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Irish Punk Bands
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:29 am
by [Syl]
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.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:01 am
by CovenantJr
I disqualify the Dropkick Murphys based on the fact they're American
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:42 am
by [Syl]
Ok, Cov, try going to Boston and saying you can't be Irish if you're from America. Thpppt.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:24 pm
by The Leper Fairy
I love Flogging Molly... I've seen them twice live... they are really good, and funny too.
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:21 pm
by Hellfire
"The Sun Never Shines on Closed Doors" made me shed a tear once.
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.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 3:11 pm
by Ylva Kresh
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!
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:19 pm
by Forestal
i love the pogues
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:29 pm
by Ylva Kresh
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
shit
right now. I hope he will sober up a bit and write some more nice music...
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:28 am
by Lord Mhoram
Syl wrote:Ok, Cov, try going to Boston and saying you can't be Irish if you're from America. Thpppt.
Especially when it's St Patrick's Day and Boston is filled with people going to the parade getting drunk!
Hey, isn't the punk band Garbage from Ireland?
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:53 am
by [Syl]
I wouldn't call Garbage punk, exactly, but Shirley Manson is from Scottland (and hot).
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:06 pm
by Lord Mhoram
I don't know anything by them. Heard they were punk though.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:22 pm
by aTOMiC
Stiff Little Fingers, Tin Soldier is one of my favorite songs Irish Punk or otherwise.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:17 pm
by Forestal
garbage... yes they truely live up their name... lol
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:22 pm
by [Syl]
Thpppt
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:41 pm
by Theo
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!?
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)
Theo
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:56 pm
by Cord Hurn
I'd love to see Flogging Molly live. They give this impression that life's a party wherever they go!
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:42 pm
by michaelm
[Syl] wrote:Ok, Cov, try going to Boston and saying you can't be Irish if you're from America. Thpppt.
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:02 pm
by peter
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!
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:13 pm
by michaelm
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:02 pm
by Vraith
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.