Please recommend some Irish bands

[SligoBrewer]

Havn't heard a lot of the bands currently out in the Irish scene, but from what I heard The Blizards and Director are decent. Used to be a massive Frames fan but just got fed up with them.

Best Irish band ever IMO are Stiff Little Fingers. Their playing Leterkenny in March and I can't wait. Would also be fond of a bit of Luke Kelly/The Dubliners from time to time

unbelievable! they're class

[TonyD]

My vote for best Irish band ever goes to Stars of Heaven. Fabulous band. Should have been huge.

[RogerMilla]

got the director album lads and its a great recommendation , feel free to post any more , thanks

[endabob1]

Into Paradise & A House were the bands for a certain generation.

[GuisaSaigon]

The Republic of Loose are pretty good , kind of like an Irish chili peppers.

Best Irish band ever - Judas Diary. hard to find any of their stuff anymore but "bring out the king and clowns" and "jolie" might pop up. if anyone knows of (or has)copies of "snakes and ladders" or "me, fred astaire and the musical chair" i would love to get copies.

[RogerMilla]

thanks saigon , i remember judas diary alright , i picked up the republic of loose album and loved it as it was recommended earlier on this thread.
does anyone remember a dublin band called PAMF (pussy ass mother fcukers) ?
they were excellent!!

[razor]

My vote for best Irish band ever goes to Stars of Heaven. Fabulous band. Should have been huge.Reminded me of Blue in Heaven, they were good, Cypress Mine were also a favourite of mine from years back.

[Dr.Nightdub]

Well if we're going retro, The Radiators and The Blades p1ssed all over anyone that came before or after them. OK, maybe not A House, but everyone else bar them.

[Paddyfield]

The Fountainhead were all the rage in the British and American music press in the late 80's but it never happened. I had there name Tippex'd on to my schoolbag in big letters :o

Other 80's Irish bands I love(d)

Cactus World News

Toasted Heretic

Judas Diary

Les Enfants

The Pale

[exiled_gufc_fan]

Take a look at this group on last.fm

http://www.last.fm/group/Bell+X+Rice

Especially the artist connections part for a rather large list of Irish artists:

http://www.last.fm/group/Bell+X+Rice/connections#artists

[Lionel Ritchie]

Think this might need a thread split if it goes much further into "where are they now?" territiory:D

Roger have you heard Limericks Giveamanakick (http://www.giveamanakick.com) ?

They're a bit harder than most of the bands listed so far but still have more hooks than a fishermans in-service day. They sometimes remind me of the first two Therapy? LPs.

Guitarist/Vocalist Steveamanakick also makes records under the name Windings (http://www.windingswindings.com) and it's much mellower generally. The albums by both are fantastic.:cool:

of the long gone bands mentioned here...

Cactus World News had their LPs re-issued on CD about two years ago

Toasted Heretic ...were wonderful.

Judas Diary ...I barely remember. From Galway yes?

Les Enfants ...were barely just before my time.

The Pale ...are still on the go.

A House ...what a band. Got to play support to them a few times. Lovely people they are too. Have long considered it a damning indictment of this countrys interest in new music that A Houses farewell gig had to be an early evening show because there was an Oasis tribute band on later that evening.

Into Paradise ...I remember them being popular and tipped but truthfully I just didn't get them.

SLF ...the mark by which all others should be measured. Class men.

[GuisaSaigon]

[QUOTE=Lionel Ritchie;604054]

Judas Diary ...I barely remember. From Galway yes?

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Yeah, their singer Eoin Killeen was a brother of ex Galway United players Connor and Ronan Killeen. They had a unique original sound and were excellent live. there used to be around 15-20 people on stage they had big brass section, 2/3 drummers,and heaps of other guest musicians.that was probably their problem too many people to make decent money. They were big in Germany they spent a while out there.
they released a few E.Ps in the early to mid 90's. they then seemed to gamble everything on the single "Jolie" which got half way up the Irish charts. It had a ridiculous video with the singer going up and down Grafton St. in a bumblebee suit. It was an OK song but it wasnt near their best song and was a strange choice for a single. They disappeared after that, it was a pity those Roisin Dubh gigs were legendary.

[RogerMilla]

nice one lionel ritchie , i will check them out, many thanks

[Paddyfield]

A House ...what a band. Got to play support to them a few times. Lovely people they are too. Have long considered it a damning indictment of this countrys interest in new music that A Houses farewell gig had to be an early evening show because there was an Oasis tribute band on later that evening.


How dare I forget them. Their song "Grateful" was a beautiful tribute to mothers.

"Nine long months you spent
Thinking of me...
I'll always be grateful"

[CollegeTillIDie]

Think this might need a thread split if it goes much further into "where are they now?" territiory:D

Cactus World News had their LPs re-issued on CD about two years ago

Toasted Heretic ...were wonderful.

Judas Diary ...I barely remember. From Galway yes?

Les Enfants ...were barely just before my time.

The Pale ...are still on the go.

A House ...what a band. Got to play support to them a few times. Lovely people they are too. Have long considered it a damning indictment of this countrys interest in new music that A Houses farewell gig had to be an early evening show because there was an Oasis tribute band on later that evening.

Into Paradise ...I remember them being popular and tipped but truthfully I just didn't get them.

SLF ...the mark by which all others should be measured. Class men.

Cactus World News... went over the Bridge to oblivion sadly.

Toasted Heretic ... had a few albums out. They had one album in particular, the cover of which was like a Tayto packet and Tayto tried to sue them over it. Anyway I heard a few tracks on radio and they were good. There was rumoured to be a CD re-release a couple of years back, I think it did come out but I cannot be 100% sure about that. I think they reformed in the early noughties too.

Les Enfants.. I was in school with the lead singer, and later got to know the guitarist, and their original drummer was in a line-up of a band I was in , after he left Les Enfants. I remember them being on the Tube and their single reached #89 in the UK Charts.
I have their album. I also was allowed to hear some of the demos they did when Flo McSweeney was co-vocalist with Deric and they were better than the finished album with the changed line-up.

Les Enfants singer Deric went on to form The Big Noise with ex-Pop Mechanics front man Pat... (forget his surname) who was involved with a recording studio in Temple Bar. They put out one album which would have been great except for the tinny nature of the mix. A great live act.

Anyway he gigged with a band just labelled the Derek Herbert Band around 10 years ago. I believe he got a songwriting/publishing deal after that. But has a day job these days owns his own barber shop in North Dublin.


A House's final gig is another example of the fawning Anglo-centrism of the people at large here, the worst example of which is the total lack of interest in the population at large in the Eircom League compared to the throngs in bars watching foreign Premiershi* on SKY SPORTS..... but that's for another thread. I thought the OASIS cover band being on later was a terrible example of that mentality and saw the parallels immediately. I mean it wasn't even the real OASIS, who -by the way -ripped off the name from a band formed by Peter Skellern in the 1980's.

Don't mourn them though Dave Couse is alive and well and still performing.


Stiff Little Fingers are also still on the go.

[centre mid]

Excellent singer/songwriter from south Dublin

Colm lynch

http://www.colmlynchmusic.com/home.html

Top lad

[ForzaWexford]

Humanzi were mentioned earlier on in the thread and I'm a huge fan. Royseven are a quite new, but decent, band aswell.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Just remembered who the Pop Mechanics guy was. Pat Donne( his spelling when he was a Big Noiser)!
Pop Mechanics had a top 20 single in Ireland with a song called " Soldier Boys" and in 1982 they supported Roxy Music at the RDS Main Hall . I was there.


" Soldier boys keep soldier toys/ and that's the way the money goes/ Soldier boys keep soldier toys / and no-one takes the blame"

[Lionel Ritchie]

Just remembered who the Pop Mechanics guy was. Pat Donne( his spelling when he was a Big Noiser)!
Pop Mechanics had a top 20 single in Ireland with a song called " Soldier Boys" and in 1982 they supported Roxy Music at the RDS Main Hall . I was there.


" Soldier boys keep soldier toys/ and that's the way the money goes/ Soldier boys keep soldier toys / and no-one takes the blame"

Would that Pat Donne/Dunne have been a house engineer in Sun Studios at any stage? ...early 90's? If so he engineered a session for my old lot.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Would that Pat Donne/Dunne have been a house engineer in Sun Studios at any stage? ...early 90's? If so he engineered a session for my old lot.

The very same man !

[TonyD]

Well if we're going retro, The Radiators and The Blades p1ssed all over anyone that came before or after them. OK, maybe not A House, but everyone else bar them.

Not the Stars, they didn't. The Blades were a top band though. As for the Radiators, I'd heard for years about the legendary Radiators album Ghostown - finally bought it on cd last year and it was a major, major, let down. A House were an excellent band it must be said. Most of the other Irish bands mentioned in this thread were rubbish. Craptus World News, Les Enfants, Into Paradise, all muck.

Oh, and Razor, wash your mouth out - Blue In Heaven don't belong on the same musical planet as the Stars of Heaven - they were she-ite.

[Lionel Ritchie]

The very same man !

Bejasis ...for something I'd not like to have to give two coats of paint ...it's a small world nonetheless.

Did a fine job too so he did ...though I would say that.

[DaveyCakes]

My favourite Irish album ever is "Infliction" by Scheer

[GavinZac]

www.circuscatmusic.com

[CollegeTillIDie]

Damien Dempsey. Very under-rated and tends to have his very early efforts held against him to this day.



I disagree... It's all good :D

[RogerMilla]

going to bump this lads if there are any more recommendations
got the immediate and fionn regan from road records will give them a spin tonight

[Lev Yashin]

going to bump this lads if there are any more recommendations
got the immediate and fionn regan from road records will give them a spin tonight

if you like your singer songwriters you might wanna try declan o'rourke his first album "since kyabram" is excellent...very mellow but still very good

Also saw a guy in dolans a couple of weeks ago supporting the ralfe band called Pinky...crap name but his music was excellent...i cant find any of his music so if you do let me know.

[Wolfie]

I disagree... It's all good :D

Yeah - lookin forward to Damo's new album. He'll hopefully start to get the recognition he deserves.

"Shots" didn't get the attention it warranted.

Saw him at Vicar Street in December and he was the business.

[Jannie]

The Chalets, Mundy's 1st album Jelly Legs, Republic of Loose are great live, Turn's 1st 2 albums, Roesy, The Blizzards and Duke Special :D

[RogerMilla]

good stuff jannie!

[RogerMilla]

and bumping again if anyone has anything to add ?

[MojoPin]

Toasted Heretic ...were wonderful.

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on the late late show the other night..... most sorry excuse for an artist i have ever seen in my life...... the lead singer anyway

[Lionel Ritchie]

on the late late show the other night..... most sorry excuse for an artist i have ever seen in my life...... the lead singer anyway

Your kidding? I watched LL and had to endure a blatant infommercial for wigs and little else of interest (okay the chap who spoke about what a corrupt little evil witch "Mother" Teresa was had my vote but that was about it) ...and I missed Toasted Heretic? ****-****itty-****-****-****!!!!::(

[RonnieB]

Mael Mordha
Cruachan
Waylander

to name but three :)

[RogerMilla]

i have cruachan already ronnie , will check out the other two thanks

[RogerMilla]

going to resurrect this thread lads , just wondering if you have any recomendations ? thanks a million