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Horslips were founded in Dublin in 1970. They spent three years gigging constantly in Dublin, building a following for their brand of traditional Irish jigs and reels with rock undertones. They worked hard to establish themselves and enjoyed hits with Irish-only singles; Johnny's Wedding and Green Gravel during 1972. In 1973 they formed their own record company, OATS, and produced and released their debut album, Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part. That first album, with its mixture of traditional Irish folk instruments and hard rock outsold the work of many established acts in Ireland, and led to a distribution deal with RCA and tours of England and continental Europe. Housed in a beautiful concertina shaped sleeve, it is generally recognised as a unique and highly innovative debut which entered new territory in the Celtic rock genre. 1973 saw the release of their second album, The Tain, based on the Irish mythological theme about a long war between Connacht and Ulster, caused by the desertion by Conor Mac Nessa, King of Ulster, of his wife Queen Maeve of Connacht.

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The look interesting. If you were to describe them in comparison to other pop bands, doesn anyone come to mind? Fairport Convention? (70s)

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Horslips were a great live band. I was never that impressed by their studio stuff at all, though I did buy some of it. Their gigs were always packed out and great fun, but then traditional music sessions are pretty much the same sort of buzz so I suppose the atmosphere carried over.

Hard to compare them to anyone else really...

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Thin Lizzy were another great live band.... (didnt care much for their studio stuff either) but I'm sure everybody has heard of Thin Lizzy so that goes without saying

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