Monday, April 4, 2011

Dropkick Murphys Invoke Fallen Soldiers, Family In New Album

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The Dropkick Murphys perform at the National Shamrock Festival in Washington, D.C. (Darkterp)

The Dropkick Murphys perform at the National Shamrock Festival in Washington, D.C. (Darkterp)

The Boston-based Dropkick Murphys are out with their seventh studio album. “Going Out In Style” is filled with odes to family, friends, the working man and fallen soldiers. And it’s based on the life of Cornelius “Connie” Larkin, a fictitious creation of the band and author Michael Patrick MacDonald, who is the touchstone for the story of the Irish immigrant experience in America. We talk with the band’s bass player, vocalist and founding member Ken Casey.

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  • Sik4toyz

    Robin you rock!! Thanks for bringin Ken on the air!!!

  • Atrip3

    I do not think it is right to let the guy from “Dropkick Murphy’s” to call the tax payers of Wisconsin “BASTARDS” on the air.

    • Holdencoffee76

      Pretty sure the Dropkick Murphys’ were calling the job-killing, union-stripping, law-breaking Republicans who actually hold office in Wisconsin “bastards” — and truth be told that’s being reasonably polite. If you’d been listening to Murphys over the years you would recognize how silly it sounds to suggest that they would target working Americans.

      • Holdencoffee76

        opps I missed a “the” there. sorry.

      • Atrip3

        The only ones being “taken down” by the unions are the tax payers.

  • kc

    Wow, that was some of the worst music I’ve heard in a long time. I’m Irish, but can’t stand this awful interpretation of Irish music.

    • Dr

      Well, Dropkick Murphy’s are not considered “Irish music” but punk rock with a hint of Trad Irish as an influence. If you don’t like a certain type of music, don’t listen to it. I myself am not a fan of Cristina Agulara but i certainly don’t go on her fucking webpage and tell her how i feel. Maybe you should get a hobby or read a book or just stop bother people.

      • kc

        Wow, this is their webpage? I thought it was Here and Nows page. I don’t listen to Christin Agulara [sic] either nor would I go to her webpage. But Robin asks listeners for their comments, and this is her shows webpage, so I gave my comment. Don’t like it, don’t read it, if you’re so easily bothered.

  • Sarah

    I think I heard my new favorite song here today!

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