Biography
Dolores Mary Eilein O'Riordan - Vocalist, perhaps the most famous Irish rock band The Cranberries: She was a "voice" to death, from 1990 to 2018. The folk sound of the singer gathered the army of fans around the world.Childhood and youth
Dolores Mary Isline O'Riordan was born on September 6, 1971 in Bellybriken, not far from the Irish city of Limerick. Parents Terens O'Riordan and Isline Greensmith were poor farmers. Father who has lost its performance due to brain injury (subsequently cancer) due to a motorcycle accident, worked as a school provision supplier.
The family had seven children: five boys and two girls (two more died with babies). Dolores was younger daughter. Despite the modest wealth, O'Riordans had a good wooden house, which burned down when the future singer was 7 years old.
Parents tried to instill spirituality to children, the half-day prayer was a mandatory ritual. The future singer studied at the Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ School in Limerick. She walked lessons and wrote music instead.
From early childhood, Dolores loved music: sang in church choir, played on a pipe and piano. In 9-10 years, parents took her to the pub, whose visitors asked the baby to fulfill something in the country style. Mostly it was the songs of Dolly Parton. At 17, the future singer mastered the guitar.
Music
In 1989, the Mike brothers (bass) and Noel (guitar) Hogan shaped The Cranberry Saw US with drummer Fergall Lowler and singer Nilly Quinn in Limerick. Less than a year later, the latter left the group. An announcement of the search for vocalists appeared. O'Riordan responded to the announcement and came to audition with her beloved in his youth song Schinaid O'Connor. Dolores wrote texts and melodies to some existing demo, and they took it. So the creative biography of the performer began.
The group changed the name on The Cranberries. The first hit was the song "Linger" for the words of Dolores, dedicated to the First Love.
Pier Gilmore, the Owner of the Ceric Studios Recording Studio, became the manager of The Cranberries and provided a group time to complete another demo composition. Early versions of "Linger" and "Dreams" sent to sound recording companies in Great Britain. The group signed a contract with Island Records and released 5 albums with it.
Fame to O'Riordan came with the release of the second album The Cranberries "No Need to Argue" on October 4, 1994 and its title song "Zombie" (Single came out two weeks before the official release of the record). This is a protest song of the Irish Rock band, written after the bomb explosion in Warrington in 1993, in memory of the victims of this terrorist attack. The composition reached No. 1 in the charts of Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark and Germany and awarded the "Best Song" award at MTV Europe Music Awards in 1995, wrote Dolores.
In September 1995, the singer performed "Ave Maria" with Luciano Pavarotti. Princess Diana, who was present at the concert, admitted that the song was torn to her tears. In 1999, Dolores, together with other rock stars, recorded a cover for the song The Rolling Stones "IT's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like IT)," participated in the Christmas concerts of Pope John Paul II.
The Cranberries discography from 1993 to 2001 consists of 5 studio albums, and then a break in the work of the group for experiments on solo projects has occurred. In 2004, Dolores with the Italian performer Dzukkero sang for the album "ZU & CO" "Pure Love" ("Clean Love").
In the same year, he worked with Composer Angelo Badalamthi from Twin Pixes over the soundtracks to the movie "Evilenko", "Angels in Paradise" became the capital song of the film.
In 2005, the cunning (so called the performer) appeared in the album of the German Duet Jam & Spoon as a guest star. In 2006, he starred in the episodic role of the wedding singer (performed "Linger") in a comedy with Adam Sandler "Click", as well as in the "Enchanted" series.
During these years, Dolores O'RIordan worked on the solo album "Are You Listening?" (2007), for whom more than 30 songs wrote that it was disturbed by: Family, Vera, Nostalgia for the departed childhood. With this project, the singer went on tour in Europe, which was interrupted due to illness.
In December 2007, she performed in several small American clubs. The second solo album "No Buggage", consisting of 11 tracks, was released in August 2009.
In January 2009, University Philosophical Society (University Philosophical Society) Tiniti College (Dublin) invited The Cranberries to a concert dedicated to the appointment of O'Riordan by the Honorary Member. This forced the group members to think about the reunion for the tour and recording.
August 25, 2009, promoting his solo album on an American radio station, O'Riordan announced that The Cranberries again together. During the world tour, the group played compositions with solo albums Dolores, the classic The Cranberries, as well as new songs.
In April 2014, O'Riordan began to record material in collaboration with Andy Rurk from The Smiths and Ole Koretski (DJ). A trio called D.A.R.K., their first album "Science Agrees" came out in September 2016.
On May 26, 2016, The Cranberries announced that he plans to start a tour in Europe. The first speech took place on June 3.
O'Riordan remained with The Cranberries and D.A.r.k. Up to the unexpected death on January 15, 2018.
Personal life
On July 18, 1994, O'Riordan married Don Burton, the former Tour Manager Duran Duran. The couple had three children: Taylor (1997), Molly (2001) and Dakota (2005).
In 1998, Dolores and Don bought a hub of 61 hectares (150 acres) called Riversfield Stud, located in Kilmollok, Limerick county. Then they moved to Hough, County Dublin, and the summer was spent in a log hut in Canada.
In 2013, the soloist The Cranberries in an interview with journalists told about sexual violence for 4 years, starting from 8 years of age. A neighbor or friend of the parents (the name of the singer did not name) forced the girl to work with him oral sex. After the experienced Dolores suffered from depression, anorexia and drug addiction, she wanted to commit suicide.
For 20 years with her husband, the personal life of the singer was cloudless and happy. In 2014, the divorce happened, the children were left with the Father. In the fate of the cunning began a black band.
In November 2014, O'Riordan took into custody and accused of an attack after the incident on board Aer Lingus from New York to Shannon. During the flight, she began verbally and physically insult the crew. When the police arrested Dolores, she resisted, shouting:
"I am Queen Limerick! I am - icon! "Then he hit the head of one police officer and spit on the other. Later, the cunning told the media that after gap with her husband, she had stress from living in New York hotels. The judge who listened to the case agreed to reject all the accusations, if she apologizes in writing before the victims and will make € 6 thousand in favor of the poor.
In May 2017, Dolores publicly discussed his illness - a bipolar disorder, which, according to her, was diagnosed in two years earlier. Due to the problems of vocalists with his back, The Cranberries canceled the second part of the European tour.
At the end of 2017, O'Riordan in Twitter wrote that he was restored, and spoke at a private event. Her last appearance on the scene took place on December 14, 2017 in New York at the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group festive party.
Pages in Instagram did not have a singer, but there is an account for fans, numbering thousands of subscribers.
Death
Dolores O'Riordan suddenly died in the London Hotel on January 15, 2018 at the age of 46. She flew to England, to write a new version of Zombie together with the Bad Wolves group.
The cause of death did not immediately announce. Police stated that it is not considered suspicious. In the coroner's office, the announcement of the verdict several times was transferred several times, and then stated that the singer drowned in the bathroom in a state of alcoholic intoxication. True, this or not - unknown.
Farewell to cunning passed in her hometown, in the Church of St. Joseph. The ceremony sounded O'Riordan songs, and along the walls were posted a photo from the speeches of the singer.
Dolores buried on January 23, 2018. The service took place in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Aylba, Ballibrichene, Limerick County. She began with Ave Maria's studio record performed by O'Riordan and Luciano Pavarotti. At the end of the service, the song The Cranberries "WHEN YOU'RE GONE".
Among those present at the funeral were her mother Eilein, as well as three of her children - Taylor, Molly and Dakota, their father, a former husband O'Riordan, Don Burton; Angela sister and brothers Terenthy, Brendan, Donal, Joseph and PJ; Musicians of the group Noel Hogan, Michael Hogan and Fergal Lowler; Former rugby player Ronan O'Gara and DJ Ola Koretski.
Mogila Dolores O'Riordan is in Limerick next to the grave of the father.
Interesting Facts
- The first song Dolores wrote in 12 years.
- In 2013, O'Riordan was a mentor in the third season of the show "Voice of Ireland".
- Mom singers liked the song "Ode to My Family".
- Dolores O'Riordan entered the top 10 richest women in Ireland.
- The cunning was very cracked, skiing in the Alps. Due to multiple injuries, including a fracture of a feet, she starred in the Ja Wobble clip on the Sun Does Rise joint composition (1994) sitting.
- The performer adhered to Catholic religion. She admired Pope John Paul II, with which he met twice, in 2001 and 2002. Pontiff in turn said that in the voice of Dolores - the voice of God.
Discography
THE CRANBERRIES.
- 1993 - "EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT, SO WHY CAN'T WE?"
- 1994 - "No Need to Argue"
- 1996 - "To the Faithful Departed"
- 1999 - "Bury the Hatchet"
- 2001 - "Wake Up and Smell The Coffee"
- 2012 - "Roses"
- 2017 - "Something ELSE"
D.A.R.K.
- 2016 - SCIENCE AGREES
Solo creativity
- 2007 - "Are You Listening?"
- 2009 - "No Baggage"