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NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! "

PSYCHO-CEILÍDH ROCKERS!

About Me

--- "Bringing Irish Punk past The Pogues: at last - a worthy contender for the Celtic punk crown is born!" ...Irish Voice, NYC ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- "A rip-roaring, irrepressible ‘Psycho-Ceilídh’ sound - matured over six years of furious global gigging!" ----------------------------------------------------- Known as 'The Heavy Artillery of Irish Music', the London-Irish band juxtaposes, perfectly, the swirling, spiritual abandon of authentic Traditional Irish music: (fiddle, tin-whistle, banjo and Uilleann bag-pipes); with the rip-roaring, electric energy of a full-on Punk band! This is all topped-off with the raucous, passionate vocals of song-smith Leeson O'Keeffe… a man with the undeniable pedigree of having stood beside Shane MacGowan in his band The Popes, as well as having guested on banjo with The Alabama 3, of TV’s “The Soprano’s” fame. ----------------------------------------------------- Their rowdy, uplifting live show's now established them as International Festival favourites from Moscow (in front of 7,000) to Texas: they had an anti-racist single 'Everybody's welcome to The Hooley!' in the UK Top 100 & Indie charts in March 2006 while the band were at SXSW in Austin. They've done six U.S. Tours & countless European, UK & Irish ones - hitting audiences square between the ears and raising new fans with every gig they've played; including with their U.S. contemporaries (& mates) The Dropkick Murphys & Flogging Molly. They headline small festivals in Europe & 2nd stages of larger ones (i.e. Paas Pop, Holland). And, amongst others, it's their fifth year at Glasonbury & Rebellion / Wasted in the UK this year. + They got encores at The Levellers' Beautiful Days & Solfest Festivals last year. ------------------------ Added to that, Boston’s 'Irish Punk' radio station/ web-zine/ compilation album that revels in all things Emerald and Loud is named for the Neck tune, ‘Shite & Onions’ and their "Psycho-Ceilídh" e.p. featured strongly in a New York's Irish Voice Top Ten releases chart, which included U2 and Sinéad O'Connor! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Make no mistake - with their roots, understanding & command of the music, NECK are most certainly the real deal when it comes to proper Irish Folk-fuelled Punk! ------------------------------------------------------------ --------- NECK Bring The Hooley!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/24/2005
Band Website: neck.ie
Band Members: BUY THE CDS ONLINE AT www.hibernianrecords.com (UK) www.coretexrecords.com (Germany) www.shitenonions.com (USA) or try www.amazon.co.uk or www.amazon.com

Influences: Guinness / Jameson / Jagermaester / any single malt ye care to mention / Baby Guinness / Bulmers-Magners / that mad Dutch Wild Cherry Beer shite / & , of course, Poitin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds Like: "If The Clash had been born in The Emerald Isle... " - Backonthetracks.com --------------------------------------------"...nearer the real classic kinda vibe that the Pogues emitted, they have that same attitude both in the mood and the subject matter... excellent, addictive and some great fiddle & whistle that shows Neck in a class of their own. And a deadly live act too!" - World power or ruin, USA ------------------------------------------------------------ ----"Combining Celtic lyricism with raging hard rock in a bid for what Thin Lizzy would have sounded like had it ever really exploited its roots. Very cool stuff." --- High Bias, USA ----------------------------------------"… Like the soundtrack to an imaginary ‘potato western’… Neck are a London-based band, but whose heart certainly remains in Dublin and are well acquainted with the place of alcohol in contemporary life...extraordinary!" - Roaring Jack Archives, AUS ------------------------------------------------"Defiant flutes and punk’d up reels – real ones, real reels – Irish folk-punks, real ones!" - Organart, UK -------------------------------------------------------"Anot her dose of manic psycho-ceilídh from the London-Irish heirs to the Pogues' legacy. …not for the fainthearted, this is incendiary, belligerent stuff and doesn't pull any punches..." - Hot Press, Ireland ------------------------------------------------------------ -"…If you ever head-bang until you pop a couple of veins & dance like Michael Flatley after one too many red bulls!… mad craic!" - Irish Post, UK ------------------------------------"...an inspiring set that can be compared to The Pogues firing on all cylinders! I can't think of a better way to cap off St. Patrick's Day!" - ChartAttack.com: live review of SXSW ------------------------------------------------------------ "Fans of Folk Punk a la Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys will be loving this, and it kicks the shite out of some of the other pale acts attempting a similar thing." - Punk News ---------------------------------------------------------"A riot from start to finish…They’re brash, they’re loud, they like a drink..." - Irish World, UK ----------------------------------------------------------
Record Label: www.hibernianrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New pics - New album - New line-up! The Neck machine rolls on...

So - here y'are: It's all happening at Neck Towers - we've got a whole bunch of releases coming-out imminently on Golf Records: first-off a download (& possible limited edition vinyl 7" single) ...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:20:00 PST

Links...

Hiya,- we keep getting asked to link to stuff, so we're gonna start:Here's the first (for now) - http://www.thecelticmall.com summink to do with the Western Mass Emerald Society, Ag Dul SiarIt'll get ...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:42:00 PST

iTunes link for Everybodys welcome to The Hooley!

 Hi Everyone, - just a quickie: those nice people at iTunes have gone & helped us out no-end, by putting a direct link to 'Everybody's welcome to The Hooley!' , which saves youse havin' to ro...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:39:00 PST

NECK get Down-loadable: Everybody’s welcome to The Hooley!

Hi there everybody!   Jeez, we are getting with the programme!   We've finally joined the 'Download' age - a pretty nifty idea, as it goes - so why not! - & our first foray into it star...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:03:00 PST

Neck guest appearance on Kerrang Radio TONIGHT! (May 4th)

Hiya everyone! - hope all's well? -just a quickie: we got a gig this weekend - The Academy in the City Punk All-Dayer (see the gig-list section) - & a whole bunch of stuff for the coming mo...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Fri, 04 May 2007 05:36:00 PST

Rock 'n' Reel

Hi all, - just want to make you aware of the resurgance of a brilliant Roots Music magazine: Rock 'n' Reel: http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/ ...run by a good mate of ours, & another second-generatio...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Tue, 01 May 2007 06:26:00 PST

Tommy McManamon

Hi all arís / again, - this is the second sad duty I have to perform here, & I am gutted, I have to say - The Irish Music scene lost one of it's most talented sons - &, for a lot of us, not ju...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:26:00 PST

Wiz

Hi all, - this is the first of two sad, belated duties I've to perform here: I just want to pay tribute, fistly, to a guy most people - meself included - knew simply as Wiz.  He was the song...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:57:00 PST

Neck get quoted in The Guardian...Travel section!!!!

Jesus, Mary & Joseph! Bizarre things are upon us! Just a very brief quickie ("That'll be a first!" - I hear the sarcastic little bollix at the back yelpin' behind a bigger fella's back! - I'll fet...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:05:00 PST

NECK - wot's occurrin'... & FANX!!!!!!

Hiya everyone out there, so! - just quick missive (yer wan was slaggin' me for not keepin' ye all up to date, so here y'are): -hope yer all grand out there! Well we've defo been busy! We've been doi...
Posted by NECK - " Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers! " on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:21:00 PST