"October (U2 album) October is the second studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 12 October 1981 by Island Records, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. The album was lyrically inspired by the memberships of Bono, the Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. in a Christian group called the ""Shalom Fellowship"", and consequently it contains spiritual and religious themes. Their involvement with Shalom Fellowship led them to question the relationship between the Christian faith and the ""rock and roll"" lifestyle, and threatened to break up the band. After completing the Boy Tour in February 1981, U2 began"
"War (U2 album) War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite, and was released on 28 February 1983 on Island Records. The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" and ""New Year's Day"", as well as the title, which stems from the band's perception of the world at the time; lead vocalist Bono stated that ""war seemed to be the motif for 1982."" U2 recorded the album from September–November 1982 at Windmill Lane Studios with Lillywhite producing,"
"the group's third consecutive album made at the studio with the producer. While the central themes of their previous albums ""Boy"" and ""October"" focused on adolescence and spirituality, respectively, ""War"" focused on both the physical aspects of warfare, and the emotional after-effects. Musically, it is also harsher than the band's previous releases. The album has been described as the record where the band ""turned pacifism itself into a crusade."" ""War"" was a commercial success for the band, knocking Michael Jackson's ""Thriller"" from the top of the UK charts to become the band's first number-one album there. It reached number 12"
"War (War album) War is the third album by funk group War, or their first following the departure of singer Eric Burdon and the group's name change from the original: Eric Burdon and War. It was released in April 1971 on United Artists Records, their first for the label. The album did not gain much attention upon release, but sales and critical acclaim picked up after their subsequent hit albums throughout the 1970s, the next appearing later in 1971. One single was taken from the album: ""Lonely Feelin'"" backed with ""Sun Oh Son"", which did not chart. Of the other"
"in the top 75 for 17 weeks and the first single was a number 1 single on the Irish Singles Chart and a top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart. As of December 2014, ""Brother"" has sold 394,872 copies in the UK. Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Brother"". Brother (Boyzone album) Brother is the fourth studio album by Irish boy band Boyzone, released on 5 March 2010 in Ireland. It is the band's first studio album in 12 years. The album is named in memory of member Stephen Gately, who died in 2009 five months before its"
"War Tour The War Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place in 1982 and 1983 in support of the group's third album ""War"". The tour took place in Western Europe, the United States, and Japan, with new material from ""War"" taking an increasing role as the tour progressed. Venues were mostly halls, but some arenas were introduced later on. U2's performances were very well received both critically and commercially, especially in the United States where U2 broke through to become a major act. Scenes of lead singer Bono waving a white flag during"
"the Neil Young anti-war charts Living with War, for almost two years. He continues to tour with guitarist Ger Kiely. In May 2011 the band was reformed by Pete Cummins to organize a charity event at Dublin's Button Factory, with guests Lisa Hannigan, Gay Woods, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Henry McCullough, Siobhán O'Brien, Mundy, Tír na nÓg and others. Fleadh Cowboys The Fleadh Cowboys are a Dublin-based folk-rock/country band. The Fleadh Cowboys were formed in 1985 by Johnny Moynihan, Pete Cummins and Frankie Lane, in Kenny's pub in Westland Row in Dublin. They recruited Jimmy Faulkner on electric guitar and Garvan"
"innovation."" In recent decades Irish music in many different genres has been very successful internationally; however, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as (in alphabetical order): Altan, The Answer, Ash, Aslan, Axis Of, B*Witched, Bell X1, Frances Black, Mary Black, The Blizzards, The Bothy Band, Brendan Bowyer, Boyzone, Paul Brady, Chris de Burgh, Paddy Casey, The Cast of Cheers, Celtic Thunder, Celtic Woman, The Chieftains, The Clancy Brothers, Clannad, Codes, Rita Connolly, The Coronas, The Corrs, Phil Coulter, Nadine Coyle (of Girls Aloud), The Cranberries, Peter Cunnah (of D:Ream), Dana, De Dannan,"
"War (2013). Mac Demarco, Royal Bangs, Tunde Olarian, Sleeping Bag, Drekka (2014). Foxygen, Twin Peaks, TOPS, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, Oreo Jones + Sirius Blvck, Thee Tsunamis, Dietrich Jon, and Vista Kid Cruiser (2015). Neon Indian, Whitney, White Reaper, Hoops, Brenda's Friend, Spissy, Dasher, The Underhills, and Brownies in Cinema (2016). Noname, Sales, Flasher, Post Animal, Kevin Krauter, High Fiber, House Olympics, Amy O, Drayco McCoy , F L A C O, and Mathaius Young (2017). Chicano Batman, Milo, Joy Again, Melkbelly, Major Murphy, Nice Try, brz, Kailachare, Skull Cult, and Heaven Honey (2018). WIUX-LP WIUX-LP (99.1 FM)"
"Prize for Irish Album of the Year (2010) the following year. The band's second album ""Beacon"" was released on 3 September 2012, debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart and reached number two in the UK Albums Chart. The band's third album ""Gameshow"" was released on 14 October 2016. The first single, ""Are We Ready? (Wreck)"" was released on 14 June 2016 and was debuted on Annie Mac's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1. Two more singles, 'Bad Decisions' and the title track 'Gameshow' were released prior to the album and are also included on the track list."
"Sack (band) Sack is a five-piece Irish band, based in Dublin. To date the band has released three albums: ""You Are What You Eat"", ""Butterfly Effect"" and ""Adventura Majestica"". The band formed after the demise of Lord John White. Their first single ""What Did The Christians Ever Do For Us?"" was single of the week in both the ""NME"" and ""Melody Maker"". They have supported Morrissey on two tours taking in mainland Europe, the UK and Ireland and the United States and supported the likes of The Fall, Boo Radleys among others. They have gigged sporadically in recent years and"
"of which were both released as singles in promotion of the album. The three new songs were the first new material recorded by the band in nine years, and the last to be recorded before the death of Stephen Gately. The band's tour in the summer of 2008 was the tenth highest grossing set of concerts for that year. Back Again... No Matter What Back Again... No Matter What is the fourth compilation album released by Irish boy band Boyzone. The album was released on 13 October 2008. It became the band's sixth top-ten album in the United Kingdom, charting"
"Colonel Blood (album) Colonel Blood is the second album from Northern Ireland band Fighting with Wire, which is due to be released on 21 September in Ireland & 24 September 2012 in the UK. After the band released Man vs Monster, the album appeared on music website, 'Shadowglobe'. Atlantic Records had heard the album through the site and invited them to New York to do a showcase for them. They were offered a record deal and then offered to record their second album in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who had previously worked with bands such as the Foo"
"Bank that comically exaggerates a typical customer service call. ""I Wanna Fight Your Father"" is a popular single that describes a girl named Róisín's boyfriend wishing to fight her disapproving father. This track is followed by the Irish language version ""Ba Mhaith Liom Bruion le D'Athair Serious About Men Serious About Men is the debut double album by comedy hip-hop duo The Rubberbandits, released on December 2, 2011 by Lovely Men Records. The album was produced by the group's unofficial third member, Willie O'DJ."""". ""Serious About Men"" peaked at number 16 on the Irish Albums Chart in its first week"
"captured on ""Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky"" was included on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the ""50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll"". War Tour The War Tour was a concert tour by the Irish rock band U2, which took place in 1982 and 1983 in support of the group's third album ""War"". The tour took place in Western Europe, the United States, and Japan, with new material from ""War"" taking an increasing role as the tour progressed. Venues were mostly halls, but some arenas were introduced later on. U2's performances were very well"
"from their long-time manager, and Leo Barnes (saxophone) and Jerry Fehily (drum kit) left the group. O'Toole and ó Braonáin spent some of their time off from the Hothouse Flowers recording and touring with Michelle Shocked. Ó Maonlaí worked with Tim Finn and Andy White, while also studying traditional Irish music. In May 1998 they released ""Born"". Joined by Wayne Sheehy on drums and Rob Malone on bass guitar, this album contained extensive songwriting contributions from O'Toole, who (freed from his bass responsibilities) played mostly guitar, bouzouki and keyboards on the recording. The music also incorporated more elements of electronic"
"Three Collas in 331 AD, after they had defeated Fergus Foga, king of Ulster, in battle at Achadh Leithdheirg. Eamhain Mhacha is the name of an Irish traditional music group formed in 2008. Irish heavy metal band Waylander also has a song called ""Emain Macha"" on their 1998 album ""Reawakening Pride Once Lost"". ""Emain Macha"" is the name of a place in the computer games ""Dark Age of Camelot"", ""Mabinogi"" and ""The Bard's Tale"". Navan Fort Navan Fort (, ; , ) is an ancient ceremonial monument near Armagh, Northern Ireland. According to tradition it was one of the great"
"The Irish Volunteer The Irish Volunteer is David Kincaid's first album of Civil War related Irish music. For years Kincaid has been the lead singer, lead guitarist, and leading songwriter for the American roots rock band, The Brandos. Kincaid, a long time Civil War enthusiast, assembled a collection of songs written during the Civil War era about Irish American soldiers fighting for the Union. Most of the songs only came with lyrics so Kincaid had to find traditional Irish music to set the lyrics to. Kincaid was devoted to historical accuracy in performing the songs, the pieces are performed only"
"Brother (Boyzone album) Brother is the fourth studio album by Irish boy band Boyzone, released on 5 March 2010 in Ireland. It is the band's first studio album in 12 years. The album is named in memory of member Stephen Gately, who died in 2009 five months before its release. However, Gately's vocals did appear on the band's songs ""Gave It All Away"" and ""Stronger"", making it the final album to feature Gately's vocals and is released posthumously. Upon its release, ""Brother"" received favorable reviews from most music critics. The album debuted at number one in Ireland and the United"
"since it's such a hackneyed standard of the Irish pub circuit."" ""Hotheads"" and ""BOiLeD iN lEaD"" were later collected on 1991's ""Old Lead"", with two previously unreleased tracks recorded during the ""Hotheads"" sessions. Both Boiled in Lead and the ""Hotheads"" album appear in Emma Bull's 1987 urban fantasy novel ""War for the Oaks""; the band itself has a cameo as the opening act for the protagonists' climactic performance at Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, while the album appears during a quieter moment earlier in the book, when the main character plays the record while having a conversation. The album won a"
"War (band) War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including ""Spill the Wine"", ""The World Is a Ghetto"", ""The Cisco Kid"", ""Why Can't We Be Friends?"", ""Low Rider"", and ""Summer""). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band which fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album ""The World Is a Ghetto"" was the best-selling album of 1973. The band transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was subject to many line-up changes over the course"
"much critical acclaim, with ""Allmusic"" calling it ""an earth-shatteringly powerful experience"". The group split up in 1998 after being dropped by Columbia, leaving a third album unreleased. The self-titled album was eventually released in 2000 on their own Low Rent label. The band reformed in September 2005, announcing several Irish dates. Whipping Boy (Irish band) Whipping Boy are an Irish alternative rock band who were mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. The band reformed briefly in 2005 for a series of shows. 2011 saw Whipping Boy emerge again, this time without Paul Page and Myles McDonnell. The Whipping Boy"
"local musicians Mickey Finn, Pete Galligan, Corky and Terry Smith. On 17 April 2009, Moore released his first new studio album in four years, entitled ""Listen"", and promoted it through a series of live gigs. In December 2011, Moore released the album ""Folk Tale"". His next album ""Where I Come From"" was released in November 2013 and features a new protest song called ""Arthur's Day"". The album peaked at number three in the Irish album charts. His most recent album was ""On the road"" which was released in November 2017. Moore is best known for his political and social commentary"
"The Music Band The Music Band is an album by War, released on MCA Records in 1979. In 1979, War considered changing its name to The Music Band, possibly regarding its old name as too aggressive for modern times. (They had formed in 1969 during the Vietnam War.) But by the time this album was released, they decided to keep the name War, and make ""The Music Band"" the title of a series of albums, of which this is the first. The album marked the group's first personnel changes since lead vocalist Eric Burdon's departure in 1971. B.B. Dickerson (bass)"
"4 March 2012, the band announced on their Facebook page that the album would be released on 2 May 2012. 2 months after the announcement the band then made public they had signed a deal with Xtra Mile Recordings and that the album would now instead be released through them. Colonel Blood (album) Colonel Blood is the second album from Northern Ireland band Fighting with Wire, which is due to be released on 21 September in Ireland & 24 September 2012 in the UK. After the band released Man vs Monster, the album appeared on music website, 'Shadowglobe'. Atlantic Records"
"also collaborated with Gary Lightbody, the frontman of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. The album contains a cover version of The Sugarcubes' 1992 song ""Hit"". ""Once"" was released as the album's lead single on 19 April 2010. Upon its release it generated mainly positive reviews from critics, with the most positive coming from Nick Levine of Digital Spy who called it a ""straight up brain-invader"" with a ""huge chorus"" that is ""hard to ignore"". The single achieved commercial success by topping the UK Singles Chart and debuting at number three on the Irish Singles Chart. ""The Boy Who Murdered"
"are ""A Nation Once Again"", ""Come out Ye Black and Tans"", ""Erin go Bragh"", ""The Fields of Athenry"", ""The Men Behind the Wire"" and the Republic of Ireland's national Anthem ""Amhrán na bhFiann"" (""The Soldier's Song""). Music of this genre has often courted controversy, and some of the more outwardly anti-British songs have been effectively banned from the airwaves in both England and the Republic of Ireland. Paul McCartney also made a contribution to the genre with his 1972 single ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"", which he wrote as a reaction to Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland on January"
"album cover had three red pictographs, digital likenesses of the three band members in the style of segmented LED displays, set against a black background. In the 1980s, Sting and Summers became tax exiles and moved to Ireland (Sting to Roundstone in Galway, and Summers to Kinsale in County Cork) while Copeland, an American, remained in England. The group opened and closed the 1981 concert film, ""Urgh! A Music War"". The film, which captured the music scene in the wake of punk, was masterminded by Stewart Copeland's brothers Ian and Miles. The film had a limited release but developed a"
"album, ""OH-OH"", on 18 October 2010. On 4 February 2011, ""Ants"" was released as the third single from the album. Although the song failed to chart, the video became a viral hit and won the Best Concept award at the 2011 IMTV Awards. The band's next single, ""Models"", was released on 15 June 2011 and was later used extensively in the Discover Ireland TV and radio campaign in support of The Gathering initiative in 2013. In December, the band finished off the year with performances on the Irish television show ""Other Voices"", as part of its 10-year anniversary celebrations, and"
"Sunday Bloody Sunday ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1983 album ""War"" and was released as the album's third single on 21 March 1983 in Germany and the Netherlands. ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" is noted for its militaristic drumbeat, harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies. One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, mainly focusing on the Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters, bystanders and children. At"
"Eric Burdon Declares ""War"" Eric Burdon Declares ""War"" is the first of two original albums by funk band Eric Burdon and War, released on MGM Records in April 1970. It peaked at number 18 on record charts in the USA, number 50 in the UK, and number 7 in Australia. The back cover includes this declaration: ""We the People, have declared War against the People, for the right to love each other"". The album received a gold record award. In 1981, LA Records (producer Jerry Goldstein's own label) reissued the album under the title ""Spill the Wine"". It has also"
"that features his musicianship. He passed away on April 29th 2018 after a long battle with heart disease. The Saw Doctors The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the Republic of Ireland including three number ones. Their first number one, ""I Useta Lover,"" topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 1990 and still holds the record for the country's all-time biggest-selling single. Renowned for their live performances, the band has a cult following, especially in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United"
"with Ireland, but it has been recently revived in England. All songs appearing on the original album are traditional. ""The False Knight on the Road"" is one of the Child Ballads (#3), and concerns a boy's contest with the devil in a game of riddles. Tim Hart and Maddy Prior had already recorded a version of the song on their album ""Summer Solstice"". ""The Lark in the Morning"", one of their more popular songs, has the same title as a different song about a lusty ploughboy, though there are strong similarities. This version was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams. ""Boys"