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THE CRANBERRIES |
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Their
prodigious talent as musicians – as writers
of timeless moments in pop – is While they
were looking for a singer, indisputable.
They are Irish pop culture's that same
girl was looking for a band. first
sex symbols but they are all whip-smart
Something
new. Raised
on a mixture with
it. Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim of traditional Irish music and Catholic
understand
the ten year slog it took them
hymns, Dolores O'Riordan had been to get to this point of success. singing since the
age of three. |
| U2 | THIN LIZZY |
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Through a combination of zealous Philip Lynott was more than just Dublin's righteousness and post-punk experimentalism, favorite son, he was the first real Irish U2 became
one of the most popular rock & roll rock
star. He was born on August 20, 1949, bands of the '80s. Equally known for their the son of a working-class Irish Catholic sweeping sound as for their grandiose mother and a black South American father. statement about politics and religion, U2 His mother,
Philomena (Phyllis) Lynott, were rock & roll crusaders during an era had crossed the Irish Channel in search
of synthesized pop and heavy metal. of
better wages. |