I almost made the same joke though. :D

Haha. My post seems a little less stupid now

Well anyway, DKM are badass, no two ways about it.

Definitely.

Well I read this entire thread and there seems to be quite a bit of hate towards the Dropkicks.... Wtf? Kiss Me I'm ****faced is possibly the greatest song ever.

I liten to them but I wouldn't say they are the best.I'm shipping up to Boston is one of their best songs though.DKM isn't an oi! punk band they are a celtic punk band.

I've bought a few Dropkick albums but I've never found myself being engrossed by the entire album, I just find two or three songs that I really like, then the rest just becomes filler. I prefer Flogging Molly to the Dropkick Murphys based more on a lyrical and composition level than anything else.

My friend is a HUGE fan of theirs. I think she sent me some of their music way back when we were in high school but I can't remember their material so I'll have to give it another listen.

Not to keen on them, btw i thought working class punk bands like sham 69 were oi, so wtf is the DKM?

i'm going to pretend like I remember what I was unnecessarily aggressive about and attempt to answer your question.

I assume I said imitation, because (I might be wrong here, mind you) but I'm pretty sure all the band members were born up north in the United States of America, and while there music definitely has Celtic roots and is influenced by Celtic music, I don't consider them to have the same authenticity as real Celtic band. It sounds more commercialized to me.


But in all honesty, I was probably just pissed off by him saying that his heritage makes him enjoy DM. And the idea that one can think the fact that your great-great grandparents were from Scottland has any influence on what music you will end up enjoying kinda baffles me. Those ideas of aceint ancestory influencing you so much I think is cause for lots of the racial and ethnic tension that causes so many problems today.