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Dropkick Murphys Hailing from Boston and proud of it, punk revivalists the Dropkick Murphys began in 1996 as a bunch of friends playing for fun in the basement of a neighborhood barber shop. They were inspired by early punk rock, Irish folk music, and their local Oi scene, as well as a commitment to “working-class solidarity and self-improvement as a means to bettering society.” The quartet’s first record was a self-released split 7”, “Barroom Hero” / “Fighter Starter Karaoke,” with their friends the Ducky Boys; one-third of the 3,000 copies were pressed on green vinyl. Several more singles followed as the band earned acclaim outside of Boston. Eventually, it signed to Hellcat Records, the Epitaph imprint run by Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong, and began touring as far and wide as Scandinavia and Australia. Rancid guitarist Lars Frederiksen produced the Murphys’ debut album, Do or Die, which appeared in 1998. Later the same year, singer Mike McColgan departed, replaced by former Bruisers frontman Al Barr. In the next year and a half, the band played over 300 shows, and when the four members weren’t onstage, they were recording. In 1999, they released a second full-length, the military-themed The Gang’s All Here, which included a cover of the traditional number “The Fighting 69th.” In 2000, the Murphys lineup changed considerably: James Lynch joined on as second guitarist; then original guitarist Rick Barton answered the call of home and family and Mark Orell replaced him. All this occurred while the Murphys were compiling their early releases for The Singles Collection 1996-1997 and preparing for a third album, Sing Loud, Sing Proud. |
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| Irish punk rock doesn’t get any better than this beerhall shout-along! Guinness, anyone? |
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| Punk rock will never die. Just ask this stridently populist Boston quartet, who look back towards the Clash for inspiration. |
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