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n.i. music

Started by screamin melvin in Other Bands & Artists

anyone else noticed that northern ireland has produced some really excellent bands?
therapy? for one
portadown’s joyrider are one of my favourite bands but no ones ever really heard of them.unfortunately theyre not together anymore
to a lesser extent ash, who arent amazing but its good to see a rock band from n.i. making the charts
And the cream of the crop, in my opinion-Honey For Christ. theyre my favourite band in the whole world and they havent even been signed to a label. they should support therapy? in belfast if you ask me. infact, therapy? should support honey for christ!!
i’d also say watercress but ive only actually heard “the house was burning down” which is a great song. i love hearing good ol northern irish accents in music.
any other n.i. bands i forgot to mention?

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 18:48

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Alternative Ulster wrote:

Yakuza and SomeDaysBetter are two great NI bands.

Also Corrigan, Desert Hearts, Morph, Panda Kopanda, Clone Quartet, Los Cabras…

There are a lot of quality bands emerging from NI at the minute.

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 19:15

belfagor wrote:

Are Throat from Northern Ireland as well? I think they rule :)

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 19:41

Psychotherapy? wrote:

What about Kerbdog? They were pretty cool, & I think they were from N.I.

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 20:08

ctrlaltdelete (chris) wrote:

kerbdog were from down south in the republic,cork I think, but that dont matter to anyone, right?

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 20:10

Psychotherapy? wrote:

Oops, fair enough!

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 20:13

zipless wrote:

what about the undertones? they’re northern irish, or not? or should i say “were”?

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 20:35

screamin melvin wrote:

clean forgot about them.nice one. my band does a cover of teenage kicks :cool:

Posted on Sun, 1 June 2003 at 21:19

Bad Karma wrote:

belfagor wrote:
Are Throat from Northern Ireland as well? I think they rule :)

Yeah they are from Northern Ireland,i bought their album its very good.

Posted on Mon, 2 June 2003 at 17:25

Lenny wrote:

ctrlaltdelete wrote:
kerbdog were from down south in the republic,cork I think, but that dont matter to anyone, right?

They were from Kilkenny I think. Throat were definately the second best band to ever come from the north

Posted on Mon, 2 June 2003 at 21:26

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screamin melvin wrote:

nobodies mentioned joyrider? i am the only one who has heard of them? the actually were ever so slgithly famous for a short while.even on totp. no?

Posted on Mon, 2 June 2003 at 21:59

#11

hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:

I remember Joyrider, I think I have a single or two somewhere. Alan will know about Kerbdog, where’s Alan?

Posted on Mon, 2 June 2003 at 22:05

#12

zipless wrote:

screamin melvin wrote:
clean forgot about them.nice one. my band does a cover of teenage kicks :cool:

what happened to what’s his name…erm… feargal sharkey? :eek:

Posted on Mon, 2 June 2003 at 22:35

#13

mooneycult wrote:

kerbdog were definetly from kilkenny

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 12:56

#14

belfagor wrote:

Bad Karma wrote:
Yeah they are from Northern Ireland,i bought their album its very good.

Have you heard the new song Diamond Dave@Totalrock played on the night Therapy? were in the studio with him? Amazingly good!

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 19:13

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Bad Karma wrote:

screamin melvin wrote:
nobodies mentioned joyrider? i am the only one who has heard of them? the actually were ever so slgithly famous for a short while.even on totp. no?

Yeah i sort of remember them i just remember their band name,i think they had a song in the Top 40 called Rush Hour (I think it was a cover not sure?)A guy i use to college with he saw them live in Belfast once he said they were a good band.

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 19:14

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Bad Karma wrote:

zipless wrote:
what happened to what’s his name…erm… feargal sharkey? :eek:

He had a couple of solo hits in the 80’s then nothing.The Undertones have reformed but he didn’t want to join.I’m not sure what hes up to now.

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 19:16

#17

Psychotherapy? wrote:

Bad Karma wrote:
Yeah i sort of remember them i just remember their band name,i think they had a song in the Top 40 called Rush Hour (I think it was a cover not sure?)

It was a cover of a Jane Wielden song from the eighties. I thought they were a good band, I’ve got their album somewhere. Some good tunes on it…

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 20:58

#18

screamin melvin wrote:

joyrider are so bloody rare. i got there album on record over in belgium along with 5 singles and to be honest i probably have the biggest joyrider collection in the world.thats no exageration. theyre amazin!

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 21:26

#19

Lenny wrote:

I remember seeing Joyrider supporting Therapy? in the Point in 95. I think I still have some of their show on tape. They had a load of singles out at one stage I think? I wouldn’t really call them a great band though

Posted on Tue, 3 June 2003 at 22:24

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Bad Karma wrote:

screamin melvin wrote:
joyrider are so bloody rare. i got there album on record over in belgium along with 5 singles and to be honest i probably have the biggest joyrider collection in the world.thats no exageration. theyre amazin!

I bought their album today Be Special i found it in the reduced section,I bought it for £4.99.I haven’t listened to it yet.

Posted on Fri, 6 June 2003 at 16:33

#21

screamin melvin wrote:

bloody hell! where was that? £4.99! what an insult!

Posted on Sat, 7 June 2003 at 23:04

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Hairy Joe wrote:

Joyrider. Yeah.

Thier singer/guitarist has a band now called Ninebar Internatonal. Been around for a few years. They are definitely really really good.

And to add to the list of really good Norn Iron bands coming out - Element.

They are going to make it biiiiiig trust me.

Posted on Sat, 7 June 2003 at 23:10

#23

Alternative Ulster wrote:

Title: wait, there’s more…

Read more about NI music here http://www.AltUlster.co.uk and in the magazine.

Hear more of NI music every sunday on Alternative Ulster radio…

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Posted on Sun, 8 June 2003 at 14:18

#24

richboy wrote:

Title: Re: n.i. music

screamin melvin wrote:
joyrider…to a lesser extent ash…Honey For Christ

yep - joyrider great, ash to a lesser extent - i remember when ash were starting to make it big and supported T? at fyfe’s last gig, joyrider were there too, and totally blew ash out of the water. could never understand why ash made it big and joyrider fell by the wayside.

HFC are great. really good live band, would be ‘interesting’ to see them support T?
used to work with andy from HFC, and he is a good bloke too.

thorat are good, but the singing is a bit piss…

los cabros were good too, but split up about a year ago. does anybody remember clearshot from londonderry who supported at the drive-in at the empire? what happened to them? i thought they were really good. last i heard the bassist (i think?) was found dead - so maybe they split up?

Posted on Sun, 30 November 2003 at 15:13

#25

Lola* wrote:

Title: Re: Re: n.i. music

richboy wrote:
los cabros were good too, but split up about a year ago.

yeah they were good…missed them at witnness…AND i made a special effort to get up early to see them…they they were moved up in the order…

Posted on Mon, 1 December 2003 at 19:04

#26

Kids Stuff wrote:

Hairy Joe wrote:
Joyrider. Yeah.

Thier singer/guitarist has a band now called Ninebar Internatonal. Been around for a few years. They are definitely really really good.

They seem to have renamed themselves Roque Junior after the crap world cup winning Leeds defender.

Their site is here: http://www.roquejunior.com - there’s 4 mp3’s to download - not as good as Joyrider though.

Posted on Mon, 1 December 2003 at 20:14

#27

Bad Karma wrote:

Once i finish downloading this Radiohead bootleg i’m going to check them out.

Posted on Mon, 1 December 2003 at 20:26

#28

JSar666 wrote:

What about co.uk? or co_uk or whatever the fuck they were called :) Weren’t they from N. Ireland? I liked them, they were good, but they kept changing their name all the time. Sadly, they’ve split up now. But their mini album, brainwash I think it was called, was quite good.

Posted on Thu, 4 December 2003 at 17:35

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richboy wrote:

yep, co.uk, then co dot, then split up!

the singer joe has started a new band called The Vapour Lounge - see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/belfest2003/281103mandela.shtml

have no idea what they are like.?.

Posted on Thu, 4 December 2003 at 20:40

#30

Patrik_H wrote:

fuckin hell lads noones mentioned stiff little fingers! possibly NI’s greatest band 9in mine own humble opinion

Posted on Fri, 5 December 2003 at 01:06