GIG IN LONDON - NECK AND MORE

London Celtic Punks present a benefit show for the 2012 North London Punx Picnic.

Bands: Neck, Refuse/All, Captain Bastard and the Scallywags plus more to be added

Mannions Prince Arthur, 158 Broad Lane, Tottenham, London, N15 4QJ

Adm.: 5/4 Pounds

More info at:

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/395908403769955/

BOOTLEG - NECK

A lot of ROIOS have been posted till now, and no Neck boot yet. I thanks John M. for sharing this!

This is a live recording when the band played with Black 47 some years ago. In fact, Black 47´s piper plays flute in a song.

Enjoy!


Info from Neck about this recording:

"This is a recording from Friday, November 19th 2004 at The Gas Yard in Derry, when Neck supported NYC's Black 47 on their Irish tour.

Black 47's piper, Joseph Mulvanerty, actually plays Irish flute on the set of Traditional Reels 'The Maid behind the Bar / The Sally Gardens', but it's Neck's own piper, Stephen Gara, playing Uilleann pipes throughout.

The full line-up of the band at the time was actually:

Stephen Gara - Uilleann pipes, Banjo & Backing Vocals

Teresa Walsh - Tin Whistle and Backing Vocals

Marion Gray - Fiddle

Leeson O'Keeffe - Lead Vocals and Guitar

Wispy 'Guido' McCracken - Bass and Backing Vocals

Mark Garfield - Drums and Backing Vocals

which is the line-up in the 'Pool Room' photo - taken, funnily enough, by current Neck Tin-whistler, Sara-Lou Bowrey...)

And the Uncredited track Number 6 is actually called 'Caoimhe's Coming Over'.

+ a bit of Neck Trivia: - Stephen Gara met his now wife, Lindsay Clark, the night before this gig in the hotel bar in Galway...ah...

Hope this all helps..."

Current line-up:

Leeson O'Keeffe - Vocals/Guitar
Sara-Lou Bowrey - Tin Whistle & Vocals
Brendan Stitch - Bass
Kieran Power - Drums
James Gavin - Fiddle


http://www.neck.ie
http://www.myspace.com/neckireland
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Neck/115672643946


DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3hwyk66ix66uak3


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NECK - EUROPEAN TOUR 2011

These are the dates:

Feb 11

Fenix, Sittard, THE NETHERLANDS - 20:00

Feb 12

East Club, Bischofswerda, Sachsen, GERMANY - 20:00


Feb 13

Paradox Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Bayern, GERMANY - 19:30


Feb 14

Hafenkneipe, Zürich, TBA, SWITZERLAND - 19:30


Feb 15

Birreria, Saint Gallen, SWITZERLAND - 19:30

Feb 17

Melodka Klub, Brno-Veveří, CZECH REPUBLIC - 20:00
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Feb 18

Finnegan's Irish Pub, Altenburg, TBA, GERMANY - 20:30

Feb 20

Hedon Zwolle, Overijssel, THE NETHERLANDS - 20:00

For further info, go to

www.myspace.com/neckireland


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REVIEW - McGILLICUDDYS - SIN LANE (2010)

McGillicuddys - Sin Lane (Independent MCGCD002)
Release date: 2010
Running Time: 46:05, 12 tracks

"You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards"

(Billy Bragg "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards")

Were they sleeping? I guess that many people were wondering "Whatever happened to McGillicuddys?" This Canadian band released a great album in 2003 and we have been waiting for their follow-up for a long time. In fact, seven years have gone by till the release of "Sin Lane". It was high time.

I must admit that I love these guys. A band clearly influenced by The Pogues which is not a wannabee band (just listen to tracks 3 "Thinking of You" and track 6 "The Siren's Drone"). Besides, this time they cover The Nips "Gabrielle".

Maybe McGillicuddys are not among the Celtic Punk Music Gods, but that accordion and that tin whistle haunt me. I can hear echoes from bands such as Jimmy George, the earlier Pubcrawlers or even The Skels or Mutiny. However, the sound is clearly "McGillicuddys"

My favourite tracks? "Ferry to the Smoke" (we were missing songs like this),"Calgary II:35" (God bless The Whisky Priests and Jimmy George), the traditional song "The Banks of the Roses" (is that "Johnny Johnny" a tribute to The Clash?. Maybe not, but I would like to think so), "Glory-O" (Real Mckenzies without pipes.F*cking good tin whistle!!!!), "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" (The lads covering Richard Thompson, another track in which the tin whistle sounds really "in your face", not hidden in the mix) and "Last Round in Lacombe" (a Circle J meets The Pogues song)

I hope that the gap between "Sin Lane" and their third album will be less than two years. Canadian bands such as McGillicuddys show us how good this genre is. We want more and we want it now. Another Great Leap Forwards.

1) Ferry to the Smoke (2:17)
2) Calgary II:35 (3:58)
3) Thinking of You (4:12)
4) The Banks of the Roses (3:38)
5) Gabrielle (3:09)
6) The Siren's Drone (4:04)
7) Bones (4:24)
8) A Hard Way (5:22)
9) Glory-O (3:08)
10) 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (4:53)
I1) Valencia (Three Miles to Cape Beale) (3:27)
12) Last Round in Lacombe (3:11)

www.mcgillicuddys.ca
www.myspace.com/themcgillicuddys

http://mcgillicuddys.ca/pages/store.htm (click to buy the CD)

Review by Kinksmarkham


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NECK - European Tour April 2010

(Taken from the Neck's Mailout)

Woo!

Howyiz everyone! I hope ye all had a great St. Patrick's Day!

We had a grand oul' time - both in Zagreb, Croatia & in London too!

So - at long fe*kin' last! - We here at Neck Towers are chuffed to announce that we're O'fficially coming back out to Europe again: - we're doing a good few dates to promote the new album 'Come out Fighting!', centred around playing the Punk 'n' Disorderly festival in Berlin again for our fourth time! Yay!

Following our successes in Denmark, Austria, Italy & Finland last year, we're getting back out on the festival circuit again - we've got a festival in Holland on May 13th & at least one other gig in Germany to tie-in with it, & we're hoping more will be announced!

There's also more info below on the album 'Come out Fighting!' - there's a full marketing campaign going-on at the moment to tie-in with the tour [so far, we've had universally great reviews!!!] so if you haven't picked-up a copy yet, now's your chance: we'll have copies for sale on-tour + T-shirts, etc too!

So - hope to see yiz out there!!!


European Tour dates:


Fri 02 Apr 2010, 19:30 - Paard van Troje, Den Haag, NL
Prinsegracht 12, 2512 GA Den Haag / The Hague, Zuid-Holland, NL
Cost:€10.00
Description:’Come out Fighting!’ European tour 2010 - Dutch date: Yay, we’re back in Holland! ___ + Circle J ___ Tel: 070-3601838 ___ E: info@paard.nl ___ http://www.paard.nl

Sat 03 Apr 2010 - Poppodium Het Front, Vroomshoop, NL
Stobbelaan 1, Vroomshoop, Overijssel 7681ZN, NL
Cost:€8.00
Doors: 20:00
Description:’Come out Fighting!’ European tour 2010 - Dutch date: Yay, we’re back in Holland! ___ E: Info@frontvroomshoop.nl ___ http://www.frontvroomshoop.nl

Sun 04 Apr 2010 - Punk ’n’ Disorderly festival, Astra, Berlin, DE
Astra, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin, DE
Cost:PRESALE: SINGLE DAY: 22,00 € / WEEKEND: 53,00 € // DOOR: SINGLE DAY: 25,00 € / WEEKEND: 59,00 €
Doors: 18:00
Description:’Come out Fighting!’ European Tour - hits Berlin with a right oul’ clatter! ___ & it’s our 4th time @ Punk & Disorderly! with Cockney Rejects, Stiff Little Fingers, Street Dogs, Bay City Rollers, The Business, Anti-Nowhere League, The Varukers, Discipline, The Partisans, Neck, etc... ___ Neck Onstage 19:20-19:50 - Should be feckin’ mental!

Mon 05 Apr 2010 - Rosenkeller [ROSE GROßE TONNE], Jena, DE
Johannisstraße 13, Jena, Thüringen D-07743, DE
Cost:€7.00 / €10.00 VVK 7, - plus VVKG / / AK 10, --
Doors: 20:00
Description:’Come out Fighting!’ European tour 2010 - German date ___ www.rosenkeller.org ___ Telefon: +49 3641 931190

Tue 06 Apr 2010 - The Irish Pub Outside, Speyer, DE
Heinkel Strasse 3, Speyer, 67346, DE
Cost:€TBA
Doors: 20:00
Description:’Come out Fighting!’ European tour 2010 - German date: www.irishpub.de ___ 06232289644 ___ We’ve played here before & it was great craic!

Wed 07 Apr 2010 - TBA

Thur 08 Apr 2010 - TBA

Fri 09 Apr 2010 - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Solothurn, CH
Kofmehlweg 1, Solothurn, CH, Solothurn CH-4503, CH
Cost:20CHF (Presale & Door)
Doors: 22:00
Description:’Come out Fighting!’ European tour 2010 - Swiss date: Yay! - we get back to Switzerland! ___ www.kofmehl.net ___ Büro/Infos: +41 32 621 20 60 ___ office@kofmehl.net

Sat 10 Apr 2010 - TBA

In May, we've also got:

Thur 13 May 2010 - Jera on Air festival, Ysselsteyn, Noord-Limburg, NL
www.jeraonair.nl

Fri 14 May 2010 - TBA

Sat 15 May 2010 - , Quedlinburg, DE

Hopefully, more to come... So stand-by for more announcements!

And if you want us to come play in your town - drop us a line...


As for the album ...

There are 14 tracks on 'Come out Fighting!' - all recorded with legendary Producer, Pat Collier (originally in '76 Punk Rock legends The Vibrators, Pat made his name producing The Wonderstuff & Primal Scream & has since worked with virtually everyone in your record collection - including Lars Friedriksen!).

Pat's definitely brought out the best in us: it is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best sounding, most powerful album we've ever made! He's given us a new, more focussed, lean & muscular sound - & in depth: There's the usual range of 'Up & at 'em' Impassioned hIrish Punk Rock Polemic, replete with Pop-tastic Harmonies & the fave Neck 'Now-you're-moshing-now-you're-Riverdancing-now-you're-moshing-again!' trick; 'Necked-up' Traditional Irish rousers, ballads & Jigs; (& even a sh*ggin' Irish Power Ballad fer Chrissakes!) - just all louder, clearer, more powerful and more 'swirlier'!

"...it's a muscular, lean, musical hay-maker that can stand it's ground & slug it out with the best of 'em!"

Here are Some quotes from just some of the reviews for Come out Fighting! so far:

‘"Come out Fighting!' - a full-on and in your face aural assault. A record that combines the pathos of The Pogues, the folk lilt of The Levellers and the punchiness of Stiff Little Fingers to mesmerising effect."
Big Cheese Magazine

'...easily as good as The Pogues ever got ...they go to all the places Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys do but with more first hand closer to the bone reality. Neck's finest moment yet and another fine hooley of an album by the best Irish Punk band in the world!'
Organ magazine

‘...A particular favourite's 'Everybody's welcome to The Hooley! With it's anti-racist lyrics and reel halfway through, it exemplifies Neck's riotous sound: as if The Clash were born on the Emerald Isle!’
The Irish Post

'...my favourite album of 2009 so far. One release not to be ignored! 10/10'
Street Voice

"I love Neck! ...definitely my album of the month!"
Garry Bushell

"... a daring, glorious and grand melody-drenched wall of sound - 'Come out Fighting!' is an album that offers all the evidence required for the band to take their rightful place - alongside those huge-selling US folk-punkers, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly."
Rock 'n Reel Magazine

'...Neck stand on their own two feet, both arms swinging and deliver anything as powerful as their peers: Irish Trad folk teasing with the left (‘I Turn my Face To The Four Winds’) whilst a punk rock uppercut delivers the sweet final blow!'
Distorted Magazine

"Straight talking and contagiously passionate about his music and culture, Leeson O'Keeffe's band Neck's new album 'Come out Fighting!' is the leaner, tighter sound of a band who have really come into their own."
The Irish World

"...Sh*t. - I hate it when I blow my load in the first half of the review, but that's how Neck make me feel. Premature ejaculation never felt so good..."
Unpeeled

"...Lyrically sussed as always, with some cracking tunes (“Come Out Fighting”, “Tink” and “Hello Jakey”), and inc ase you missed anything, detailed explanations are given in the excellent booklet (a ‘Hooley’, we find, is Irish for ‘party’!) - a commendable effort!"
Savage Amusement Punk Zine

"...I am struggling to think of any similar bands who have made such a striking impression and am equally struggling to think of an album of this ilk that works so well."
Fungal Punk

"F*cking brilliant! - Uplifting, punchy, hints of The Clash: this is hands-down the most exciting cd I've heard in a long time!"
Three Punk Rock questions

"...this came my way for review in fRoots & I liked it so much I played it on my radio show!"
Simon Jones, Moorlands Radio

"... the band mostly plays in fifth gear and Leeson’s coarse-grained, but melodic voice perfectly suits the speed folk, but when the band shifts into first gear his voice is upright, passionate and contains an authentic Irish bite. The fourteen psycho-ceilídh songs almost explode from the unbridled energy and Guinness bubbles. Cheers lads!"
Lords of Metal E-zine, Holland

NECK -- 'COME OUT FIGHTING!' CD Album
Golf Records [Europe] (CAT# CDHole179) - OUT NOW!!!
- you can order directly from the Golf Records site:
http://www.golfrecords.co.uk/

It’s available from all good stores & is distributed in the following countries by the corresponding Distributors:

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - RIOT :: CZECH REPUBLIC - DAY AFTER :: DENMARK - TARGET :: FINLAND - SUPERSOUNDS :: GERMANY & AUSTRIA - CARGO RECORDS GMBH :: HOLLAND & BELGIUM - BERTUS :: ITALY - TBA :: JAPAN - TBA :: NORWAY - TUBA RECORDS A/S :: PORTUGAL - RECITAL MUSIC :: SPAIN - MASTERTRAX :: SWEDEN - SOUND POLLUTION :: SWITZERLAND - IRASCIBLE :: UK & IRELAND - PLASTIC HEAD ::

& also digitally in Europe - on Golf Records, via the below on-line stores:

24-7 Entertainment :: 7Digital :: Amazon MP3 :: Gracenote :: Hot Topic / Shockhound :: iTunes Music Store :: lala :: last.fm :: MediaNet - Digital :: MySpace Music :: Napster :: Neurotic Media :: Newburycomics.com :: Nokia - Puretracks :: R2G :: Rhapsody :: Rogers Wireless :: SecuryCast :: Slacker :: SonyEricsson PlayNow Arena :: Spotify :: Starzik :: Verizon Wireless :: Zune

There's also a download single from our brand new album 'Come out Fighting!':

it's a prime slice of 'Emerald-Eyed Punk-Pop' - yes indeed! - Paddy-Punk Pop-tastic Harmonies, the works! With the whole pop-glittery gang on the good ship NECK guided by the steady hand of Cap'n Pat Collier! (ye might know him from The original '76 Vibrators, or as a producer with everyone from The Wonderstuff & Primal Scream to Lars Friedriksen).

It's called 'Tink' & it's backed with the ever-popular live favourite (from both Neck gigs AND Trad. Irish sessions) 'The Ferry Fare', from our previous album 'Sod 'em & begorrah!'.

I suppose you could say it's about one of 'the little people', as we say... I can feel the faery dust now... & I hope it beguiles youse bunch of bowsies too! ;-)
& downloadable from the same on-line stores as the album.

We'll also have T-shirts, badges/pins, stickers, etc to tie-in too - details to come...


NECK ON THE WEB (Jeez - we are gettin' about the place...):

Official Website:

http://www.neck.ie

Neck on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/neckireland

Neck on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1234769794698#!/pages/Neck/115672643946?ref=ts
(or just type Neck in search...)

Neck on Last.fm:

http://www.last.fm/user/NECK_LondonIRL

Neck on punkrockers.com:

http://www.punkrockers.com/Neck

Neck on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/Neck_

Neck on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neck_%28band%29

Neck on YouTube:
(there's a whole rake of stuff, but the most popular seems to be):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZcrL3nJL1Q - Psycho-Ceilídh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTDHF-0nJQ - 'Neck' (a crackin' yoke put-together by one of our friends)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-wZ9ed5Xo - Anarchy in the UK @ Glastonbury

So - as always - we pledge upon our dubious, Diddly-aye Delinquent honour, that - wherever the road may rise before us - we will defo BRING THE HOOLEY!
And we think the album speaks for itself!

Sláinte & g'luck!

Himself & all the other looneyt'icks in NECK!
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THE McGILLICUDDYS CD "SIN LANE" OUT NOW

(Taken from the band's MySpace)

"Under the influence of old school punk rock and traditional Celtic tunes, the McGillicuddys have been likened to a psycho ceilidh mixed with power chords. Electric guitar, bass and drums provide a thumping background, for the lashings of mandolin, tin whistle and accordion that complete the glorious din. This heady mixture is topped off with gritty real-life lyrics and catchy, boot-stomping songs that complete the full bodied McGillicuddys experience

The new CD "Sin Lane" is now available for purchase from our website

It's been a long time coming, but McGillicuddys' brand new CD, "Sin Lane" is now officially released. After nearly a year in the studio the new album is finally available for purchase. The CD may not yet be listed on our website, that's how new it is. We'll be providing more details about the new disk, so keep your eyes glued to this space. For now, you can check out the complete track list below. "Sin Lane" is currently available from the band and at gigs, and will be available very soon from the Store page of this site so you can get your very own copy by mail order.

"Sin Lane" features nine band-new McGillicuddys original songs, Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, the Nips' Gabrielle, and The Banks of the Roses (Traditional).

To order a copy visit our website, and if it's not listed in the store section yet, you can message us w/ your contact info and we'll arrange for it to get out to you."

Complete Track List:

1) Ferry to the Smoke (2:17)
2) Calgary II:35 (3:58)
3) Thinking of You (4:12)
4) The Banks of the Roses (3:38)
5) Gabrielle (3:09)
6) The Siren's Drone (4:04)
7) Bones (4:24)
8) A Hard Way (5:22)
9) Glory-O (3:08)
10) 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (4:53)
I1) Valencia (Three Miles to Cape Beale) (3:27)
12) Last Round in Lacombe (3:II)


www.myspace.com/themcgillicuddys

www.mcgillicuddys.ca

NECK - "Blue Skies Over Nenagh" FREE DOWNLOAD

This month's free download bundle includes:

- "Blue Skies over Nenagh" mp3 + lyrics
- Neck band photo
- Neck logo

Go to www.neck.ie, write your name, e-mail, town and country and click on Submit details. You will receive an e-mail with the download link.