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The first attack happened on 26 February and caused extensive damage but no injuries. The second attack happened on 20 March, when two small bombs exploded in litter bins outside shops and businesses on Bridge Street.

The bombs exploded within a minute of each other. Two children were killed, Johnathan Ball, 3 years old, and Tim Parry, 12 years old. Johnathan died at the scene while Tim passed away five days later. The Limerick band were part of the Celtic rock tradition, their shimmering, sorrowful ballads brought to life by Dolores O'Riordan's bell-clear vocals.

A seething condemnation of the IRA, it was backed by pummelling, distorted guitars while O'Riordan's lilt was contorted into a primal howl: " What's in your head Zombie?

Zomb-ie-ey, ay-ey, ay-ey, aooowwwww. Her pain was real: Zombie was a visceral response to the death of two children in an IRA bombing in the Cheshire town of Warrington. Three-year-old Johnathan Ball was killed when two bombs hidden in litter bins detonated on a busy shopping street in March Tim Parry, aged 12, died five days later. O'Riordan, who was on tour at the time, found herself deeply affected by the tragedy.

The singer was particularly offended that terrorists claimed to have carried out these acts in the name of Ireland. I'm not the IRA," she said. My family are not. It's not Ireland, it's some idiots living in the past. Her anger and frustration poured into the song - which she wrote alone in her flat in Limerick on an acoustic guitar, before toughening it up in rehearsals. Then I kicked in distortion on the chorus, and I said to Ferg [Fergal Lawler, drummer]: 'Maybe you could beat the drums pretty hard?

The heavier sound was the "right thing" for the song, said guitarist Noel Hogan. When it exploded, year-old Tim Parry and three-year-old Jonathan Ball were killed, and dozens of people injured, in an attack that shocked and appalled the public in the UK and Ireland alike. These bombs are going off in random places. It could have been anyone, you know? Zombie was written in a rare lull between tours; the band had spent the majority of the year on the road in the US, touring universities and arenas and building up their brand.

I remember being in my flat, coming up with the chorus, which was catchy and anthemic. Top cast Edit. Samuel Bayer. More like this. Storyline Edit.

Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia Bad Wolves released a version on January 19, O'Riordan had been scheduled to record vocals with the heavy metal group at the time of her death. The cover was released without her vocals as a tribute.