for a show. This was around 1992. They were okay, however most people there that night had no clue who they were. I thought the singer tried to be too much like Bono.

Anybody hear from any of them?

I was actually just on iTunes the other day, trying to find any songs from Something Happens - I have a couple of albums on cassette, but have never been able to find their stuff on CD or in digital format. They did what I thought was an amusing cover of a Madonna hit ("Borderline") at one point, too. Also from that same era (more or less?), The Stunning and the Saddlesore Cowboys were two big Galway bands. Always thought the Stunning was pretty boring and overrated when I saw them play in Galway, but I started liking them a bit more once I moved back home.

by **Michaelo** Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:34 am

Behan wrote:Another band I remember seeing was Dublin's "SOMETHING HAPPENS".
I happened to be staggering into a small club in the Rutgers University area of New Jersey (USA) one night only to find them setting up for a show. This was around 1992. They were okay, however most people there that night had no clue who they were. I thought the singer tried to be too much like Bono.

Anybody hear from any of them?

I remember hearing a couple of their singles, one of which was called Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello (Petrol). I thought were ok, but also thought they were one of many bands who were a bit too U2-like. I think one of them is a well known radio presenter in Ireland now- Tom Dunne. Another band I remember from that time was An Emotional Fish. They got a lot of criticism but I quite liked some of their stuff- Celebrate and Blue were great singles. They are now recording as "Jerry Fish and The Mud Bug Club" and I think they sound great. They made a really good album a couple of years back.

by **zora** Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:37 pm

i hate: u2
but i love: flogging molly
Eire OG- i think nobody mentioned them- Their songs are great and brave! (my favourite one is dedicated to Joe mcDonnell, one of the hungerstrikers dead in 1981)

by **glonn** Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:52 am

My other favorite Irish acts have tended toward the Irish American festival types such as:
Solas
John Doyle
Brendan Mulvihill
Eileen Ivers and
Celtic Thunder

Other favorites are:
Sharon Shannon
Black 47
Flogging Molly
Arcady
and recently Blood or Whiskey

by **Christperson** Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:06 pm

My 2 cents:
Thin Lizzy
Phil Lynott
Van the Man
Sinead O'Connor
Waterboys
Blues up Front

by **Paddy Rolling Clone** Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:24 am

LIR played a benefit night in Vicar Street with Damo Dempsey and a few others, a month or so ago. I think I remember seeing pictures of Shane at the gig, I may have been dreaming though.

Dispute with their record company as far as I know.

by **Behan** Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:16 am

Does anyone remember LIR? I went to their CD release party in Dublin around October 1993 (Whelan's?). Earlier that day they performed at Tower Records on Grafton Street.

Another band I remember seeing was Dublin's "SOMETHING HAPPENS".
I happened to be staggering into a small club in the Rutgers University area of New Jersey (USA) one night only to find them setting up for a show. This was around 1992. They were okay, however most people there that night had no clue who they were. I thought the singer tried to be too much like Bono.

Anybody hear from any of them?

by **Michaelo** Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:23 pm

Bell X1, The Frames, Luka Bloom, Hothouse Flowers, The Waterboys, Cactus World News, U2, The Dubliners, Kila, Christy Moore, Afro Celt Sound System, In Tua Nua, The Prayer Boat and Therapy?

by **paddys pistol** Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:16 pm

suprised no one has mentioned "them" yet

by **Irish Rover** Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:23 pm

Simon Maguire wrote:
MissWalshy wrote:I'm loving lots of Irish stuff I could go on and on and on...

Talking of Saw Doctors..

Who's goign to see them at christmas at Shepherds Bush? Simon?

I'm defo there...

I met people who went to that gig later that night they said they loved it, not quite The Pogues though but I'd like to see them sometime.

Yeah, i have seen them live before, and they put on a good show

You should go see them if you get a chance Simon.

by **Simon Maguire** Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:40 pm

MissWalshy wrote:I'm loving lots of Irish stuff I could go on and on and on...

Talking of Saw Doctors..

Who's goign to see them at christmas at Shepherds Bush? Simon?

I'm defo there...

I met people who went to that gig later that night they said they loved it, not quite The Pogues though but I'd like to see them sometime.

by **pogues22** Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:03 pm

Also!!!!

1. Clannad
2. The Undertones
3. Stiff Little Fingers
4. Radiators From Space (Philip Chevron's first band)
5. Thin Lizzy
6. Rory Gallagher

by **pogues22** Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:08 am

1. The Dubliners
2. The Clancy Brothers
3. The Wolf Tones
4. The Cheiftains
5. Horslips: pioneers of Celtic fusion rock
6. Christy Moore
7. Sinead O'Connor
8. U2
9. The Cranberries

by **Behan** Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:56 am

Eyeball_Kid wrote:what album should I buy to get the finest Luke Kelly material?

Van the Man, Saw Doctors

Get "Luke's Legacy". It's a "best of Luke Kelly" as in the Dubliners.
It has many good trad songs as well as "Springhill Mine Disaster", "Joe Hill" and "Peatbog Soldiers" -- A very haunting CD to say the least.

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