The Cranberries were an Irish rock band
formed in
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
, Ireland. Originally named the Cranberry Saw Us, the band were formed in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler. Quinn was replaced as lead singer by
Dolores O'Riordan in 1990 and they changed their name to the Cranberries. The band classified themselves as an
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
group, but incorporated aspects of
indie rock
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,
jangle pop
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,
folk rock
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,
post-punk
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and
pop rock
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into their sound.
The Cranberries rose to international fame in the 1990s with their debut album, ''
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993 after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. The albu ...
'', which became a commercial success. Some of the band's hit singles include "
Dreams
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" (1992), "
Linger" (1993), "
Zombie
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" (1994), "
Salvation
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" (1996), and "
When You're Gone" (1997). Five of the band's albums reached the Top 20 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart and eight of their singles reached the Top 20 on the
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart.
In early 2009, after a six-year hiatus, the Cranberries reunited and began a
North American
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tour followed by shows in Latin America and Europe.
The band's sixth studio album, ''
Roses
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'', was released in February 2012 and its seventh, ''
Something Else'', followed in April 2017.
On 15 January 2018, O'Riordan was found dead of drowning in a London hotel room. The Cranberries confirmed in September 2018 that they would not continue as a band; their final album, ''
In the End
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"In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, ...
'', was released in April 2019 and they disbanded afterwards.
The Cranberries rank as one of the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, having sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide as of 2019. They have received an
MTV Europe Music Award
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, a
World Music Award
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, an International Group nomination at the
Brit Awards
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, a
Juno
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nomination, a Juno Award win, an Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement and a
BMI Award with a Special Citation of Achievement. ''In the End'' earned them a
Grammy
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nomination for Best Rock Album. With the video for their song "Zombie", the Cranberries became the first Irish band to reach one billion views on
YouTube
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.
History
Formation and early years (1989–1992)
Brothers
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
and Mike Hogan, descendants of the nineteenth-century Irish poet
Michael Hogan, met Fergal Lawler in the mid-1980s.
The young kids who grew up together in
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
, Ireland, also shared their love of 1980s English/
indie music
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and were "galvanised by punk's
DIY ethic
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".
Lawler received his first drum kit as a Christmas present when he was about seventeen; two months later, Mike Hogan received his first bass and his brother his first guitar.
Niall Quinn, who also lived in the region, played with his own group called
Hitchers and occasionally shared his experiences with the trio.
Thereafter, they moved towards the idea of a four-piece ensemble and Quinn decided to stay on with the band.
In mid-1989, brothers Mike (16) and Noel (18) Hogan formed the Cranberry Saw Us with Lawler (18), and singer Quinn. The initial release from Cranberry Saw Us was the demo EP ''
Anything
Anything may refer to:
Albums
* ''Anything'' (The Cranberry Saw Us demo), by the band later named the Cranberries, 1990
* ''Anything'' (The Damned album) or the title song (see below), 1986
* ''Anything'' (Kinnie Starr album) or the title son ...
'' in January 1990. Shortly afterwards, Quinn left the band to return to his previous group Hitchers, although they remained on good terms.
Despite this unexpected break-up, the three musicians transitioned to an instrumental group for several months, continuing to improve on ideas and song structures of instrumental pieces.
Lawler and the two Hogan brothers then placed an advertisement for a female singer.
[The Cranberries Loud & Clear World Tour Programme, "A Timeline of the Cranberries 1989–'99", pp. 8–10.] Subsequently, Quinn introduced the trio to a friend of his girlfriend's sister, mentioning that she was a singer-songwriter looking for a group who would compose original music.
On a Sunday afternoon in mid-1990, 18-year-old
Dolores O'Riordan cycled to the audition at Xeric Studios dressed in a tracksuit and with a broken
Casio keyboard
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under her arm.
O'Riordan said of the first encounter "I really liked what I heard; I thought they were very nice and tight. It was a lovely potential band but they needed a singer – and direction".
Noel Hogan gave her a rough cassette demo incorporating chord sequences of indie-
jangly guitar sounds, then O'Riordan took home Hogan's tape and began writing lyrics and overlaying melodies which would underpin the group's future material.
Within a week, she returned to the musicians with whom she sang along a rough version of "Linger".
Mike Hogan later described it as "we were immediately blown away, her voice was something special".
Noel Hogan elaborated, "she was so small and quiet... then she opened her mouth and this amazing voice, this huge voice came out for the size of her"; and then acknowledged: "how come she's not already in a band?
..that day changed our lives".
A musical relationship rapidly developed between O'Riordan and Noel Hogan, who had enough songs to design a demo.
The fledgling band recorded a four-track demo EP called ''
Water Circle
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'', released in cassette format by local record label Xeric Records.
In July 1990, the group performed their first gig with O'Riordan at a hotel basement called Ruby's Club, Cruises Hotel, Limerick, performing six original songs to an audience of 60 people including three other local groups.
The Cranberry Saw Us moved to Xeric Recording studio and recorded ''
Nothing Left at All'', their first commercial three-track EP released on tape in 300 copies by Xeric Records, which sold out in local record shops in Limerick within a few days. The owner of Xeric Studios, Pearse Gilmore, became their manager and provided the group with studio time to complete a demo tape, which he produced.
It featured early versions of "
Linger" and "
Dreams
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", which were sent directly to record companies in London by Noel Hogan, determined to leave the
underground circuit of small Irish clubs and pubs.
Rough Trade label founder
Geoff Travis
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Biography
Travis was ...
immediately gave his approval, and although the Cranberries did not sign on to his label the demo continued to earn the attention of both the UK
press
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and record industry and sparked a bidding war between major British record labels.
On 18 April 1991, the group played a decisive show in their hometown at Jetland Center as part of the
University of Limerick
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's
RAG Week
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to 1,400 students.
In attendance was record producer
Denny Cordell
Dennis Cordell-Lavarack (1 August 1943 – 18 February 1995), known as Denny Cordell, was an English record producer. He is notable for his mid-1960s and early 1970s productions of hit singles for The Moody Blues, Leon Russell, The Move, Procol ...
, who was then
A&R for
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
, and thirty-two other A&R men who flew from London.
Shortly thereafter, the band changed their name to "The Cranberries".
''Nothing Left at All'' began to circulate in the UK with the support of John Best PR agency. Then, they performed their first UK tour opening for the British band
Moose
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over the course of three weeks. The Cranberries received more letters expressing interest from
Virgin
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,
EMI
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,
Imago
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,
CBS
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, and
Warner, which led the Hogan brothers to quit their jobs.
Eventually the group signed a six-album deal with
Island Records
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who won the battle through Denny Cordell. In mid-1991, the Cranberries headed back into the studio with Gilmore as their producer to "hastily" record their first EP ''
Uncertain'' and created a music video for the title track, which was not released.
Gilmore, in an incoherent gesture, made various alterations to the album's rough cuts. 5,000 total copies of ''Uncertain'' were printed and released in October 1991 by Island Records under the Xeric name.
The EP received poor reviews in the press and led to tension between the group and Gilmore. By this time, Gilmore began restricting information to the Cranberries and made separate arrangements with Island's U.S branch.
In October 1991 the Cranberries performed at
Underworld
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in London during a UK and Ireland tour.
Adding to this period of doubt, touring conditions and money were lacking with maximum earnings of $25 a day. On 9 December 1991, the Cranberries was supposed to support
Nirvana
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in
Belfast
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's Conor Hall, but Nirvana canceled their tour at the last moment as well as the
five remaining shows due to
Kurt Cobain's ill health.
After a difficult recording session, intended for their
first album on Island Records in January 1992, the band scrapped their work and fired Gilmore.
Noel Hogan stated "we didn't have a problem with each other, we had a problem with this guy".
During that period the Cranberries toured Ireland and the UK as the opening act for TOP, gaining more attention from the British press. Subsequently, they hired
Geoff Travis
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Biography
Travis was ...
as their new manager.
The Cranberries headed back into the studio in
Dublin
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in March 1992 to restart working on their first LP with
Stephen Street, who had previously worked with
the Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They comprised the singer Morrissey, the guitarist Johnny Marr, the bassist Andy Rourke and the drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerg ...
.
The Cranberries began a UK and Ireland headlining tour during the last four months of 1992 to promote the subsequent release of ''
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993 after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. The albu ...
''. In October 1992, "
Dreams
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" was released in the UK, becoming ''
Melody Maker
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''s single of the week. In November 1992, they performed at the emblematic
Royal Albert Hall
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supporting
Mercury Rev
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Original personnel were the House of Love
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. Between 1991 and 1993, the band also recorded several
studio and live sessions intended for Irish and British radio and television shows, including
2fm's ''
The Dave Fanning Show
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'' in Dublin and
BBC Radio 1
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's ''
John Peel
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Show''.
Breakthrough and mainstream success (1993–1995)
![The Cranberries at Roxy Bar 1995](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/The_Cranberries_at_Roxy_Bar_1995.jpg)
The second single of their debut album, "Linger", was first released in the UK in February 1993, peaking at No. 74. Their first full-length album ''
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993 after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. The albu ...
'' was released 1 March 1993.
Neither the album nor the single gained much attention, nor did a second single, "
Linger". When the band embarked on a tour supporting
Suede
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, they caught the attention of
MTV
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, which put their videos into heavy rotation. The defining moment occurred when mid-way through the tour running order was reversed and the Cranberries replaced Suede as the tour headliner. In late 1993, the band toured extensively throughout the US
and "Linger" received heavy rotation on college radio stations across the country. The band's first big hit, "Linger" peaked at No. 3 in Ireland. It reached No. 8 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and stayed on the charts for 24 weeks.
"Linger" was later re-issued in February 1994 peaking at No. 14. "Linger" was followed by "
Dreams
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", released again in May 1994; the single peaked at No. 27 on the UK charts and reached the Top 15 on the US
Alternative Airplay
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list, helping the band's debut album to top both the
UK Albums Chart
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and
Irish Albums Chart
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in June.
By mid-1994, the Cranberries' North America tour drew an attendance of 10,000 to 13,500 per show.
The group reunited with Street for ''
No Need to Argue
''No Need to Argue'' is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most suc ...
'', which was released on 3 October 1994. It would go on to peak at No. 6 on the US charts and eventually outsold its predecessor. Within a year it went triple platinum, spawning the number-one hit "
Zombie
A zombie ( Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in w ...
" and the No. 11 "
Ode to My Family
"Ode to My Family" is a song by Irish band the Cranberries, released on 21 November 1994 as the second single from their second studio album, ''No Need to Argue'' (1994). The song was a hit in Oceania and several European countries, topping the ch ...
" on the
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart.
By March 1994, the Cranberries won the Top International Act of
Music Week
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(UK). On 13 August 1994, during their US tour, the Cranberries performed at
Woodstock II in
Saugerties, New York
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Part ...
. Ed Power of ''
The Telegraph
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'' wrote that the Cranberries "superstardom was sealed by a November 1994 rendition of 'Zombie' on ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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''"; he said, "It was a dark, sludgy appearance, topped off by O'Riordan’s stunning transformation from indie urchin to blonde-dyed rock chick in high boots".
In 1995, the band continued touring and released two more singles, "
I Can't Be with You
"I Can't Be with You" is a song recorded by Irish band the Cranberries. It was the third single from their second studio album, ''No Need to Argue'' (1994), except in North America, where it was released as the fourth and final single of the alb ...
" and "
Ridiculous Thoughts
"Ridiculous Thoughts" is a song by The Cranberries, released as the fourth single from their second studio album ''No Need to Argue''. In North America, it was the third single of the album, as " I Can't Be with You" was released only in Fall 199 ...
". ''No Need to Argue'' went 5× platinum in Canada, platinum in Switzerland, and 7× platinum in the United States.
On 20 February 1995, the Cranberries received a nomination at the
Brit Awards
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in the
International Group category at the 15th edition of the annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom.
![The Cranberries, Washington, D](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/The_Cranberries%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_USA%2C_15_May_1995.jpg)
On 15 May 1995, the Cranberries had planned an impromptu free acoustic set for 3,000 people at
National Sylvan Theater
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, Washington, D.C., United States.
The show was orchestrated by radio station
WHFS, which had paid for the use of five US
Park police officers.
Before the show began, the organizers realized how erroneous their original crowd estimates were when a frenzied crowd of over 10,000 devotees appeared.
The show started 40 minutes late, while
stage diving started before the first guitar note was played.
Park Police officers established that they could not control the crowd and stopped the show after one and a half songs.
When the crowd were told that the Cranberries would not be returning, rioting began, with the crowd throwing rocks, food and beer bottles at Park Police officers. Some audience members jumped onstage, and O'Riordan's acoustic guitar was stolen.
More officers in riot gear arrived, and dozens of
mounted horse patrols cleared the south quarter of the
Washington Monument
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grounds while the fracas continued outside.
On 23 May 1995, at London's
Grosvenor House
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, the Cranberries were nominated for Best Contemporary Song for "Zombie" at the
Ivor Novello Awards
The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been a ...
. In mid-1995, the Cranberries had broken the American market; while the UK bands had failed. At that time, the band was Ireland's biggest musical export since
U2. In 1995 the Cranberries performed "
Ode to My Family
"Ode to My Family" is a song by Irish band the Cranberries, released on 21 November 1994 as the second single from their second studio album, ''No Need to Argue'' (1994). The song was a hit in Oceania and several European countries, topping the ch ...
" at the
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international award show founded in 1989 under the patronage of Albert II, Prince of Monaco and co-founder/executive producer John Martinotti. The event is based in Monte Carlo. Awards are presented to the world' ...
, winning the Award for Best Irish Recording Artists. They were named Best Irish Recording Artists at the 10th annual Irish Music awards, held at Dublin's Burlington Hotel. On 23 November 1995 the Cranberries won the "Best Song" award for "Zombie" at the
1995 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards took place at the Le Zénith in Paris, France and were hosted by Jean-Paul Gaultier.
The French nuclear testing in the South Pacific got the most attention at the ceremony.
Jon Bon Jovi during his speech for winnin ...
, beating out
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
's "
You Are Not Alone
"You Are Not Alone" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson from his ninth studio album, '' HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I'' (1995). It was released on August 15, 1995, as the second single from the album.
An R&B ballad, "You ...
". During the ''
No Need To Argue
''No Need to Argue'' is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most suc ...
'' European tour '95, the Cranberries performed to more than 500,000 people,
with peak attendance reaching 20,000 people per night in United States.
Middle era (1996–2003)
On 10 March 1996, the Cranberries received the Best-Selling Album Award for ''
No Need to Argue
''No Need to Argue'' is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most suc ...
'' at the 26th Annual
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...
s. The band's third album ''
To the Faithful Departed
''To the Faithful Departed'' is the third studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 30 April 1996. The album was made in memory of Denny Cordell who signed the band to Island Records and Joe O'Riordan (vocalist D ...
'' was released on 30 April 1996, peaking at No. 2 in the UK and No. 4 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
Although ''To the Faithful Departed'' sold four million copies in six weeks and went double platinum in the US and Gold in the UK,
it failed to match the sales of its predecessors.
The album was "mauled" by the press
due to the politically charged songs "Bosnia", "War Child", and the real, unaltered sound of gunshots in "
I Just Shot John Lennon".
The first single from the album was "
Salvation
Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...
", which topped the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The second single from the album was "
Free to Decide
"Free to Decide" is a song by Irish rock band the Cranberries, released the second single from their third studio album, ''To the Faithful Departed'' (1996), on 1 July 1996. The song achieved minor chart success in Europe but became a top-10 hit ...
"; the single's peak in the UK was 33,
and it reached number 22 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100. In September 1996, the Cranberries' video for "Salvation" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction. In November 1996 "
When You're Gone" was released as a single in the US, peaking at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
By mid-1996, the band's combined albums had sold more than 22 million copies.
On 9 June 1996, the Cranberries canceled the remainder of the Australian leg of their 117-date world tour,
as O'Riordan re-injured her knee during a concert in
Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
on 8 June. The tour resumed in August 1996 in North America, but they never finished it and canceled the European leg, citing O'Riordan's "ill health".
She said that she was exhausted, suffering
insomnia
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep as long as desired. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, ...
,
paranoia
Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concer ...
, and
anorexia
Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. ''Anorexia'' is a term of Gre ...
; she was down to 41 kg (91 lb.; stone).
O'Riordan also complained about the press and photographers invading her private life.
The circumstances had almost led to the band breaking up and they then took a one-year hiatus from the music industry.
On 9 March 1997,
Bruce Fairbairn and the Cranberries were nominees at the
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...
s for their work on "
Free to Decide
"Free to Decide" is a song by Irish rock band the Cranberries, released the second single from their third studio album, ''To the Faithful Departed'' (1996), on 1 July 1996. The song achieved minor chart success in Europe but became a top-10 hit ...
" and "
When You're Gone". On 19 May 1997, the band received an
Ivor Novello Awards
The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been a ...
for International Achievement at London's
Grosvenor House
Grosvenor House was one of the largest townhouses in London, home of the Grosvenor family (better known as the Dukes of Westminster) for more than a century. Their original London residence was on Millbank, but after the family had developed ...
.
![The Cranberries, Palalido, Italy, April 20, 1999](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/The_Cranberries%2C_Palalido%2C_Italy%2C_April_20%2C_1999.jpg)
On 12 November 1998,
Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler made an appearance at the
1998 MTV Europe Music Awards in Milan and presented the award for best song. On 11 December 1998, the band played "
Dreams
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...
", "
Promises" and "
Linger" at the
Nobel Peace Prize Concert
The Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Norwegian and Swedish: '')'' has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in Oslo City Hall, while the concert has been ...
at
Oslo Spektrum
Oslo Spektrum is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in east central Oslo, Norway that opened in December 1990. It is currently owned and operated by Norges Varemesse. Oslo Spektrum is primarily known for hosting major events such as the annual ...
in Norway. "Promises" was performed live for the first time, four months before the release of ''
Bury the Hatchet
Bury the hatchet is an American English idiom meaning "to make peace". The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away weapons at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United St ...
''. At that time, the Cranberries were named as one of the "Most Outstanding Irish Bands of All Time", along with
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards.
As a teenager in t ...
and U2.
In January 1999, the
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...
announced US sales of 5 million copies of ''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'', and a total of 28 million albums by the band sold. On 19 April 1999, the band released ''
Bury the Hatchet
Bury the hatchet is an American English idiom meaning "to make peace". The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away weapons at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United St ...
''. The album's first single, "Promises", was released in February. "Promises" would be the only single from the album to chart in the US and the last U.S. chart single released by the band before their hiatus.
The album peaked at 7 in the UK and 13 in the US
and was certified gold in the US.
The second single from the album was "
Animal Instinct", which did not chart in the UK, although it did chart in France, Austria and many others.
The album's third and fourth singles were "Just My Imagination" and "You & Me", respectively. The band had a guest appearance on popular television series ''
Charmed
''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...
'', performing "
Just My Imagination
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American soul group The Temptations, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and produced by Norman Whitfield, it features on the group's 1 ...
" on the fifth episode of the second season, "
She's a Man, Baby, a Man!".
The Cranberries undertook a 110-date world tour which drew more than one million fans.
The world tour started in April 1999 and was completed in July 2000.
The group partnered with Ticketmaster.com to be the first artists to sell tickets for a national tour exclusively online. It was the biggest and most successful tour of the Cranberries' career.
The tour brought them back to Ireland for their first date since May 2000. They performed at
Millstreet
Millstreet () is a town in north County Cork, Ireland, with a population of 1,555 (as of 2016).
Millstreet is within the civil parish of Drishane, and within a Poor Law Union also called Millstreet. The Millstreet Union encompasses the civil ...
in County Cork.
As the tour rolled on, the band released ''Bury the Hatchet – The Complete Sessions'', a double CD featuring B-sides as well as live tracks taken from a show in Paris.
Although ''Bury the Hatchet'' was a major seller, the album marked a sales decrease compared to their previous releases.
In late 2001, the Cranberries had sold more than 33 million albums worldwide.
On 22 October 2001, the album ''
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'' is the fifth studio album by Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries, and their last before their six-year hiatus. Released on 22 October 2001, the album sold 170,000 copies in the US by April 2007. Worldwide ...
'' was released; the band's old producer
Stephen Street returned to produce the album.
The album peaked at No. 46 on the US
''Billboard'' 200,
and No. 2 on the Spanish, Italian and French album charts. It went to No. 8 on the ''Billboard''
Canadian Albums Chart and reached No. 61 in the UK.
The first single released from the album was "
Analyse", which charted in the US Adult Top 40 at a peak of 26.
In January 2002, they released the second single "
Time Is Ticking Out", and some months later another one, "This Is the Day". In September, a greatest hits album was released entitled ''
Stars: The Best of 1992–2002'', which was released alongside an
eponymous DVD of music videos. The album peaked in the UK at No. 20.
The song "
Stars
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...
" was released as a single from that album. They started a European tour in mid-October 2002 and ended in December.
In January 2003, following advice from their legal advisors, the Cranberries parted ways with record label
MCA, due to the band's dissatisfaction with the promotion of ''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee''.
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
observed "with little effort from our label, we have been pleased to see top-10 sales in many countries".
Despite comments from MCA regarding that the album did not reach the ''Billboard'' 200's top 30, the 2002 concerts drew an average audience of 10,000 people, with many of the dates selling-out.
O'Riordan told ''
Billboard
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...
'': "since we were signed in 1991 by Island Records, we have gradually seen our label dissolve from a pioneering independent spirited label into a corporate monolith that completely lost touch with the group's creative vision".
The Cranberries signed in 1991 with
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
America, which was transferred to
MCA in 2000 following a contract renegotiation.
The band never replicated its earlier success;
''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
''s David Browne said that "even as their sound grew edgier and punkier, they never lost their fan base, for whom the troubled O'Riordan remained a relatable pop star".
At the end of February 2003, the Cranberries started working with
Stephen Street and debuted their work for the first time in
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, Northern Ireland, on 29 May 2003, performing the songs "Astral Projection" and "In It Together".
In September 2003, the band announced they were taking some time to pursue individual careers, as well as concentrate on family, and scrapped sessions for a sixth studio release.
Initially, a two-year sabbatical was confirmed, while O'Riordan assured that the group would just take a hiatus, she said "we've been together for 13 years; it's a much needed break. It was getting predictable and lacking in a challenge; time to experiment".
Although a spokesperson for the Cranberries announced a "temporary shutdown in activities", the four members remained on good terms and in regular contact with each other.
Hiatus and solo careers (2003–2009)
![Dolores O'Riordan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Dolores_O%27Riordan.jpg)
O'Riordan started collaborating with other musicians in 2004 before launching her solo career with the album ''
Are You Listening?'' in 2007 and a world tour, following it with ''
No Baggage
''No Baggage'' is the second and final solo album from Dolores O'Riordan. It was released on 21 August 2009 in Ireland, most of the world on 24 August 2009 and on 25 August 2009 in North America. The first single, "The Journey" was released to ra ...
'' in 2009.
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
started a new project called
Mono Band, writing all instrumentation in his own studio and developing a "new way of working" with programmer Matt Vaughan.
The project's first full-length self-titled album saw a limited release in 2005.
Mono Band later became
Arkitekt
Arkitekt is an Irish/British rock/electronica band. The group is a derivative from Mono Band.
Formation
While working with Mono Band, Noel Hogan (The Cranberries), received a track from the singer-songwriter, Richard Walters. Upon listening to ...
and released EPs in 2007 and 2009.
Mike Hogan played bass with
Mono Band.
Noel Hogan has also been working as a producer with Supermodel Twins, from his native Limerick and Remma.
In April 2006, Mike Hogan and his wife Siobhán opened a café called The Sage Café, on Catherine Street in the heart of
Limerick City
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
. The award-winning café closed on 25 September 2017. Mike Hogan also played bass with
Mono Band.
Fergal Lawler was a member of the Low Network, whose first album was released in 2007.
He also worked with Walter Mitty and the Realists as well as Last Days of Death Country as both producer and musician.
Reunion and ''Roses'' (2009–2015)
The Cranberries reunited in January 2009 to celebrate O'Riordan becoming an Honorary Patron of
University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin)
The University Philosophical Society (UPS; ), commonly known as The Phil, is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1683 it is the oldest student, collegial and paper-reading society in th ...
. The group indicated at the time that this did not signify an official reunion, but on 25 August 2009, in anticipation of the release of ''
No Baggage
''No Baggage'' is the second and final solo album from Dolores O'Riordan. It was released on 21 August 2009 in Ireland, most of the world on 24 August 2009 and on 25 August 2009 in North America. The first single, "The Journey" was released to ra ...
'', O'Riordan announced that the Cranberries would be reuniting for a North American and European tour. O'Riordan indicated that the band would be playing songs from her solo albums and a lot of the Cranberries' classic hits as well as some new group compositions.
![The Cranberries Live @ Montreal (8375953017)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/The_Cranberries_Live_%40_Montreal_%288375953017%29.jpg)
At this point of their career, the Cranberries were managed by Danny Goldberg, former
Nirvana
( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo.' ...
and
Kurt Cobain manager. In 2011, the actual ''
Water Circle
Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a s ...
'' demo tape emerged, widely assumed to be the first appearance of the Cranberries with the vocal of Dolores O'Riordan. A private collector from United States submitted the bid to US$1499.95 via
eBay
eBay Inc. ( ) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through its website. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995 and became a ...
store; the offer was eclipsed later.
The Cranberries recorded ''
Roses
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be e ...
'' at the
Metalworks Studios
Metalworks Studios is a music recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1978 by Gil Moore of the Canadian rock group, Triumph. Over a span of 40 years, Metalworks has been the recipient of Canadian Music Week's ...
in
Mississauga
Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...
, Canada, from 18 April
to 15 May 2011 with Stephen Street,
who previously collaborated with the band on their first, second and fifth albums. The Cranberries worked on 15 tracks during the ''Roses'' session, although not all were included on the album. ''
Roses
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be e ...
'' was released on 27 February 2012.
The sixth studio album ''Roses'' peaked at 51 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and achieved numerous placements on other ''Billboard'' charts, such as No. 4 on the
Independent Albums
The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' maga ...
, No. 6 on the
Canadian Albums Chart, No. 9 on the Alternative Albums, No. 10 on the Rock Albums and No. 20 on Tastemaker Albums chart.
On 18 February 2012 the Cranberries returned to the stage of the
Ariston Theatre where they presented their new single "Tomorrow" in Sanremo at the 62nd
Song Festival di Sanremo, Italy. They performed "Tomorrow" and "
Zombie
A zombie ( Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in w ...
", having been invited on more than one occasion to the festival.
O'Riordan started legal proceedings against
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
in October 2013. The case was struck out in July 2015 and the cause was not divulged.
As of late 2014, ''No Need to Argue'' had generated worldwide album sales of 17 million.
O'Riordan's death, ''In the End'' and disbandment (2016–2019)
![Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries, Bospop, 2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Dolores_O%27Riordan%2C_The_Cranberries%2C_Bospop%2C_2016.jpeg/1200px-Dolores_O%27Riordan%2C_The_Cranberries%2C_Bospop%2C_2016.jpeg)
In October 2016, the Cranberries received a
BMI Award in London for three million radio plays in the United States of their single "
Dreams
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...
" taken from their
debut studio album.
The award had been presented with a special citation of achievement.
An acoustic Cranberries album titled ''
Something Else'' was released on 28 April 2017, through
BMG.
''Something Else'' featured orchestral arrangements of prior releases, re-recorded in 2016 acoustically with the
Irish Chamber Orchestra
The Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO) is an Irish classical music ensemble, administratively based at the University of Limerick.
János Fürst founded the ICO in 1963. The ICO consisted only of strings as its regular ensemble for many years, adding w ...
, and three new songs: "The Glory", "Why", and "Rupture".
With the release of the new album, the group announced a tour which was to include dates in Europe, parts of the UK, and North America. The shows were scheduled in smaller venues, with live orchestral accompaniment. However, in May 2017, shortly into the European tour, the Cranberries had to cancel the remainder of the European dates due to O'Riordan's health, with the band's website citing "medical reasons associated with a back problem".
The North American tour dates were cancelled in July when her recovery had not progressed enough for her to participate.
On 15 January 2018, O'Riordan died unexpectedly in London, England.
She had recently arrived in London for a studio mixing session on her
D.A.R.K.
D.A.R.K. is an alternative rock band formed in New York City in early 2009. It was initially founded under the name Jetlag by Olé Koretsky and former the Smiths bassist Andy Rourke. In April 2014, the band began recording new material with the C ...
album and to discuss the upcoming album of the band with record label
BMG. The inquest into her death was adjourned until 3 April while the coroner awaited the results of "various tests". On 6 September 2018, it was ruled that she had
drowned
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer as ...
in her hotel room's
bathtub
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due to sedation by
alcohol poisoning
Alcohol intoxication, also known as alcohol poisoning, commonly described as drunkenness or inebriation, is the negative behavior and physical effects caused by a recent consumption of alcohol. In addition to the toxicity of ethanol, the main ps ...
.
In mid-September 2018, Noel Hogan confirmed the band's dissolution, which would occur after the release of their final album ''
In the End
"In the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the eighth track on their debut album, ''Hybrid Theory'' (2000), and was released as the album's fourth and final single.
"In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, ...
''. During the 2017 tour, and the following winter, O'Riordan and Noel Hogan had written and demoed eleven tracks. Her recorded vocal demos for the album were stored in her personal
hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnet ...
from her home in New York City. Hogan stated: "We will do this album and then that will be it. No one wants to do this without Dolores..." "So there's a song called 'In the End', it's the last song on the album, and it just kind of summed up the whole album and the band. Because it's definitely the end of it for us. So we've called it that."
At the time of O'Riordan's death, more than 40 million of the Cranberries albums were sold worldwide.
On 15 January 2019, one year after O'Riordan's death, the band released "All Over Now", the first single from ''In the End''.
The band released the single "Wake Me When It's Over" on 19 March 2019. The Cranberries released the title track of the album, "In the End" on 16 April 2019, which was the last song recorded by O'Riordan before her death.
The Cranberries released ''In the End'' on 26 April 2019.
The album peaked at No. 8 in Germany, No. 11 in France, No. 4 in Italy, No. 3 in Ireland, and charted in the Top 10 of the
UK Official Charts. ''In the End'' also went to No. 7 on the ''Billboard''
Independent Albums
The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' maga ...
chart, and No. 10 on the
''Billboard'' Top Alternative Albums chart.
In March 2019, the Cranberries had sold close to 50 million albums worldwide.
Later developments
On 18 January 2019,
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
, Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler were conferred with honorary doctorates by
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick (UL) ( ga, Ollscoil Luimnigh) is a Public university, public research university institution in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it beca ...
(UL). A posthumous award was presented to Eileen O'Riordan, mother of Dolores O'Riordan.
Saint Sister
Saint Sister is an Irish traditional duo, whose music has been described as "atmosfolk."
Career
Morgan MacIntyre (from Belfast) and Gemma Doherty (from Derry) met at Trinity College, Dublin. They founded Saint Sister in 2014. They were voted t ...
, a duo from Northern Ireland, performed an a cappella rendition of the song "
Dreams
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...
" at
Lyra McKee
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's funeral in Belfast on 24 April 2019;
McKee was murdered by the
New IRA
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in April 2019.
On 1 September 2019,
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
joined
Kodaline
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G ...
on stage at the
Electric Picnic
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Festival in
Stradbally
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, Ireland, to play "
Zombie
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" in tribute to
Dolores O'Riordan. A music video restoration campaign of the entire catalogue of the Cranberries on
YouTube
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was launched on 3 October 2019,
25 years after the release of the album ''
No Need to Argue
''No Need to Argue'' is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most suc ...
''.
The Cranberries' final album ''In the End'' was nominated for
Best Rock Album
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at the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards
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. On 18 April 2020, the official music video for "Zombie" became the first song by an Irish band to reach over one billion views on YouTube,
becoming the third video from the 1990s,
and the sixth from the 20th century,
to reach the milestone on the video streaming service.
Other artists whose songs have reached the billion-views mark include
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
,
Nirvana
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,
Queen
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and
A-ha
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.
In early April 2021, "Zombie" topped the ''Billboard''s Alternative
Digital Song Sales
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chart.
Musical style and influences
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The Cranberries were defined as an alternative rock band.
The band's sound, characterised by Noel Hogan's guitar-driven
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
,
combined musical genres ranging from
jangle pop
Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock or college rock that emphasizes jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop melodies. The term originated from Bob Dylan's song " Mr. Tambourine Man", whose 1965 rendition by the Byrds became considered one of the g ...
,
indie pop
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, and
folk music
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styles
(notably
Irish folk
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In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there we ...
)to
post-punk
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, embodied by the drumming style
and O'Riordan's voice.
Their debut single "
Dreams
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", "introduced the world to the band's unique twist on the
Celtic rock
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tradition"; ''
The Michigan Daily
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''s Kaitlyn Fox wrote, "one of the most well-known and influential groups from the Irish music scene is the Cranberries".
They also incorporated
string arrangements to various effect; writer Simon Vozick-Levinson described "O'Riordan's impossibly tender vocals" on "
Linger", mingled with "the orchestral swoon, the just-this-side-of-
shoegaze
Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...
guitars".
However, their music made a shift toward a heavier sound,
in songs such as "So Cold in Ireland", "
Hollywood", and "
Promises", among others. "
Salvation
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" has been considered as straight-ahead
punk rock.
"Loud and Clear" has a "boisterous middle eight and odd
structure
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" defined by a "bridge, then verse, then wordless chorus all the way to the finish". ''Billboard''s Dan Weiss said of the song that the "absurdist chorus ('People are stranger/ People deranged, are') would be appreciated by
Jim Morrison
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".
With their final album, ''In the End'', the Cranberries returned to their musical origins with the same "simplicity" that initiated their 1993 debut album, in a matured version.
The band's music has been likened to
Sinéad O'Connor and
Siouxsie and the Banshees. O'Riordan stated her singing style incorporating
yodelling was inspired by her father, who used to sing "The Lonesome Cattle Call": "I just kept with my father all the time, just copying him and eventually I learned how to do it. Then over the years there were artists like Sinéad O'Connor and Siouxsie from Siouxsie and the Banshees and even Peter Harvey was doing it. It was something that you could work into The Cranberries' format because a lot of that was used in religious Irish music".
O'Riordan was influenced by
Gregorian chant
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, and by her experiences singing solo in local
church
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* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
, school choir, traditional Irish ballads and songs in both English and
Gaelic
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.
She was a classically trained pianist and played the
church organ
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.
O'Riordan was influenced by
the Smiths
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,
Duran Duran
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,
the Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has re ...
,
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternati ...
,
and
Depeche Mode
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Depeche ...
.
Lawler, Mike and Noel Hogan were inspired by the Cure,
Joy Division
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Sumner and Hook formed the band after attend ...
,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
the Clash
The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the wa ...
,
and the Smiths.
Noel Hogan stressed that at the band's beginnings, "All these roads led to the Smiths, who became very big in our lives later on."
Band members
Final lineup
*
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
– guitar, backing vocals
* Mike Hogan – bass guitar
* Fergal Lawler – drums
*
Dolores O'Riordan – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Former members
* Niall Quinn – lead vocals, guitar
Touring musicians
*
Steve DeMarchi – guitar, backing vocals
*
Denny DeMarchi
Denny DeMarchi (28 November 1962 – 15 May 2020) was a Canadian musician best known as a keyboardist and singer-songwriter. He was also a guitarist, backing vocalist, audio engineer and record producer. DeMarchi played with the Irish band the ...
– keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
* Russell Burton – keyboards, guitar
* Johanna Cranitch – backing vocals
* Olé Koretsky – guitar
Discography
Studio albums
*''
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' is the debut studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. Released on 1 March 1993 after four EPs, it is both the band's first full-length album and major label release. The albu ...
'' (1993)
*''
No Need to Argue
''No Need to Argue'' is the second studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 3 October 1994. It is the band's best selling album, and has sold 17 million copies worldwide as of 2014. It contains the band's most suc ...
'' (1994)
*''
To the Faithful Departed
''To the Faithful Departed'' is the third studio album by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries, released on 30 April 1996. The album was made in memory of Denny Cordell who signed the band to Island Records and Joe O'Riordan (vocalist D ...
'' (1996)
*''
Bury the Hatchet
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'' (1999)
*''
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'' is the fifth studio album by Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries, and their last before their six-year hiatus. Released on 22 October 2001, the album sold 170,000 copies in the US by April 2007. Worldwide ...
'' (2001)
*''
Roses
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'' (2012)
*''
Something Else'' (2017)
*''
In the End
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"In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, ...
'' (2019)
Awards and nominations
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BMI Awards
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, 1996
,
Dolores O'Riordan
, Songwriter of the Year
,
,
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Brit Awards
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,
1995
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, Themselves
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International Group
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Ivor Novello Awards
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, 1995
, "
Zombie
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"
, Best Contemporary Song
,
,
, -
, 1997
,
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the lead guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alt-rock band the Cranberries.
The Cranberries
Hogan formed the Cranberries with his brother Mi ...
and
Dolores O'Riordan
, International Achievement
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Pollstar Concert Industry Awards
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, ''Tour''
, Best New Rock Artist Tour Tour
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, Themselves
, Best International Breakthrough
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, "
Zombie
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"
, Best International Song
,
References
Sources
*
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Further reading
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External links
*
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(23 February 2012)
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