Dolores O'Riordan - Cranberries front-woman - passes at 46

[surveyor]

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376#

Loved their music.

[Spiritof96]

Wow that’s young. Couldn’t stand the Cranberries, but what a loss.

[Joneslab]

The Cranberries were one of the best bands of the '90s. WFPK is playing some of their stuff this morning--ungodly how talented that group was. They defied genre.

I used to put No Need to Argue on my boombox and just blast it. One of the few rock albums from that period that was solid all the way through.

[George]

The Cranberries were one of the best bands of the '90s. WFPK is playing some of their stuff this morning--ungodly how talented that group was. They defied genre.

I used to put No Need to Argue on my boombox and just blast it. One of the few rock albums from that period that was solid all the way through.

Now I want to hear the others you'd add to this list.

[Blue Heaven]

Hate to hear of this. I got into their music a tad back in the 90's. They were the flavor of the moment when their debut album dropped. It had a few good songs but quickly fell out of memory by a year or so.

[Joneslab]

Now I want to hear the others you'd add to this list.

Live, Throwing Copper
R.E.M., Monster
Screaming Trees, Dust
Pearl Jam, Ten (Vitalogy was probably my favorite record of theirs but it had about four unlistenable songs on it)
Nirvana, Unplugged in New York
Blind Melon, Nico

That's probably the list as far as I can remember. I liked Counting Crows a lot, but obviously "rock" is stretching it there.

Also, strangely, wore out Los Lobos' Kiko in high school. Oh, and the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack.

[Spiritof96]

Live, Throwing Copper
R.E.M., Monster
Screaming Trees, Dust
Pearl Jam, Ten (Vitalogy was probably my favorite record of theirs but it had about four unlistenable songs on it)
Nirvana, Unplugged in New York
Blind Melon, Nico

That's probably the list as far as I can remember. I liked Counting Crows a lot, but obviously "rock" is stretching it there.

Also, strangely, wore out Los Lobos' Kiko in high school. Oh, and the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack.

Now that is an interesting list...

I had all of those albums, but I don't think I considered any but Pearl Jam and Nirvana unplugged "all the way through" listens.

To keep it Irish, I thought The Proclaimers, Sunshine on Leith was a great "every song" album. I'm surprised by looking at the release dates that this and Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever released in the 80s... They were 90s albums to me.

[Joneslab]

I loved Full Moon Fever too. Always for some reason loved the music video for "Running Down a Dream." I always read "workin' on a mystery" as writing a mystery novel for some reason, even though I was only 14 or 15 when I bought that album.

In college I really got into Toad the West Sprocket. Their album Dulcinea was one of my favorites.

[Spiritof96]

I loved Full Moon Fever too. Always for some reason loved the music video for "Running Down a Dream." I always read "workin' on a mystery" as writing a mystery novel for some reason, even though I was only 14 or 15 when I bought that album.

In college I really got into Toad the West Sprocket. Their album Dulcinea was one of my favorites.

I had a room mate in college that would destroy albums by playing a new cd continuously for a week (or a few weeks in some cases) After he did that to my Toad the Wet Sprocket CD... I started hiding my new music. I can't listen to more than 5 seconds of any TtWS song without rage-leaving the room. It's a shame because I think I would have liked them.

[Blue Heaven]

Saw Live at Bellarmine back in the early 90's on their Throwing Copper Tour. Killer concert! The one thing I will never forget is the guy who jumpee off the stage into a would be mosh pit. Yeah, the didn't catch him. Live even stopped a song to see if he was ok. Good times.

[Joneslab]

Another couple bands I loved in the '90s:

Better Than Ezra.

I should've mentioned their first two albums above--Deluxe and Friction Baby--because they were really close to being listenable all the way from first track to last.

Another band I got into in my college years was Days of the New. Louisville band led by Travis Meeks, sort of acoustic grunge. I thought they were really good. Unfortunately I don't think they ever did a follow-up record.

[Joneslab]

Saw Live at Bellarmine back in the early 90's on their Throwing Copper Tour. Killer concert! The one thing I will never forget is the guy who jumpee off the stage into a would be mosh pit. Yeah, the didn't catch him. Live even stopped a song to see if he was ok. Good times.

Nice.

I really, REALLY liked Live. They had an album before Throwing Copper called Mental Jewelry that was very good. The follow-up to TC was awesome as well.

My favorite grunge band.

[George]

Another couple bands I loved in the '90s:

Better Than Ezra.

I should've mentioned their first two albums above--Deluxe and Friction Baby--because they were really close to being listenable all the way from first track to last.

Another band I got into in my college years was Days of the New. Louisville band led by Travis Meeks, sort of acoustic grunge. I thought they were really good. Unfortunately I don't think they ever did a follow-up record.

I was in middle school when DotN's first record was released. LOVED it, and still listen to it today. It isn't quite as good as I thought it was back then, but there are still some good tunes on that album.

And they (well, he) did two more albums after Yellow, which were also untitled and referred to, instead, by their dominant colors (Green and Red). The band broke up after the first record, and Travis Meeks kept the name and tried to carry on with other musicians. Green was odd; an eclectic mix of genres, instruments and styles, none of which actually worked well together. Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls fame did backup vocals throughout the album. It was all together too ambitious for its own good. Red was a return to a more traditional Rock sound - still acoustic, though not quite as dark or heavy as the first record. It had a few good tracks and I enjoyed it more than Green, but it was weaker overall than Yellow.

For years after Red I continued to look for a new album (Purple was its intended title), but Meeks had a long, tough battle with a meth addiction. He was even featured on an episode of Intervention. Not sure if he ever recovered. Information about him today is scant.

After Yellow, the rest of the band later went on to form a crappy band called Tantric. They had one kind-of-hit, but I can't remember what it was called.

[Joneslab]

I remember that Tantric song. Had no idea that was them. They used to play it all the time on 103.3 out of Lexington when I was at Centre.

[Blue Heaven]

I was in middle school when DotN's first record was released. LOVED it, and still listen to it today. It isn't quite as good as I thought it was back then, but there are still some good tunes on that album.

And they (well, he) did two more albums after Yellow, which were also untitled and referred to, instead, by their dominant colors (Green and Red). The band broke up after the first record, and Travis Meeks kept the name and tried to carry on with other musicians. Green was odd; an eclectic mix of genres, instruments and styles, none of which actually worked well together. Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls fame did backup vocals throughout the album. It was all together too ambitious for its own good. Red was a return to a more traditional Rock sound - still acoustic, though not quite as dark or heavy as the first record. It had a few good tracks and I enjoyed it more than Green, but it was weaker overall than Yellow.

For years after Red I continued to look for a new album (Purple was its intended title), but Meeks had a long, tough battle with a meth addiction. He was even featured on an episode of Intervention. Not sure if he ever recovered. Information about him today is scant.

After Yellow, the rest of the band later went on to form a crappy band called Tantric. They had one kind-of-hit, but I can't remember what it was called.

Breakdown was the song. Tantric was ok I guess. They were cool because they were from Louisville. They are no My Morning Jacket that is for sure.