The Waiting Room are a good band from Cork...

Lucas from Galway Leya from Belfast Stewart Agnew from Dundalk Fred from Cork Headgear from Limerick * Not 100% sure if Leya are from Belfast

The main bands in galway are Toasted Heretic, Charis, Cane 141, Lucas, Cuckoo Savante, Mirakil Whip, The Ghostwood Project and Vamos. There's also seems to be a pretty healthy punk/metal scene although I'm not really that clued up about it to be honest. The main movers and shakers seem to be the New Noise Music Collective and bands like Fuktifino and The Boy You Hit Is Dead. One Galway band you'll probably be hearing a lot more about is the Dirty Sweets. They only played a handful of gigs together before the lead singer went off on Erasmus and two other band memebers went traveling to Australia. Before they left they recorded a short demo for an IMRO Showcase. Alison Curtis heard this recording and declared it the best demo she'd heard all year. She passed it on to Leagues O Toole and Tom Dunne who both played it on Today FM. Then a fortnight ago the band became Pet Sounds' featured band of the week and they've been contacted by Fierce Panda and Rough Trade records. Both labels wanted info about their next gig so that they could send representatives to check out the band. Not suprisingly the band hope to cut their Australian adventure short in December and get back together.

check out this http://www.outonalimbrecords.com/

dundalk?eh?

Sanzkrit, the Flaws, the get well incentive, the Gurriers, The exhibition, Evil Harrisons. some of the better ones round louth and monaghan but if your thinking of going belfast way check out the glorious music box that is Desert Hearts so classy.In Galway check out pier nineteen new album ou soon,Round Donegal it's Berkeley and Action Force Music Of Mass Destruction

There's also Duped from Waterford and Kilterr from Cork

Forgot Jinx Lennon he is such a legend although he might not be to everyones taste

Already put this in the Irish bands thread but my 2cents for good Cork acts: Fred www.fredtheband.com Stanley Super 800 www.stanleysuper800.com Mick Flannery www.mickflannery.com Cartoon www.cartoon.ie