Sometimes it's hard to be Irish, and this is one of them. Imagine, if you must, an amalgam of Sham 69 without the songs; The Wolfe Tones minus the voices; Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly without the wit; the worst thrash metal band you've ever heard; the infantile macho posturing of American wrestling and The Saw Doctors at their shoutiest - and you've taken just one small step to comprehending the atrocity they call Dropkick Murphys.
Dundalk’s The Gurriers meanwhile, don’t do ‘stark musical backgrounds’. They do loud, brash and the faster the better. The Kamikaze EP is four tracks of US punk that has desire to be neither big nor clever and is quite good fun for what it is. Ironically, on ‘Back On The Alcohol’ they sound just like the Dropkick Murphys, an American band who are desperate to be Irish. Funny old world.
ALTHOUGH YET TO be officially confirmed, hotpress understands that Shane MacGowan & The Popes are set to play back-to-back shows at the Olympia on May 18th and 19th.
ALTHOUGH YET TO be officially confirmed, hotpress understands that Shane MacGowan & The Popes are set to play back-to-back shows at the Olympia on May 18th and 19th.
Though the throng treat the night as a karaoke singalong excuse to rattle out the 20% of lyrics they’re actually acquainted with, the highs are vertigo peaks.
