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Irish Punk Bands

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There are, of course, Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys. Both good bands. However, I would like to draw your attention to a band I stumbled across... the Mudmen. Not quite as punk... maybe not even really punk. Reminds me of the Toadies but with pipes.
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I disqualify the Dropkick Murphys based on the fact they're American :| :lol:
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Ok, Cov, try going to Boston and saying you can't be Irish if you're from America. Thpppt. :mrgreen:
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I love Flogging Molly... I've seen them twice live... they are really good, and funny too.
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"The Sun Never Shines on Closed Doors" made me shed a tear once. :cry: I am glad I saw Flogging Molly cause they explained the meaning of alot of thier songs and now they rock and make more sense.
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The Pogues have been called folk-punk by some. I do not know if it is true, but some things Shane has done is absolutely fantastic! I love the Turkish song of the damned, Fairytale of NY, SallyM and A rainy night in Soho.

The Pogues, Oysterband, The Men They Couldn´t Hang, Levellers and the Waterboys are some of my absolute favourites! :D
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i love the pogues :)
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Uhuh - I just saw a documentary about Shane MacGowan... Almost unbelievable that he is still alive, drinking like that! Fantastic voice but he looks like
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Syl wrote:Ok, Cov, try going to Boston and saying you can't be Irish if you're from America. Thpppt. :mrgreen:
Especially when it's St Patrick's Day and Boston is filled with people going to the parade getting drunk! :lol:

Hey, isn't the punk band Garbage from Ireland?
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I wouldn't call Garbage punk, exactly, but Shirley Manson is from Scottland (and hot).
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I don't know anything by them. Heard they were punk though.
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Stiff Little Fingers, Tin Soldier is one of my favorite songs Irish Punk or otherwise.
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garbage... yes they truely live up their name... lol :)
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clearfrontier wrote:Stiff Little Fingers, Tin Soldier is one of my favorite songs Irish Punk or otherwise.
And here I was, thinking I didn't know any Irish punk bands... but how could I forget about Stiff Little Fingers!? :oops:

They did some great pop songs, but I like their first album, Inflammable material, best - it's edgier and angrier, even though it's still full of singalongs. "Alternative Ulster" is a great song.

How about Therapy? - do/did they count as punk rock? Troublegum sounds pretty punk to me here and there. (Although they are of course Northern Irish, so I'm not sure they really count anyway... :p)

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I'd love to see Flogging Molly live. They give this impression that life's a party wherever they go!
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[Syl] wrote:Ok, Cov, try going to Boston and saying you can't be Irish if you're from America. Thpppt. :mrgreen:
I lived less than 40 miles from Boston, so I know all that "I'm Irish" BS. People would try to pass themselves off as Irish if their next door neighbor's uncle's third cousin once drank Guinness with a guy who said he had a stopover flight in Limerick Airport.

Irish Americans are about as Irish as Chop Suey is Chinese. :P
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Not sure about that; being Irish is a state of mind rather than a geographical thing located in 'the emerald isle'. Damn I love the Irish!
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peter wrote:Not sure about that; being Irish is a state of mind rather than a geographical thing located in 'the emerald isle'. Damn I love the Irish!
In places like Boston it's probably the equivalent of being a Man Utd fan in the UK - you do it because they're successful rather than because you live in Manchester.
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Heh...back in the day I hung out fairly regularly [once a month or so] at a place on Cape Cod called the Irish Embassy.
It had real Irish folk, real Irish bands [at least sometimes...none of them were punk, though] and was owned by a real Irish immigrant. [who also had a place in Boston? I'm pretty sure?]
Had a shitload of real fun [Irish and otherwise] there...or after hours with people I'd met there.
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