Who's your favorite celtic rock band?

[Leatherneck Donald]

I've been a 7 Nations fan for 15 years

[CameronCat]

Battlefield Band !

Still playin', after all these years.

[rlloyd]

I've been a 7 Nations fan for 15 years

Enjoyed hearing them at Grandfather this year!

[O'Callaghan]

The Pogues. Of course, their name comes from pogue mahone, which it would be impolite to translate from the Irish. The story is that another band had the words pogue mahone pressed into one of their records, and Shane McGowan was a big fan of theirs.

[EagleJCS]

The Pogues. Of course, their name comes from pogue mahone, which it would be impolite to translate from the Irish. The story is that another band had the words pogue mahone pressed into one of their records, and Shane McGowan was a big fan of theirs.

As I recall, the correct spelling is póg mo thóin. The translation, is 'kiss my a##e', the missing letters being r and s. Apologies to those of sensibilities easily offended.


In regards to the OP, I like Runrig, though I haven't heard a lot of their stuff. Battlefield Band is also good.

I like Gaelic Storm, but I consider them to be more of a semi-traditional Irish pub "session" band.

[Machaggisnz]

I do love The Pogues and had one of the best nights of my life after a Pogues concert. We were having a wee lock in, having a few after hours drink at my local when three of the band wandered in. We sat and drank and chewed the fat till the sun came up. Had a great chat with Shane and drank more Guinness than was good for me.
I'm also partial to the Tossers, the Rumjacks and the Dropkick Murphys but I listen to a couple of Celt rock and Celt punk podcasts so there's a new band every month.

[pbutts]

I miss Rare Air (originally known as Na Cabarfeidh) from Toronto. Back in the early '80s they were the only band to mix highland pipes and electric instruments. With three pipers, a pipeband trained drummer, and jazz bassist, they began adding styles from Breton pipe music to AfroPop and funk. Sadly their first two albums are no longer available, although a couple of later ones can still be found online.

Recently I've discovered a young Scottish band called Breabach which sounds to my ear like a cross between the Battlefield Band and Silly Wizard with a female vocalist (and excellent fiddler), two pipers, and a guitar.

i know you said "Rock Band" which I have a hard time with because there tends to be a huge un-tapped territory between he more traditional folk music and more punk styles that hasn't been filled in my opinion (I'm thinking of something like Battlefield Band's version of Bad Moon Rising).

i will say I enjoyed Flogging Molly at a summer music festival a few years back

What I would personally love to see is a jam band with Celtic instruments like this....piper Jori Chisholm playing with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir's solo band , Ratdog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXrf9Z67P4M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLB5diEs9L8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VwAlKsZeHk

[ratspike]

Oh jeez, can I only have one favorite? So. Hard.

There's a lot of bands in the genre that I love. Flogging Molly, The Dreadnoughts, Dropkick Murphys, The Town Pants, Mudmen, The Tossers...too much great music. If I was going to a desert island for the rest of my life and could only take one band's catalogue with me I think the nod would go to The Pogues. Back in the late 80s/early 90s I was hugely into industrial and death metal, though I'd been listening to traditional music for years. A buddy of mine who was crazy for The Pogues turned me on to "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" one night before a show and I've been into them ever since.

[daithi1815]

I quite like Runrig, especially their Scots Gaelic songs

[rmccool]

Not specifically rock, but... MacTalla Mor.