Celtic punk
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Celtic punk, also known as "Paddybeat" and "Celtcore", is a genre of music typically associated with Irish punks or punks from the Irish diaspora, though other celtic nationalities, such as Scottish and Manx, are also represented. The typical Celtic punk band includes a rock rhythm section accompanying traditional celtic melodies played on more traditional instruments such as bagpipes, fiddle, tin whistle, accordion, mandolin, and banjo. Like Celtic rock, Celtic punk is a subgenre of Celtic fusion, which includes amalgamations of celtic music with other genres. Celtic punk and Celtic rock are also part of the broader folk rock genre.
Celtic punk effectively began in the early 1980s with The Pogues, a band of former punk musicians in London whose early sets included a mixture of traditional folk songs and originals written in a traditional style. Later bands continued in this vein with various balances struck between the punk and folk ends of the spectrum or between original and traditional songs. Many Celtic punk bands emerge from predominantly Irish communities such as those of London, Chicago and Dorchester, Boston. As a result, prevalent themes in Celtic punk songs include Ireland, Irish Republicanism, the Irish diaspora, drinking, and working class pride.
More recently, Celtic punk has been made popular by bands such as Flogging Molly, Black 47, The Mahones, Amadan, and The Tossers, as well as countless lesser known bands. Recently, a popular Celtic punk formula has been to form a typical punk or Oi! band, but with the addition of bagpipes, as with the Real McKenzies, early lineups of Dropkick Murphys, and Flatfoot 56. Important media outlets of celtic punk include [Paddy Rock Radio] and the webzine [Shite 'n' Onions], which releases compilition CDs.
The idea of Celtic punk has recently evolved into Gaelic punk with mainly Scottish-based bands who actually sing in the Celtic language of Scots Gaelic. Foremost of these bands is Oi Polloi from Edinburgh/ Dùn Eideann and Mill a h-Uile Rud who hail from Seattle but sing entirely in Gaelic.
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