The Cranberries started in 1989 in Ireland. Dolores O'Riordan, the singer, joined with brothers Noel and Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler. They all loved making music, and that's why they became a band. In 1993, their first album, "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" came out with popular songs like "Linger" and "Zombie."
After some good years, The Cranberries took a break in 2003 but came back together later, in 2009. Sadly, Dolores O'Riordan passed away in 2018. After that, the band decided not to continue without her.
Their Style
The Cranberries had a unique style in the 1990s. They didn't follow the usual trends and had their own cool look. Dolores O'Riordan, the singer, often wore distinctive outfits, and the rest of the band’s style was a mix of rock and alternative influences but they didn’t stand out as much as the singer. Their fashion choices added to their image a special and creative group vision.
In this picture are the four members of The Cranberries. Dolores O’Riordan, who was the guitarist and singer, is wearing a trendy, fitted, quite short, black, plain, polyester, round-necked, sleveless crop top; an astonishing, tight, mini, reddish, plastic skirt, with some many spikes around its surface; a beautiful, silver pendant with a matching bracelet; a nice, silvered ring in his left hand and a pair of awesome, small, silver earrings with some piercings.
Describing outfits
In this picture are the four members of The Cranberries. Dolores O’Riordan, who was the guitarist and singer, is wearing a trendy, fitted, quite short, black, plain, polyester, round-necked, sleveless crop top; an astonishing, tight, mini, reddish, plastic skirt, with some many spikes around its surface; a beautiful, silver pendant with a matching bracelet; a nice, silvered ring in his left hand and a pair of awesome, small, silver earrings with some piercings.
On the left there’s Noel Hogan, he was the electric guitar guitarist. He is dressed in with an awful,quite loose, black, plain, cotton, v-necked, long-sleeved shirt, with a thin, black collar and has some buttons in a straight line on the front- like a normal shirt. He is also wearing trendy, quite baggy, plain, denim jeans and a gorgeous, silver necklace.
The man on the other side of Dolores O’Riordan is Michael Gerard Hogan, Noel’s younger brother. He is the bass guitarist He is wearing similar shirt to his brother and also fashionable, fairly loose, black, plain, denim jeans and a nice, black, leather bracelet.
The other one is Fergal Lawler, who is the drummer. He is dressed in an old-fashioned, fairly baggy, quite huge, blue and white, striped, polyester, round necked sweater, which every few lines leaves a larger space between the white lines and creates wider blue lines. He is also wearing awesome, quite baggy, black, plain, denim jeans; ugly, black, plain, metal, round glasses.
In this other picture there’s Dolores O’Riordan dressed in another outfit. She is wearing an astonishing, quite fitted, black, plain, velvet, round necked top; a nice, mini, quite pluffy, purple, silk skirt, with a huge black stript on it; an awesome, quite big, knee-length, black, plain, leather cardigan; a pair of wonderful, black, plain, suede ankle boots; a nice, quite long, fairly huge, silvered necklace with matching earrings.
My favourite song
“Ode to my family” is, without any doubt, my favourite song ever. It has emotional lyrics and its themes are nostalgia and family. But the reason I love it so much is because on one of my parents' first dates this song was played and it became their song. I've been listening to it since I was very little and I like it more and more. I really love seeing and hearing my parents sing this song together when we are in the car.
Even though they are not a band anymore, people still love listening to The Cranberries' music. They made a big impact- especially in alternative rock. The time they spent making music together is an important and special part of music history.