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Merces
24th January 2009, 20:07
Anyone out there a dropkick fan. Me, like majority of the fans, became fans after seeing the departed and hearing the song shipping up to boston played. When goin to house parties i was always find there songs on the speakers and can't get enough of em.

song recommendations:

Workers song
Working
Spicy McHaggis Jig
Shipping Up To Boston
Warriors Code
The Burden
Sasha
24th January 2009, 20:21
love(d) them..
i kind of had an overdosis of them a couple of years back (too many shows seen) so i have put them on ice for a while
Invincible Summer
24th January 2009, 22:08
Are they white supremacists? One of my friends told me that.

but yes Shipping up to Boston is an excellent song.
Merces
24th January 2009, 23:27
Are they white supremacists? One of my friends told me that.

but yes Shipping up to Boston is an excellent song.

No. It's a common misconception that all Oi! bands are white supremacists, because some bands lean on the right. But also alot of Oi! bands lean on the left, dropkick has no ideology. Except maybe having a good time.:thumbup1:
Sasha
25th January 2009, 16:00
Are they white supremacists? One of my friends told me that.

bollox, they are trade unionist with some having socialist leanings
Joshiimufu
25th January 2009, 22:50
I love the song "Shipping up to Boston." I heard it on The Departed.
Circle E Society
26th January 2009, 00:25
New DKM is trash. Old DKM is gold though!
Merces
30th January 2009, 04:04
true dat^
Mindtoaster
30th January 2009, 04:17
No, they're extremely proletarian and pro-union

Cover of Pete Seeger's "Which Side Are you On"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuwBjOLlsCI




Workers song: All about class struggle (much better song)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5Fx2WqNkE&feature=related


My father got me into them yeeeears ago when noone knew who they were
StalinFanboy
30th January 2009, 10:25
They are working class as fuck. They have a slightly patriotic stance, but its far from nationalistic. Excellent music too.
REDFOREVER
30th January 2009, 23:58
Love Dropkick Murphys!

1. Workers Song

2. Fields of Athenry

3. Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced:lol:
Intifadah
31st January 2009, 02:01
I like their version of lannigans ball with ronnie drew, state of massachusetts is good too

'Billy was a bright one, Tommy's off his head'
Magdalen
1st February 2009, 17:46
Their version of 'Fields of Athenry' is great, as is 'Shipping up to Boston'.
Ephydriad
8th February 2009, 19:30
I can never decide if i Iike Dropkick or Flogging Molly better...
Fawkes
10th February 2009, 20:56
Do or Die, their first album, is the only album put out by them that I actually like, as opposed to liking just a couple songs off of an album, like I feel with Blackout. Mike McColgan was an awesome singer and they were much more of a street punk band with some folk influences back then compared to now being a folk band with some vague punk influences. In short, they were awesome, but went downhill pretty fast after McColgan left.
Dave_OI!
13th February 2009, 14:08
i agree fawkes after mike left they tended more and more towards the folky sound and had less punk but i still listne to them constantly as they are one of my fave bands of all times
Qayin
15th February 2009, 10:54
I play one mean guitar then score at the bar...
Drug Puppet
16th February 2009, 03:43
Not at all, they were on the stage next to the stage Fantômas were due to play on at the Big Day Out but these Irish guys chewed into Mike Patton's time. He wasn't impressed. Neither was I, Fantômas was the only reason I went to the festival.

I'm sure they're a decent band if I gave them a fair listen to.
Riot11
18th March 2009, 19:14
New DKM is trash. Old DKM is gold though!
How could you even say that? nothing has changed with them in a long time. They still pump out the same rabble rousing style of music that we have come to love and expect from them. As a matter of fact their latest release "The Meanest of Times" has to be my favorite album thus far with Blackout coming in at a close second.
Riot11
18th March 2009, 19:15
I can never decide if i Iike Dropkick or Flogging Molly better...
Does one have to be?
Riot11
18th March 2009, 19:26
Do or Die, their first album, is the only album put out by them that I actually like, as opposed to liking just a couple songs off of an album, like I feel with Blackout. Mike McColgan was an awesome singer and they were much more of a street punk band with some folk influences back then compared to now being a folk band with some vague punk influences. In short, they were awesome, but went downhill pretty fast after McColgan left.
Mike is an amazing singer but when he left DKM was able to do what they really wanted to from the beginning, mix all of their influences into a sound all their own. They still have songs that are strait street punk even on the new albums. Famous for Nothing, Tomorrow's Industry, Vices and Virtues, Surrender, The State of Massachusetts, etc. If you really miss what they sounded like with Mike on lead vocals then check out The Street Dogs.
JimmyJazz
18th March 2009, 21:42
I like their cover songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3QOPandY4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVNyFJu600g