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The Cranberries
The Cranberries è un gruppo musicale rock irlandese che ha avuto grande successo negli anni novanta. Noel e Mike Hogan, due fratelli di Limerick, formarono la band con il batterista Fergal Patrick Lawler e il cantante Niall Quinn nel 1989. Il nome originale era The Cranberry Saw Us, un gioco di parole che fa il verso alla Cranberry Sauce
Biografia
L'anno seguente Quinn lasciò il gruppo, segnalando un'amica della sua ragazza che avrebbe potuto sostituirlo. L'amica in questione era Dolores O'Riordan, che all'audizione impressionò favorevolmente i tre musicisti, e divenne quindi la nuova cantante. Il gruppo cambiò presto il suo nome nel più semplice The Cranberries. Dopo qualche concerto in piccoli locali, registrarono una demo intitolata Nothing left at all, che vendette bene localmente e permise loro di firmare con la major (Island Records). Il loro primo pezzo, Uncertain, contenuto nell'omonimo EP, fu un flop, così come passò inizialmente inosservato il primo album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? con i singoli Dreams e Linger. Il grande successo del gruppo cominciò nel 1993 in seguito ad un tour negli USA come supporter dei Suede. Singoli ed album entrarono nelle top ten delle classifiche di vendita d'oltreoceano, e solo in seguito vennero rivalutati dal pubblico europeo.
Durante il tour nacquero i pezzi del successivo No Need to Argue, pubblicato nel 1994, a tutt'oggi il più grande successo di critica e di vendite della band (oltre 16 milioni di copie). L'album contiene Zombie, la canzone più famosa del gruppo, che tratta il tema del conflitto religioso in Irlanda del Nord. Zombie è stata premiata agli MTV Awards nel 1995 come migliore canzone dell'anno. Dopo un tour mondiale, che incluse una partecipazione ad MTV Unplugged, il gruppo ritornò immediatamente in studio per il successivo To the Faithful Departed. Lo stress dovuto alla pressione crescente da parte di discografici e fans si tradusse in un disco più cupo e tormentato dei precedenti, complice anche il cambio di produttore, da Stephen Street a Bruce Fairbairn. Le tensioni accumulate esplosero durante il tour successivo, che venne sospeso più volte, prima di essere definitivamente interrotto a causa delle precarie condizioni di salute di Dolores.Dopo un lungo periodo di pausa dalle scene, il gruppo si ripresentò nel corso della cerimonia per la consegna dei premi Nobel a Stoccolma, nel dicembre 1998, suonando anche Promises, che sarebbe divenuto il primo singolo di Bury the Hatchet (letteralmente: seppellire l'ascia). Il successo di questo disco non fu pari a quello dei precedenti, soprattutto in Inghilterra e negli Stati Uniti, ma incoraggiò comunque il gruppo a proseguire con il successivo Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.
Le voci di un possibile scioglimento della band crebbero negli anni, soprattutto a causa delle frequenti dichiarazioni di Dolores sulla sua necessità di sperimentare nuovi percorsi musicali. Dopo la pubblicazione della raccolta Stars nel 2002, e gli ultimi concerti come supporter dei Rolling Stones nell'estate successiva, divenne ufficiale la scelta del gruppo di prendersi un periodo di pausa per dedicarsi ad altri progetti. Dolores intraprese la carriera da solista con un album uscito nel maggio 2007, Are You Listening? e col secondo album, No Baggage uscito nell'agosto 2009. Noel ha invece realizzato l'album Mono Band, uscito nel 2005, frutto di collaborazioni con altri artisti.
La band tuttavia, nel settembre 2009 con un comunicato ufficiale sui siti di Dolores O'Riordan e dei Cranberries, ha annunciato il ritorno del gruppo, con un nuovo tour (Reunion Tour) tra la fine del 2009 e l'inizio del 2010. È inoltre previsto un nuovo album. II gruppo, finora, ha venduto oltre 50 milioni di album.
Composizione & Album
Dolores O'Riordan - voce, chitarra, tastiere, tin whistle
Noel Hogan - chitarra, cori
Mike Hogan - basso
Fergal Lawler - batteria e percussioni
1993 - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
1994 - No Need to Argue
1996 - To the Faithful Departed
1999 - Bury the Hatchet
2001 - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
2011 - Roses
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The Cranberries Biography
Formed: 1990 in Ireland
Years Active: 90 's, 00's
Genre: ROCK
Combining the melodic jangle of post-Smiths indie guitar pop with the lilting, trance-inducing sonic textures of late-'80s dream pop and adding a slight Celtic tint, the Cranberries became one of the more successful groups to emerge from the pre-Brit-pop U.K. indie scene of the early '90s. Led by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, whose keening, powerful voice is the most distinctive element of the group's sound, the group initially made little impact in the United Kingdom. It wasn't until the lush ballad "Linger" became an American hit in 1993 that the band also achieved mass success in the U.K. Following the success of "Linger," the Cranberries quickly became international stars, as both their 1993 debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, and its 1994 follow-up, No Need to Argue, sold millions of copies and produced a string of hit singles. By the time of their third album, 1996's To the Faithful Departed, they had added distorted guitars to their sonic palette and attempted to make more socially significant music, which resulted in a downturn in the band's commercial fortunes.
Originally, the Cranberries were a band called the Cranberry Saw Us. Brothers Noel and Mike Hogan (guitar and bass, respectively) formed the band in Limerick, Ireland, with drummer Fergal Lawler in 1990. Following the departure of the group's original singer, Niall, the trio placed an advertisement for a female singer. Dolores O'Riordan responded to the advertisement and auditioned by writing lyrics and melodies to some of the band's existing demos. When she returned with a rough version of "Linger," the group hired her on the spot. Shortly after she joined, the band recorded a demo tape and sold it in record stores throughout Ireland. After the original run of 300 copies sold out, the group truncated its name to the Cranberries and sent another demo tape, which featured early versions of both "Linger" and "Dreams," to record companies throughout the U.K. The tape was made at Xeric Studios, which was run by Pearse Gilmore, who would later become their manager. At the time the tape was made, all of the members were still in their late teens.
The demo tape earned the attention of both the U.K. press and record industry, and there soon was a bidding war between major British record labels. Eventually, the group signed with Island Records. The Cranberries headed into the studio with Gilmore as their producer to record their first single, "Uncertain." The title proved to be prophetic, as the band did indeed sound ill at ease on the single, leading to poor reviews in the press, in addition to tensions between the group and Gilmore. Before they were scheduled to record their debut in 1992, the Cranberries discovered that Gilmore had signed a secret deal with Island to improve his studios. The tensions within the band became so great they nearly broke up. Instead, the Cranberries severed all relations with Gilmore, hired Geoff Travis of Rough Trade as their new manager, and hired Stephen Street, who had previously worked with the Smiths, as their new producer.
The band's debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, was released in the spring of 1993, followed by a single of "Dreams." Neither the album nor the single gained much attention, nor did the second single, "Linger." In the summer and fall of 1993, the band toured the United States, opening for The The and Suede, respectively; frequently, the Cranberries were given a friendlier reception than either of the headliners. The strong live shows led MTV to put "Linger" into heavy rotation. By the end of the year, the single was on its way to becoming a crossover hit. Eventually, the single reached number eight on the U.S. charts, while the album went double platinum. Everybody Else and "Linger" began to take off in Britain in early 1994; the album eventually peaked at number one during the summer.
O'Riordan married the band's tour manager, Don Burton, in a much-publicized ceremony in July 1994. The marriage, as well as the group's videos, emphasized the singer as the focal point of the band. O'Riordan's position in the group continued to rise with the fall release of the group's second album, No Need to Argue. Boasting a slightly harder, more streamlined sound, yet still produced by Stephen Street, the record debuted at number six on the U.S. charts and eventually outsold its predecessor; within a year it went triple platinum, spawning the number one modern rock hit "Zombie" and the number 11 "Ode to My Family."
During the tour for No Need to Argue, rumors began to circulate that O'Riordan was going to leave the band to pursue a solo career, all of which the band vehemently denied. Nevertheless, the rumors persisted until the Cranberries began recording their next album with producer Bruce Fairbairn, who had previously worked with Aerosmith. The resulting album, To the Faithful Departed, was a tougher, more rock-oriented album. Upon its spring 1996 release, the album entered the charts at number six, but its first single, "Salvation," failed to become a hit on par with "Zombie," "Linger," or "Ode to My Family." Consequently, the album slipped down the charts relatively quickly and only went platinum, which was slightly disappointing in light of its two predecessors' multi-platinum status.
During the fall of 1996, the group canceled its Australian and European tour, sparking another round of rumors about whether O'Riordan was about to launch a solo career. In 1999, the group released Bury the Hatchet, and in 2003, shortly after the release of a greatest-hits compilation, Stars: The Best of 1992-2002, the Cranberries officially declared that they were taking a break. This finally gave O'Riordan the time she needed to work on her long-talked-about solo album, and Are You Listening hit shelves in 2007. In 2009, O'Riordan released her second solo album, No Baggage. Around the same time, the Cranberries reunited for a North American tour that continued throughout Europe in 2010. Several live albums also appeared in 2010. In 2011, the band began work on a new album in Toronto with longtime producer Street. The resulting album, Roses, appeared in March 2012. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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