He had agreed to do an interview with a Chinese journalist: the band are huge in China, apparently, and had a run of arena gigs booked there. She was in good spirits, although ongoing back problems — a slipped disc, from picking up a guitar — had led to a cancelled tour that summer. Christmas came and went, but the Cranberries were still recording. On 14 January, she emailed him new songs: she had flown to London to mix an album with her side project D. At 2am, she spoke to her mother. Later that night, she died. I meet the band four days before an inquest ruled that the year-old had drowned accidentally in the bath, with high levels of alcohol in her blood.
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Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in In early , after a six-year hiatus, the Cranberries reunited and began a North American tour followed by shows in Latin America and Europe. Something Else , which covered many of the band's most popular songs along with new orchestral accompaniments provided by the Irish Chamber Orchestra, was released in April
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On the 12th, the Cranberries frontwoman and her longtime bandmate, guitarist Noel Hogan, spoke by phone about a March tour and starting their first studio album in six years. Sadly, those plans never came to be. She was At press time, the results of an autopsy and toxicology report had not been announced, and police were treating the death as unexplained but not suspicious. The news marked the shocking end for a singer whose steely, siren-like voice and lyrics about both the personal and the political made her one of the most potent stars of the alt-rock era. She idolized her dad, a farm laborer who was injured in a bike accident that prevented him from working.
We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Combining the melodic jangle of post- Smiths indie guitar pop with the lilting, trance-inducing sonic textures of late-'80s dream pop and adding a slight Celtic tint, the Cranberries became one of the more successful groups to emerge from the pre-Brit-pop indie scene of the early '90s. Led by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan , whose keening, powerful voice was the most distinctive element of the group's sound, they initially had little impact in the United Kingdom.