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 DROPKICK
MURPHYS- Live on St.
Patrick’s Day (Epitaph)
Recorded live in Boston over St. Patrick’s Day weekend 2002, the Dropkick
Murphys deliver their signature brand of working class punk rock and
bagpipes soaked with a little, make that a lot, Irish ale. The best way to
describe the Irish influenced punk sound is to call it a rougher (meant in
a good way) version of The Pogues. The disc is loaded with twenty-six
slamming songs, mostly originals with some great covers. Hey, you even get
a marriage proposal! The songs toggle between the punk rock side of things
and the Irish influenced punk rock side of things. Hence, you are not
overwhelmed by either flavor. All of your punk rock taste buds will be
happily slammin’ to this cd. Bagpipes and “For Boston” kick things
off, which lead into “Boys on the Docks” and “Road of the
Righteous.”
DKM’s Irish side of punk can be heard in “Rocky Road to
Dublin,” “The Gang’s All Here,” “Forever,” “Spicey McHaggis”
(of course), and the Irish pub sing-a-long favorite “Wild Rover.”
Great covers include; CCR’s “Fortunate Son,” the old Boston Bruins
theme “Nutty,” “Dirty Water," and my all time favorite Gang
Green song, “Alcohol." Along with the plethora of great songs, the
recording quality is way above par and sounds extremely “rowdy.” The
atmosphere of the shows is definitely caught for your listening pleasure.
As much as I love this cd, I do have two beefs; there’s a little too
much crowd participation going on, I hate that even in person! Also, my
favorite DKM song, “Dirty Glass,” isn’t present here. Dangnabbit
Maw! Love this disc, I do. – Denis Sheehan
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