to the faithful departed is the third album released by the cranberries in 1996. this album was made in memory of denny cordell who signed the band to island records and joe (vocalist dolores o’riordan’s grandfather), who had both died that year. [wikipedia]
r.e.m. is an american rock band formed in athens, georgia, in 1980 by michael stipe (lead vocals), peter buck (guitar), mike mills(bass guitar and backing vocals), and bill berry (drums and percussion). r.e.m. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands, and gained early attention due to buck’s ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and stipe’s unclear vocals. [wikipedia]
the following video is a playlist consisting of r.e.m.’s “losing my religion”, “everybody hurts”, “the one i love”, “drive”, and “it’s the end of the world”.
r.e.m. means rapid eye movement, which is a state of deep sleep. one night, whilst drinking beer in the old church, michael was searching through a dictionary looking up words that they could call the band. after many things had been rejected, r.e.m. was put forward. the name rapid eye movement was used on early gig posters around athens but it was soon shortened to r.e.m. because “we just like the dots”. [remweb]
bury the hatchet is the fourth album by the cranberries, released in 1999. in the us, the album has sold 377,000 copies as of april 2007.
it’s the first album released by the band after their first hiatus which started back in 1996. dolores had taken that time to heal from stress-induced diseases, and also had her first child, taylor, during this period. this last fact reflected on some of the tracks in the album, mainly on “animal instinct” and “you and me”.
the themes of the songs vary, from maternity and children, to divorce and child abuse. [wikipedia]
bury the hatchet is an american english colloquialism meaning “to make peace.” the phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away thetomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by native americans in the eastern united states, specifically concerning the formation of the iroquois confederacyand in iroquois custom in general. weapons were to be buried or otherwise cached in time of peace. [wikipedia]
the cranberries are an irish rock band formed in limerick in 1989 under the name the cranberry saw us, later changed by vocalist dolores o’riordan. the band currently consists of o’riordan, guitarist noel hogan, bassist mike hogan and drummer fergal lawler. although widely associated with alternative rock, the band’s sound also incorporates indie, indie pop, rock, post-punk, irish folk and pop rock elements. [wikipedia]
