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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dublin based group My Bloody Valentine pioneered a new style of rock, Shoegazing, and received much critical acclaim. A new crop of Irish rockers claimed success in the 1990s including The Cranberries from Limerick, The Golden Horde, Indie rock bands Blink, The Frames and the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful Whipping Boy and The Revenants – all from Dublin, Alternative metal band from County Antrim 'Therapy?', folk rock group The Corrs of Dundalk and Alternative rock band Ash from Downpatrick, County Down.