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Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/ oʊ ˈ r ɪər d ən / oh-REER-dən; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band the Cranberries. [2] O'Riordan was the principal songwriter of the band, and additionally performed acoustic and electric guitars.
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 under her arm. [11] [12] 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 ...
No Baggage is the second and final solo studio album by 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 radio on 13 July in North America and on 10 August in Europe.
O'Riordan, whose hits with The Cranberries such as "Linger" and "Zombie" catapulted her to fame, was described as the "voice of her generation." Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan laid to rest ...
Dolores O’Riordan died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest into the death of The Cranberries singer was told Thursday. The Irish singer was found dead in the bath of a London ...
O’Riordan's mother Eileen has stated, "It wasn’t written as a political song but as an anti-violence, an anti-war song." [38] O'Riordan never revealed the origin of the "zombie" reference in the lyrics, a concept which admits a personal interpretation of its meaning. [29] However, there was a divergence of opinion among writers on the subject.
In April 2014, the band began recording new material with the Cranberries vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, [1] [2] and they subsequently changed their name to D.A.R.K. The album, titled Science Agrees , was released on September 9, 2016, through Cooking Vinyl . [ 3 ]
With the Cranberries on hiatus from 2003 to 2009, Hogan turned to focus on his own music. [8] He began working with programmer Matt Vaughan, who had already done work on unreleased Cranberries songs and Dolores O'Riordan's solo material. Mono Band was born with Hogan as the sole band member. [9]