With the charismatic Dolores O'Riordan at the helm, The Cranberries have flown in the face of fashion to become Ireland's biggest musical export since U2. By concentrating largely on the US market and ignoring the barbs of a cynical UK music press, the band from Limerick have now chalked up two platinum albums and world-wide sell out concert tours.
Author Mick Carran charts their extraordinary rise from the time when Dolores sang in school, through the band's formation and their early uneven p...