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cranberries - biography

The Cranberries are:

Dolores O'Riordan-lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
Noel Hogan-lead guitar
Mike Hogan-bass
Fergal Lawler-drums, percussion

     Originally formed in 1989, under the name "the cranberry-saw-us", with noel hogan on guitars, mike hogan on bass, fergal on drums, and a singer named niall quinn. the rest of the band unhappy with niall decided to change gears in 1990 and held auditions where they met dolores. their first song written was linger. in 1991 they made an ep, uncertain, which contained four tracks. in 1992 they released everybody else is doing it so why can't we, with linger and dreams as singles. in 1994 they went back to the studio and recored their follow up album, no need to argue, with zombie, ode to my family, i can't be with you, and ridiculous thoughts as singles. in 1996 they released to the faithful departed (their best album to date), with salvation, free to decide, when you're gone, and hollywood as singles. with a lot of hard work and constant touring the cranberries have earned their way to success.

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