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The Cranberries was an Irish rock and roll band that arose to mainstream popularity in the 1990s.
Noel and Mike Hogan, two brothers from Limerick City formed the band with drummer Fergal Lawler in 1990. Dolores O'Riordan auditioned for and won the role of lead singer, writing a song called " Linger" based around the band's existing demo. The band was originally named The Cranberry Saw Us.Their homemade demo tape sold well locally, and the band soon recorded a demo tape that earned much popular and critical interest. After a major-label bidding war, The Cranberries signed to Island Records to record "Uncertain". Their debut single was not successful. After ditching their manager, the Cranberries recorded Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?. The second single, " Linger", became a huge hit in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The single " Dreams " also became a hit reaching #14 on the U.S. charts.
In 1994, O'Riordan married Don Burton, the band's tour manager. O'Riordan's status as frontwoman was causing tensions within the group as they recorded No Need to ArgueNo Need to Argue (or NNTA for short) is an album by The Cranberries. It was released in 1994. Track listing #"Ode To My Family" ( Hogan/ ORiordan) 4:31 #"I Can´t Be With You" ( ORiordan) 3:07 #"Twenty-One" ( Hogan/ ORiordan) 3:08 #" Zombie" ( ORiordan) 5: another hit album that included " ZombieZombie is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries. It received the 1995 MTV Award for Best Song from MTV Europe. It was also performed on The Late Show with David Letterman that year. It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as The Tro" and "Ode to My Family". " ZombieZombie is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries. It received the 1995 MTV Award for Best Song from MTV Europe. It was also performed on The Late Show with David Letterman that year. It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as The Tro", one of the band's most famous songs, was a protest about the violence between Protestant and Catholic extremists in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is the smallest of the Home Nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland lies in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It covers 14,139 square kilometres (5,459 square miles), and has a populati in the time of The TroublesThe Troubles is a term used to describe two periods of violence in Ireland during the twentieth century. This article discribes the latter, for the earlier Troubles see Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War. The Troubles is a generic term used to describe a [1].
Amidst rumors of O'Riordan's imminent departure, the band released To the Faithful DepartedTo the Faithful Departed (TTFD) is an album by the Cranberries, released in 1996. It's in memorian of Danny Cordell (friend of the band) and Joe (the vocalist´s grandfather), whom have died that year. to limited success. During the next few years, the band cancelled a large tour and rumors of a breakup were widespread, though the band released Bury the Hatchet to mixed reviews in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep.
In 2001 they released Wake Up And Smell The Coffee to rave reviews. The album debuted at number 54 in the U.S. charts. The band seemed back on track.
In 2003 a 'Best of' compilation entitled Stars was released, along with a DVD of groundbreaking award-winning videos is released. A new single, the title-track off their greatest hits CD, "Stars", charted in Europe and Asia.
However, in 2004, The Cranberries announced they were disbanding and pursuing individual careers. Dolores went on to record a solo album (to be released early 2006) and Noel launched into the recording of a guitar album. Dolores sings the title track to The Passion of the Christ, " Ave Maria".