The Cranberries

The Cranberries was an Irish alternative rock band that operated from 1989 to 2019. The band originated in Limerick, Ireland, in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us. This name was changed by the vocalist Dolores O'Riordan when she joined the group in 1990. Their musical style incorporated elements of indie rock, dream pop, jangle pop, folk rock, post-punk and pop rock.The group gained international recognition in the 1990s with their first album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which achieved great commercial success by selling over five million copies just in the United States.During the 1990s, they solidified themselves as one of the most successful rock bands, selling 50 million records worldwide.

Four of their albums reached the top 20 of the Billboard 200: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, No Need to Argue, To the Faithful Departed and Bury the Hatchet. In addition, they managed to place 20 singles at number 8 and 2 at number 1 on the alternative songs chart of Billboard, as well as three singles in the top 50 of the Hot 100.Among their most well-known songs are «Linger», «Dreams», «Zombie», «Ode to My Family», «I Can't Be with You», «Salvation», «When You're Gone», «Animal Instinct», «Just My Imagination», «Promises» and «You & Me». The songs «Zombie» and «Salvation» are in the Billboard Top 300 Alternative Songs of All Time, occupying positions #39 and #280, respectively.The band disbanded after the release of their posthumous album In the End in 2019, a year after the death of Dolores O'Riordan on January 15, 2018.In 1989, Noel Hogan (born in Limerick on December 25, 1971) on electric guitar, his brother Mike Hogan (born in Limerick on April 29, 1973) on electric bass, Fergal Lawler (born in Limerick on March 4, 1971) on drums and Niall Quinn on vocals joined to form a band.