Acceptable music genres for Irish bands (1 Viewer)

[Kermit McDermott]

The irish public seems to love an earnest bloke with an acoustic guitar but most other attempts at something different for irish bands seems fall on deaf ears.

Are they're some music genres that irish bands just should not attempt??

 

[worthit]

Metal.

 

[washingcattle]

REGGAE and SOUL and FUNK especially FUNK


DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME GALWAY ?

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Metal.

I've always felt a bit sorry for irish metal bands because there's fuck all exposure through the irish media. Dublin has always been indie rock city. Hot Press has never really treated metal with any seriousness. And any tv shows on are always indie rock based. That's fine I love indie rock and grew out of metal in the early 90's but y'know, thats just an observation.

 

[washingcattle]

I read an article in rock sound or Kerrang proclaiming Ireland as the new Norway or some such "compliment" that I didn't understand. I kinda knew some of the bands they mentioned and thought they were going to get a break. Then nothing happened. Metal's grand just not that bullshit excuse to behave like a fucking tool baggy pants kind of bollox. Any music that doesn't involve the words "vibe" or the concept of ginger dreads is fine by me.

 

[ann post]

pub band
wedding band
showband
trubute act
celtic creeps standing on mountains looking stoic
u2

 

[washingcattle]

one genre not allowed:




Successful

Lock Thread.

 

[Serpico]

Hip-hop, obviously.

 

[Space]

I read an article in rock sound or Kerrang proclaiming Ireland as the new Norway or some such "compliment" that I didn't understand. I kinda knew some of the bands they mentioned and thought they were going to get a break. Then nothing happened. Metal's grand just not that bullshit excuse to behave like a fucking tool baggy pants kind of bollox. Any music that doesn't involve the words "vibe" or the concept of ginger dreads is fine by me.

The likes of Primordial and Altar of Plagues are starting to do pretty well outside of Ireland so that's where the comparison started I presume, there's a quite a few other internationally known black and doom metal bands around Ireland. I'd imagine some of them would be better known than most indie bands around here. Also as far as I know the Norwegian black metal scene was unheard of within Norway til after it gained international recognition. Setting aside the obvious church burning and murders that I wouldn't imagine got many new people listening to the music.

 

[Pulped Orphan]

Hotpress is a load of gee.

 

[Bunny]

Bands shouldn't stick to one genre, thats also kinda lame, and boring. Actually the best bands don't easily fall into a genre. Mix it up dickheads!

 

[D0njo]

The likes of Primordial and Altar of Plagues are starting to do pretty well outside of Ireland so that's where the comparison started I presume, there's a quite a few other internationally known black and doom metal bands around Ireland. I'd imagine some of them would be better known than most indie bands around here. Also as far as I know the Norwegian black metal scene was unheard of within Norway til after it gained international recognition. Setting aside the obvious church burning and murders that I wouldn't imagine got many new people listening to the music.

SO we should burn some churches down, or a halting site or something, that'll get us some exposure?

 

[washingcattle]

The likes of Primordial and Altar of Plagues are starting to do pretty well outside of Ireland so that's where the comparison started I presume, there's a quite a few other internationally known black and doom metal bands around Ireland. I'd imagine some of them would be better known than most indie bands around here. Also as far as I know the Norwegian black metal scene was unheard of within Norway til after it gained international recognition. Setting aside the obvious church burning and murders that I wouldn't imagine got many new people listening to the music.

Yeah I think Primordial was one of them alright. Anyway the point is that Metal is a perfectly cromulant (is that how you spell cromulant. Jesus when the simpsons was good it was fucking great wasn't it?) genre for the paddys. I wish those lads had more quote un qoute mainstream success. Irelands music scene will one day drown under the weight of shite fashion indie. I'd rather see fifty "successful" Metal bands than one more JJ72.

PS I don't even like metal.

PPS Fuck JJ72.

 

[east hastings]

you embiggen the spirit of metal

 

[GO]

Busking is the only genre you can make money in in Ireland.And cover bands.

 

[BonsaiSuperstar]

Primordial are one of the higher up bands on most European bills these days. It's a shame that Ireland's metal population is so small.
As has been mentioned above, it's down to being fed rubbish fashionable indie for years and the fact that most people cannot handle loud music. In countries like Finland and Norway, metal sits in the mainstream (in terms of popularity).
Primordial's last album "To the Nameless Dead" from 2007 was as good as any Irish album released that year. Last year "White Tomb" by Altar of Plagues was also one of the albums of the year. Neither were even realistically considered for a Choice Music prize.
I always wonder why magazines and journalists don't take a gamble and report on these excellent albums by Irish bands who have success abroad.
This year AoP signed to Candlelight Records!!! The home of Emperor, Enslaved and Blut Aus Nord to name a few.
There are other great Irish bands out there as well such as Wreck of the Hesperus and Mourning Beloveth but Ireland's small metal population can't sustain all of these bands.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

There's nothing for the Metal Gaels to do but set their faces towards eternity and ruminate on their bad luck.

 

[ratmonkey]

Anyway the point is that Metal is a perfectly cromulant (is that how you spell cromulant..

You can't spell cromulant without CROM.

 

[Anthony]

Neither were even realistically considered for a Choice Music prize.

That will NEVER happen. Metal is huge here, the problem is as much with the metal fans here. Always looking to America. You think indie fans are biased against local music? If Primordial were to support Metallica or someone (and they should be) they'd probably be booed. For being Irish.... oh wait, unless they got big somewhere else first.

 

[Jerry Twig]

I'd never heard of Primordial so I looked at their site. This is on the front page.

'Like many Irish people right now I don’t know if I can look society square in the eye, or at least the instruments of the church and state without wanting to see them burned to the ground. You can almost taste the betrayal, and it is bitter sweet.'