Poguetry and other Debauchery

1. Pogues and past and present
2. Christy Moore and Friends
3. Other Irish Bands
4. British Bands
5. Australian
6. American and Canadian
7. European
8. Tours and new release news
9. Other STUFF

Pogues and past and present

• The Pogues
• Shane McGowan and Popes
• Terry Woods
  ---THE BUCKS (Terry Woods & Ron Kavana)
  ----The Woods Band
   

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Christy Moore and friends

• Christy Moore
• --Planxty- The Celtic Revival Supergroups of the 70s and 80s.
• ---Moving Hearts -One day some of  Planxty took acid and listened to "The Dark Side of the Moon.". Well, it sounds like that anyway.
   

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Other Irish Bands

• Blood or Whiskey
  Blood or Whiskey is a six piece band with a Celtic/punk sound from County Kildare. They play a lot of original material. To me they are more OI then folk. Good fun I think
  They have another website at http://www.bloodorwhiskey.com/
• The Dubliners.
  The originals. The masters, the cause of all this trouble. If you don't KNOW them well, be very very ashamed!
• Great western squares...-
  From Phibsboro, North Dublin, these boys seem to be doing a fine trade with a very tongue-in-cheek attack on old standards and original material.

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British Bands (Scotland, Wales et.al)

• Big Bad Bollocks
  -from Northampton I cant find out any info on these guys, but heres some pix
• Billy Bragg
  -What can you say about the "Big Nosed Bastard from Barking"? An old red-ragger and a writer of some of the funniest and most poignant personal songs too.
• Blyth Power
  -I remember seeing this band the night before I got married. I remember that the drummer was the lead singer. I remember thinking they were great. I remember fuck all else about them!
• The Electrics
  The Electrics formed in 1988 in Glasgow. A fabulous breed of Scottish kick arse, with lots of humour. Will get you stomping and smiling and drinking and thinking. I love their song about touring America "The Grass is Greener", but why do a Scots band sing about "going back to Ireland"?
• Kirsty McColl
  From her famous duet with Shane on "Fairytale of New York" through to her work with Billy Bragg and her wonderful solo Material, she was just beautiful, sexy and talented, and I sorely miss her
• Rory McLeod
  -One of the most lively, talented, one man show musicians I have ever seen. Everybody who sees one of his shows or meets him falls under his spell.
• Neck
  Neck say it best themselves "Loud'n'Proud'n"Bold". Led by song-smith Leeson O'Keeffe (formerly of Shane MacGowan's Popes), NECK are a 6-piece London Irish band playing PSYCHO-CEILÍDH. One of the hottest acts in UK at the moment, they can punk like the pistols and folk like the dubs. What more do you want? (feck yer then) NEWS: NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!
• Tom Robinson
  -A sexist racist bigoted Rock and Roller in disguise as a great performer.
• WarbleFly
  WarbleFly are a UK band that plays energy-charged folk music - tradpunk, folkstomp, rock'n'reel - call it what you like. Probably more "Moving Hearts" than "Pogues", if you know what I mean.
• The Whisky Priests
   Gary and Glenn Miller, twin brothers born and bred in County Durham, founded this legendary 5-piece group in 1985

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Australian Accents

• The Emigrants
  Made a name for themselves playing in Newtown NSW's famous "Sando" hotel every Saturday arvo in the early90s.. Lead by Dublin singer songwriter Lenny Duff and backed up by Fiddler player Andrew Paulsen, they carved out a niche for themselves with their own style of Celtic Rock. Not as punk as Roaring Jack (many of whom also featured in the Emigrants line-up), yet still lively and modern.
• The Laundrymen
  Were a  six-piece folk punk/trad/Irish band from Sydney a couple of years back,  They had a very "Aussie Bushband" influence and an enjoyable sound. You can hear them HERE. These days two of the members perform together under the name MYRIAD
• Mutiny
  A Melbourne based outfit, who may be sadly defunct. Aussie rebel songs.
• Roaring Jack
  Now long gone, but still mourned. Roaring Jack mixed leftist politics, booze, sex, fighting and crime into a glorious reel jig and slam night, that left you shattered for days and desperate for more. The friendliest most fun bunch of lads you could want to meet as well!
• Roaring Jacks Main songwriter singer and activist (or was it stirrer?) Alistair Hulett went on to a very successful solo career in the UK. He has a website HERE.    NEWS: NEW LIVE AND RARITIES CD OUT IN2005 . ALISTAIR TO TOUR AUSTRALIA/NZ  JAN-MARCH 2005.
• Weddings Parties, Anything,  featuring Mick Thomas 
  How many nights did I spend sweating rocking and drinking to "The Wedders"? I couldn't begin to count. Bringing a uniquely Australian Pub and Folk music to good rock, their songs were personal, touching the music rocking! Music to drink, laugh dance, slam or cry with. I still LOVE these guys. Thanks for some of the best nights of my life...

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American and Canadian Attitudes

• Dipsomaniacs
  Dipsomaniacs have a song called "Shane MacGowan". I don't have a clue what the song has to do with Shane besides his name being mentioned in the chorus, and it sounds like Cheap Trick or something, but you know, I still kinda like it!
• Filthy Theivin Bastards-
  The Filthy Thieving Bastards were originally a side project of the Swingin' Utters.  They enlisted former Camper Van Beethoven, guitarist Greg Lisher, producer Randy Burk (who ended up on drums), and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes singer Spike Slawson (who ended up on bass). The lineup later included Red Meat's Max Butler on mandolin.~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
• Fenians
  The Fenians a quintet of highly talented musicians based in Orange County, CA. A traditional mellow style of music, more like the Clancy Brothers or Furies than the Pogues.
• Flogging Molly
  Flogging Molly. One of the biggest bands in the scene at the moment. One listen and you will know why.  They are the current masters, finding that perfect balance of  Rock, Punk and Folk, landing right on that sweet spot without sounding like Faux-Pogues.  LOOK OUT FOR AN AUSSIE TOUR IN EARLY 2005!
• Icewagon Flu
  Icewagon Flu is an up-and-coming band straight out of Hoboken NJ. More laid back rock then Celtic Punk, I do like their song "Trouble Has A Car".
• y Los Diablos
  Ok with a name like that it will come as a surprise to hear that  Josh Lederman lives in Somerville, MA and describes his outfit Los Diablos as "The kings of Irish-Jewish folk-punk". Even more surprising to hear his McGowan-esque delivery. Ok, so my description makes it sound like a schmozzle (which must be a yiddish word, Josh?), but in fact they are DAMNED good! I really like "When We Were Still Young"
• McGillacuddys -
  McGillicuddys do songs like Leaving of Liverpool,  Father Jacks Favourite, A Dozen Pints, but I know fuck all else about em! So go find out fer yerself, right?. and let me know
• Real Mckenzies
  the Real McKenzies hail from Vancouver, BC. They have a strong Scots influence, and are one of the big names at the moment. Check them out, or I will kick your head in.
• Rogues March
  New York City-based musician,  JOE HURLEY has two bands, One of which is  ROGUE'S MARCH, 
  The other is Joe Hurley & The Gents, which I know nothing about. (Useful fecker arent I?)
• The Ruffians
  Rising from the New York Irish scene, they incorporate the heart and soul of Celtic music with the exuberance of American and British punk rock They sound hot too! Good humour, good music, good craic.
• The Skels
  Another hard edged US based band. With songs having titles such as "Have A Drink Ya Bastards" and covering Shane's "Streams Of Whiskey". I think they are trying to tell us something!
• The Sods
  The Sods are a six piece celtic-punk band from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Their material includes many Dubs standards like Home, Boys, and the Holy Ground, as well as originals such as the well titled Drunk Punk.
• The Tossers
  Hale from Chicago. Do a rocking version of  Dicey Riley, as well as many originals.
  There are MP3s at http://www.mp3.com/The-Tossers/artists/396625/summary.html
• The Town Pants
  Are a more traditional outfit based in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. But they are damned good, and very talented in the Planxty mould.
• Wages of Sin -
  From WA USA, mix Celtic with country with Appalachian with rockabilly with Tex-Mex with bluegrass, and follow the whole mess with a bracing shot of punk rock. YEEEEHARRRR!
   

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European Ideas

• Greenland Whalefishers
  From Norway of all places, which makes the name apt too! Greenland Whale Fishers, have been around since 1995. I really really like them.
• Perfect (jamie Clarke)
  Formed in Europe 1997, and featuring Jamie Clarke, from Camden, the heart of London, who lived in
  Germany as a student. Does an interesting version of Christies "Ride On"
• The Porters
  Irish/folk streetpunk from Germany, si how they are described. They sing in English and do great versions of  lots of the Dubs standards. I think they fancy a drop of the dark stuff too!
• Tears for Beers
  I wish I had of started a band with this name! But these lads from Germany got there first in the early 1990s. Another one singing in English and covering Dublin standards, but with a slightly more trad and less punk feel then The Porters. Definitely great to drink sing and bounce along to!

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Tours and new Release news

• Lenny Duff, Dave Williams and Bobby Mannell (ex Emigrants & Roaring Jack) to play Sydney pub gigs March2005
• Flogging Molly have new CD and expect an Aussie tour in early 05
• Roaring Jack are to release a compile of live and unreleased in 05
• Speaking of RJ. Alistair Hulett is touring Aus in jan-feb 05
• Rumours of  "The Emigrants" remaster CD have been heard
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Other STUFF

• SHITE AND ONIONS is the best site! Go there! NOW! Still here? What are you waiting for, a feckin bus?

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- Jem

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