Ireland's most famous sons U2 are from Dublin. The band consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar) and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion).U2 played at 1985's Live Aid concert to benefit for Ethiopian famine relief. Many believe the show was a turning point is U2's career.
U2's new album will be reviewed here soon.
Bob Geldolf of The Boomtown Rats (also from Ireland) helped organize Live Aid.
Van (the man) Morrison is from Belfast in Northern Ireland. Van was a member of the great 60's garage rock band Them. In the later part of that era he established his solo career with the great Brown Eyed Girl.
The Waterboys are composed of musicians from Ireland, Scotland and England. They played tribute to Van Morrison with a cover of Sweet Thing on 1988's Fisherman's Blues.
The Cranberries formed in Limerick in 1990. Dreams was a great pop song from 1993.
Thin Lizzy from Dublin, Ireland had a pretty good song of their own; 1976's The Boys Are Back In Town.
