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McAlpine's Fusiliers

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About Me

McAlpine's Fusiliers are a five piece outfit of Celtic, colonial folk rock from Victoria Australia. They draw upon Celtic music from the Australian, Irish & Scottish traditions and combine it with an energetic up-beat punk rhythm to create an intoxicating brew of original music. This has been referred to as "Swaggie Punk". Their Do It Yourself attitude has won them a loyal fan base that sees them constantly hitting the road to play, this has included performances at: The Queenscliff Music Festival, The Yackandandah Folk Festival, Pako Festa (Geelong) and The National Celtic Festival. They released their debut cd "Sons & Daughters Of The Soil" in June 2007 which was recorded at Pan Studios Geelong with Producer Sally Laver. The disc is a musical journey that shows the Fusiliers commitment to continuing the burning social relevance of folk music and reverence for their influences. It captures the bands' sound “where rebellion, toil, tradition, romance and brute honesty connect” (Mark Coombes KLFM Bendigo). Mixing the traditional instrumentation of Fiddle, Piano Accordion, Banjo, Tin Whistle, Spoons & Lager Phone with Drum Kit & Electric Bass. The Fusiliers are currently working on and gigging new songs for their next release later in the year. Never a dull a moment at their shows, this is music for the drinkers, the dancers, the gold miners, the shearers and those in search of old sounds revived with as much courage and balls as the Catalpa's glorious rescue in Western Australia! as Mr. Brown says, "Bring A Shovel To Lean On!!" I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 3/18/2006
Band Website: mailout: [email protected]
Band Members: MR.BROWN: vocals, guitar, spoonsSEAN LOUGHRAN: drums, vocals, bodhran, lager phoneADAM CLUSKER: fiddleROWAN BLACKMORE: piano accordion, 5 string banjo, tin whistleCAM MITCHELL: bass, vocals
Influences: Weddings, Parties, Anything--The Dubliners--The Chieftains--Blackthorn Stick--Iddle Didlies--The Pogues--Les Hurlements D'Leo--Iddle Didlies-- AC/DC, Most of All...Bloody Good Times.
Sounds Like:MERCH AVAILABLE BELOW orC.D's AVAILABLE AT THESE MIGHTY RECORD STORES: Discography Music & Books 32 High Street Bendigo Ph: 035443411. "SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THE SOIL" C.D $20.00 + $5.00 SHIPPING SHOVEL & BANJO EMBLEM T-SHIRT BLUE LADS $25.00 + $5.00 SHIPPING
SIZE SHOVEL & BANJO EMBLEM T-SHIRT BLUE LASSIES $25.00 + $5.00 SHIPPING
SIZE SHOVEL & BANJO EMBLEM TRUCKERS CAP $15.00 + $5.00 SHIPPING
Record Label: Shovel & Banjo Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

MAY 2008 UPDATE

Good afternoon Lads & Lassies hope this finds ya all fight'n fit. Just thought I'd crack out a few lines to tell you of what's been happening at Fusilier HQ. Firstly thanks to all who've come alon...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:49:00 PST

Interview from The Empress Hotel Zine January 2008

Hey Lads & Lassies here's an interview we had with with The Empress Hotel Zine for their January edition. Where did you grow up? Do you think it has influenced your music? I grew up in a town cal...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:25:00 PST

The Nationals- The National Celt Fest & The Nash

Arvo lads & lassies hope this finds you all well- the last couple of weeks has seen the Fusiliers back in the pit playing both The National Celt Fest in Portarlington then The Nationl Hotel for ou...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:35:00 PST

Debut Album "Son & Daughters Of The Soil"

Good afternoon all at long last were wrapped to announce the release on Friday 8th June of our debut disc "Sons & Daughter of The Soil" which will be available from shows for $20 AUS or you c...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:18:00 PST

Jimmy Heads West

Ladies and Gents were very sad to announce that our illustrious bass player Robin "Jimmy" Murray has left the Fusiliers & headed over to Perth to study, we'd all like to pass on our thanks to the ...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:42:00 PST

St. Paddies Day

Good evening lads & lassies- first up a huge thanks to call who headed down to The Golden Vine for our 2nd Annual St.Patricks Day Show. It was our biggest show at the pub yet and it was great to g...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:36:00 PST

Beechworth or Bust- The Beechworth Celt Fest

A big thanks to all who rolled up to our shows over the weekend. We had an absolute hoot! Thanks to the mob who made the trip up the Hume: Kieran, Kev, Andy, Dan, Nathan and Lockie, Loz, Jono, Rosie, ...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:30:00 PST

Long LiveThe Vine!

A Big thanks to all who rolled up to The Vine- very bloody appreciated!- a great effort considering a lot of people were battling severe tinnie fatigue after Grand Final drink'n sessions!- Bendigo you...
Posted by McAlpine's Fusiliers on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:11:00 PST