Irish bands who never quite made it

I remember seeing Revelino a few times in UCD and thinking they were bloody good, yet they disapeared off the face of the earth. I hear they do weddings nowadays.
There must be loads of other Irish bands who suffered similar fates.

Problem with Revelino was they only had one top tune, "Happiness is mine". Maybe if that film, "I went down", did better than it did they could of made it.

I think the Stunning is the most obvious example of an Irish band that never quite made it.

Music forum is right above you.

I'll go for Goats dont Shave.

And Juliet Turner.

Ah yeah meant to post it there. Mods please move.

The Blades is the obvious one yeah?
blink?
I think I seen revelino in UCd as well(was that you in the army fatigues and beret??).....they had some good tunes alrite then they had a change of direction.......not so good tunes....

I Suppose you could include Aslan in that too

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I Suppose you could include Aslan in that too

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And B*Witched.

Whipping Boy, another band I saw in UCD that were quite good

This will take some people back and it'll make some other people realise why an 80s revival is NOT a good idea. It's a database of Irish punk / new wave / powerpop / etc bands from roughly 1975 - 90 (only ones who actually recorded material):

http://www.irishrock.org/ipnw/index.html

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The Blades is the obvious one yeah?
blink?
I think I seen revelino in UCd as well(was that you in the army fatigues and beret??).....

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Nah that would have been my Harrington Jacket and retro trainers phase.

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It's a database of Irish punk / new wave / powerpop / etc bands from roughly 1975 - 90 (only ones who actually recorded material):

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Theres a band on that called Cuba Dares. I work with the main guy out of that band, Ronan Stokes.

The Conway Sisters:D.

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This will take some people back and it'll make some other people realise why an 80s revival is NOT a good idea. It's a database of Irish punk / new wave / powerpop / etc bands from roughly 1975 - 90 (only ones who actually recorded material):

http://www.irishrock.org/ipnw/index.html

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Thats a deadly site, some great bands on there and a real memory jogger, Jesus I used to fancy Leslie Dowdall from InTuaNua something rotten
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Therapy?
My Little Funhouse

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And B*Witched.

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I foight loike me da.

JJ72 never quite made it. I loved them.

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JJ72 never quite made it. I loved them.

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Oddly enough I listened to their second album during the week for the first time in about a year, highly recommended and has improved with age.
Saw them live a good few times, even ended up at the launch party for that second album
God, Hilary was beautiful!

how do we difine "made it"
i mean i would say the frames have been on the cusp for years now, and i dotn think they are ever going to be big anywhere outside ireland there was Relish aswell...they had rainbow zepher(the one west****e changed to "hey whatever")

I'd say Therapy? have made it, although they've undone it since their prime.

The Thrills. What they been up to lately??

The frames.Im big into the old metal but went to see the frames twice both time they were ****ing amazing!

The Frames and Aslan have clearly "made it."
I remember Blew/The Blew were tipped for great things.