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The Cranberries were an Irish rock band from Limerick, Ireland active from 1989 to 2018, who are mostly known for their hit Zombie which currently stands at over one billion views on YouTube. The band mainly consisted of Dolores O'Riordan  † (September 6, 1971 - January 15, 2018 [aged 46]), brothers Mike Hogan (born: ) and Noel Hogan (born: ), and Fergal Lawler (born: ).
==Formation==
In 1989, two brothers, Mike and Noel Hogan formed The Cranberry Saw Us, with Fergal Lawler and former singer Niall Quinn. A year later in 1990 Quinn left the band which caused the remaining members to put up and ad for a female singer being wanted for a band. Dolores responded to the ad and auditioned for the band and after returning a rough version of Linger, she was hired and they all went on to record Nothing Left At All, an EP containing 3 tracks which sold 300 copies, The band name was changed to The Cranberries and the owner of the record label they were assigned to Pearse Gilmore, became the new manager while also giving them a studio to record in to finish demo tapes. The demo tapes sparked a fire which garbbed the attention of the UK Press and the record industry, but after the drama subsided they released a second EP Uncertain. this one didn't sit well with the band of bright red fruits as they soon fired Gilmore and replaced him with Geoff Travis. They soon made there way back to Dublin in 1992 to restart there LP with music producer Stephen Street.
==Going Mainstream==
The band's debut single Dreams was released in September of 1992 after which was followed by their debut studio album Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? in March of 1993. The album also featured the band's other hit song, Linger, which was first released as a single the previous month. The band went on to release No Need to Argue which spawned their number one hit Zombie which immediately went triple platinum in the UK and other popular hits such as Ode to My Family. In 1995 the band started touring with songs from the album like I Can't Be With You and Ridiculous Thoughts, going platinum in places like Canada and Switzerland.
==Later Years==
The band released 2 more albums in the 90's: To The Faithful Departed, which went double platinum in the USA and included number 1 hit Salvation, and Bury the Hatchet, which went platinum in countries like Canada and Spain, where the album achieved double platinum. 
Fast forward to 2001 and The Cranberries released Wake Up and Smell The Coffee. Though the album never went platinum, the album still achieved gold in Canada, Spain, France, and Switzerland. The band released their compilation album Stars: The Best of 1992-2002, in September of 2002. The album included 2 new songs: Stars and New New York, and Daffodil Lament from the No Need to Argue album, which was voted as the No. 1 non-single by the fans.
In 2003 the band broke up with most members going separate ways. Dolores went on to perform Linger in the comedy starring Adam Sandler (born: ), Click and pursued a solo career, releasing 2 albums: Are You Listening? and No Baggage. As for the other members, Noel Hogan formed Mono Band, releasing a self-titled album in 2005, Mike Hogan and his wife opened up a Limerick cafe in April 2006 (which subsequently closed down in 2017), and Fergal Lawler became a part of band Low Network, releasing an album in 2007.
After 6 long years The Cranberries reunited to celebrate Dolores becoming an Honorary Patron at the University Philosophical Society. In 2012 their sixth studio album Roses was released. In 2017, their seventh studio album Something Else, containing acoustic versions of their previous songs and three original songs. However, the band had to cancel later Something Else tours concerning Dolores' health, stating a back problem as the cause. 
On January 15, 2018, Dolores was found dead in her bath, having drowned the night earlier due to alcohol intoxication which ultimately caused The Cranberries to disband once again as was confirmed in September 2018 by Noel Hogan. She was also set to perform with the American rock band Bad Wolves on the day of her death where she was to contribute vocals to their cover of The Cranberries song, Zombie. Bad Wolves subsequently released their cover of Zombie without her, and donated $250,000 to Dolores' children at a concert in New York City in June 2018. Their cover also went platinum in the United States.
In January 2019, the band received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Limerick, with a posthumous doctorate presented to Eileen O' Riordan, the mother of Dolores. 
The Cranberries released their final studio album In the End in April 2019 which was made using Dolores' vocals from demos which were set aside following her death. The album was nominated for the "Best Rock Album" award at the 62nd Grammy Awards, the band's first and only Grammy nomination, only to lose to Cage The Elephants' Social Cues album.
There were two singles from the album: All Over Now, which was released on March 6, 2019 and Wake Me When It's Over, which was released on June 19, 2019. The band have also released the 25th Anniversary Edition of their first studio album Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? and the 25th Anniversary Edition of their second studio album, No Need to Argue.
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