Sing Loud Sing Proud - Dropkick Murphys

Having come across the Dropkick Murphys at Reading festival a couple of years ago I have since proceeded to acquire their back catalogue. The most recent addition from that back catalogue to my CD collection is 2001’s Sing Loud, Sing Proud. This is the 3rd studio album from the Boston band and carried on the progression that is evident from the first couple of albums. Before the release of the album a number of the bands personnel seemed to change and that really seems to have improved the bands overall sound. The appeal of the Murphy’s has to be the blend of traditional Irish folk music with their own unique brand of American punk. When I first heard about ...  Read the complete review

The Dropkick Murphys are a band that combines the sound of Irish Folk music with punk rock. Listening to the music you can hear how the band has been influenced by the likes of the Pogues, Cock Sparrer and the Clash. The end result is a unique style of punk that in itself has influenced other American-Irish Punk bands. The bands lyrics are heavily influenced towards their Boston, American, Irish and working class roots. In 2001 the Dropkick Murphy’s (DKM) released Sing Loud, Sing Proud an album filled full of rowdy, drunken sing-alongs and a few sentimental pieces that reflect on friends and family. The line-up of DKM is: Al Barr ...  Read the complete review