With our recent list of Top 10 Influential NI Bands since our launch back in 2009, we were just thinking about how many great songs we have heard and loved over the past five years. The amount of times we were at gigs and passionate fans were screaming out the lyrics back to the band singing them. With this in mind, we complied a list of songs that we believe could (and probably did) inspire people to think more about the local music scene and be more involved in it, whether that’s picking up a guitar and starting their own band or actively going to gigs, helping and promoting the local music scene. We have been privileged. It was hard to choose the order but here we are. Let us know what you think on Twitter @giggingni.

10. OH PETER – Wonder Villains

9. PORT NA SPANIAGH – Axis Of

8 JOY OF NOTHING – Foy Vance

7. MY RADIO HEART – Jetplane Landing

6. DEEP FISH TANK – Mojo Fury

5. I CAN TALK – Two Door Cinema Club

4. SET GUITARS TO KILL – ASIWYFA

3. DRINK BEER, DESTROY – Trucker Diablo

2. EVERYBODY NEEDS A NEMESIS – Fighting with Wire

1. KIDS DON’T BEHAVE LIKE THIS – A Plastic Rose

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