Can you solve this riddle?

[heltenjon]

Anything by Rainbow?

[Gilbert]

Since  Leprechauns are related to gold, maybe it's some of the metal genre?

* Gilbert looks up metal music from Wikipedia.

Is it:

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Pirate Metal

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?

[mkennedy]

No close guesses yet.

Hint:

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Think ST Patrick's day or Ireland

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[CaptainD]

Er... probably a rubbish guess but...

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Greenday? Admittedly all I'm going on is the association with the colour green, I don't have any ideas how the "fake" element could come into it.

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[heltenjon]

Here's another bad guess...

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C(l)overbands?

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[Stupot]

Here's another bad guess...

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C(l)overbands?

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Ahhh! That's not it, but you've crossed the ball to me and the goal is open so I'm gonna have to tap it in:

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Sham rock

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[mkennedy]

Ahhh! That's not it, but you've crossed the ball to me and the goal is open so I'm gonna have to tap it in:

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Sham rock

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That is the correct answer! The original riddle did not have the word fake in it so I added it as an extra hint, but that may have just made it more confusing.

[heltenjon]

Ahhh! That's not it, but you've crossed the ball to me and the goal is open so I'm gonna have to tap it in:

This reminds me of my young days playing football...I'd mash the ball forwards with all my might, then shout to the player closest to where I'd sent it: "Johnny! RUN!"  And that's how to unwittingly become an assist king.