Irish groups that never made it big

[Rudi]

https://youtu.be/-zZ44S3ZIJM

[delgany]

Anyone remember Tiberius Minnows? Time flies.

Playing a Belfast gig in April !

[Sportacus]

Ha, brilliant.  They were a tight oul group.

[J70]

Always thought Aslan could have been bigger than they were/are

So did they.

I remember Christy Dignam complaining about it one time in an interview!

Seemed bitter that they never caught on outside of Ireland.

[J70]

Cry Before Dawn
The Adventures
No Sweat
The Golden Horde

A lot of great stuff on 2FM at that time. I believe the station was mandated to play a certain amount of Irish content, I don't know if that's still true.

I've vague memories of being fairly hammered in the mosh pit at the UCD freshers ball when The Golden Horde were playing. Good times!

[Wildweasel74]

Mamas Boys but the death of the drummer big cause of them Stopping early.

[shyted]

energy orchard

[Rudi]

Bell X 1 & The Frames

[Jell 0 Biafra]

The Real Wild West
That Petrol Emotion (Post Undertones project, really good band)
DC Nien/Tokyo Olympics
A House
Paranoid Visions (although maybe they got as famous as an underground punk band can get)
Not Our World (also had various other names; Fugazi impersonators, but very good at it).


Some band whose name I can't recall who had a song called "You Know I fought a war for you" who were kind of early Beatlesy and tipped for big things.

[JoG2]

In the mid 80s, Cactus World News were once talked about as the next U2...
https://youtu.be/1b0OiptaQZA

God i used to (and still) hate that term. Especially as I was not fond of U2's music.

Ah, like or loathe Bono but U2 have an incredible back catalogue.

Would add the likes of A-House, The Driven, Rollerskate Skinny, Microdisney, Power of Dreams, Watercress and Whipping Boy to the great list of bands already mentioned. The Stunning were on the verge, moved to London on a big label, the A&R folk tried to change their name and musical direction. The 2 brothers sat it out until they got their music back and returned home. Therapy? are still a big draw in many countries, serious live band.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Didn't Whipping Boy actually make it big?

[JoG2]

Didn't Whipping Boy actually make it big?

Loved by many critics yes, but not near as big as they should have. Heartworm is as good a release from any Irish band

[Itchy]

The strypes
Or maybe they did make it big?

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Didn't Whipping Boy actually make it big?

Loved by many critics yes, but not near as big as they should have. Heartworm is as good a release from any Irish band

Didn't care for that one at all. Their first one was great though.

[Jim Bob]

Ghost of an American Airman

Whatever became of them ?