The Cranberries

. Dio's line-up consisted of Ronnie James Dio on vocals, Craig Goldy on guitar, Rudy Sarzo on bass, Simon Wright on drums, and Scott Warren on keyboards. Dolores sings the title track to the movie The Passion of the Christ, "Ave Maria". The bands Fireball Ministry and Anthrax opened for Dio on this tour. Dolores went on to record a solo album (to be released in early 2006) and Noel launched into the recording of a guitar album, off which two songs were released in November 2004 on the European iTunes download service under the name Mono Band. tour ran from September to October. However, in 2004, The Cranberries announced they were taking some time to pursue individual careers. The U.S.

A new single, the title track off of the Stars CD, charted in Europe and Asia. In 2004, Dio toured Europe from July to August, and South America in August. A "best of" compilation entitled Stars was released in 2002, along with a DVD of groundbreaking award-winning music videos. Goldy returned to Dio in the summer of 2003, to join Dio on a tour with Motörhead and Iron Maiden. The band seemed to be back on track. Goldy returned in 2000 for Dio's eighth studio album, Magica, but subsequently left before completion of Dio's ninth effort, Killing the Dragon, which was released in 2002 through Spitfire Records. charts. The album also features the return of Craig Goldy on guitar, who previously left the band after the Dream Evil tour.

The album debuted at number 54 in the U.S. Pilson had earlier played with Dio in the 90s. In 2001 they released Wake Up And Smell The Coffee to rave reviews. The album features multi-instrumentalist Jeff Pilson (ex-Dokken) on bass duties. During the next few years, the band cancelled a large tour and rumors of a breakup were widespread, though they released Bury the Hatchet to mixed reviews in 1999. In 2004 Dio released their tenth studio album, Master of the Moon on September 7, 2004 in America through Sanctuary Records, and on August 30, 2004 in Europe through SPV Records. Amidst rumors of O'Riordan's imminent departure, the band released To the Faithful Departed to limited success. On July 21, 1987 their fourth album Dream Evil was released.

Zombie, one of the band's most famous songs, was a protest about the violence between Protestant and Catholic extremists in Northern Ireland in the time of The Troubles [1] (http://www.cloudsmagazine.com/12/Carmen_Bujdei_The_Irish_Experience.htm). In 1986 Vivian Campbell left the band to join Def Leppard and was replaced by Craig Goldy. O'Riordan's status as frontwoman was causing tensions within the group as they recorded No Need to Argue, another hit album that included Zombie and Ode to My Family. Several songs were recorded during the tour for that album; they were to be released along with the studio-recorded "Time To Burn" on the "Intermission" EP. In 1994, O'Riordan married Don Burton, the band's tour manager. Now a five member band, they released The Last in Line on July 2, 1984, followed by Sacred Heart on August 15, 1985. The single Dreams also became a hit reaching #14 on the US charts. To avoid having the vocalist stuck behind a keyboard in concert, the band recruited keyboardist Claude Schnell.

The second single, Linger, became a huge hit in both the United Kingdom and the United States. In May 1983 they released their debut album Holy Diver, on which Ronnie James Dio played keyboards. After ditching their manager, the Cranberries recorded Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?. In addition to Ronnie, Vivian Campbell played guitar; Jimmy Bain, bass; and Vinny Appice, drums. After a major-label bidding war, The Cranberries signed with Island Records and recorded Uncertain, their debut single which was unsuccessful. Dio is a hard rock band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. Their homemade demo tape sold well locally, and the band soon recorded a demo tape that earned much popular and critical interest.

The band was originally named The Cranberry Saw Us. Dolores O'Riordan auditioned for and won the role of lead singer, writing a song called "Linger" based around the band's existing demo. Noel and Mike Hogan, two brothers from Limerick City, formed the band with drummer Fergal Lawler in 1990. The Cranberries are an Irish rock and roll band that arose to mainstream popularity in the 1990s. They (temporarily) disbanded in 2003.

Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 (2002). Beneath The Skin - Live In Paris. Children Of Bosnia. Animal Instinct (1999) – UK charts: #54.

Promises (1999) – UK charts: #13. Free To Decide (1996) – UK charts: #33. Salvation (1996) – UK charts: #13. Ridiculous Thoughts (1995) – UK charts: #20.

I Cant Be With You (1995) – UK charts: #23. Ode To My Family (1994) – UK charts: #26. Zombie (1994) – UK charts: #1. Dreams (1994) – UK charts: #27; US charts: #14.

Linger (Re-Issue) (1994) – UK charts: #4. Linger (1993) – UK charts: #74. Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 (2002) – UK charts: #20. Bury the Hatchet - The Complete Sessions (2000) – 26 track release.

In Concert: New Rock #94-44, disc 2 of 2 (1994). In Concert at the BBC (1994) – limited UK release. Doors And Windows (1995) (multimedia disk). Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) – UK charts: #61.

Bury the Hatchet (1999) – UK charts: #7. To the Faithful Departed (1996) – UK charts: #2. No Need to Argue (1994) – UK charts: #2. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can´t We? (1993) – UK charts: #1; US charts: #18.

Uncertain EP (1992).