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NECK
Punk / Folk / Hardcore



’County Holloway’, London and South East
United Kingdom

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Member Since6/24/2005
Band Websitewww.neck.ie
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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

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InfluencesGuinness / Jameson / Jagermeister / any single malt ye care to mention / Baby Guinness / Bulmers-Magners / Baileys / Crested Ten Irish Whiskey / that mad Dutch Wild Cherry Beer shite / & , of course, Poitín!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds Like"If The Clash had been born in The Emerald Isle they might have ended up sounding like this!" - 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 ------------------------------------------------------- "Another 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- “…this band makes contact with audiences and they play with complete dedication. Neck will not let you down! - Paaspop festival, Holland ---------------------- MySpace Maps
Record Labelhttp://www.golfrecords.co.uk/
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 11 2009 11:30P
Workhouse Festival [Closing the Main Stage] Llanfyllin, Wales
Jul 16 2009 10:15P
Bowdown John’s Birthday Blow-out Bonanza! @ The Brief Croydon, London and South East
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
Rain Rock Festival w/ The Levellers Maria Neustift, Oberösterreich
Jul 25 2009 10:00P
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival [Closing Third Stage] Wingfield near Trowbridge, Southwest
Aug 1 2009 7:00P
Nozstock Festival Bromyard, Midlands
Oct 1 2009 11:00P
Tampere KLUBI Tampere
Oct 2 2009 10:30P
The Irish Festival of Oulu @ 45 Special Oulu
Oct 3 2009 11:00P
Nosturi Helsinki

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   About NECK
--- Known as 'The Heavy Artillery of Irish Music', London-Irish band NECK have, deservedly, established themselves as a leading force in the Folk-Punk scene: with their rip-roaring, irrepressible ‘Psycho-Ceilídh’ sound having been matured over eight years of furious global gigging; previous album releases in Europe; a featuring appearance in the Belfast-set movie 'With or Without You'; and Anti-racist single 'Everybody's welcome to The Hooley!' charting in the UK in 2006. ---------------------------------------- The 6 piece band's sound juxtaposes, perfectly, the swirling spiritual abandon of authentic Traditional Irish music : (fiddle, tin-whistle, Uilleann pipes and banjo) with the electric energy blast of a full-on, pumped-up to fe*k Punk band! - Distilling the sound of two other mighty London rebel bands - The Clash & The Pogues & 'carrying the torch on' with their own, unique London-Irish brew: Psycho-Ceilídh! - And, whether it’s swirling instrumentals; rowdy, raucous drinking songs; original, imaginative re-workings of Traditional Irish standards; angry political polemic; chest-beating anthems or tear-jerking ballads - NECK cover ALL bases of Irish music with passion & pride. -------------------------------------------------------- And all this is driven by the authentic, passionate voice of lead vocalist, guitarist & song-smith Leeson O'Keeffe - a man with both a vision & undeniable pedigree: an ex-member of Shane MacGowan's Popes; from the same Irish enclave of North London that spawned Johnny Rotten; & with close family roots in the same Dublin neighbourhood as Dave King of Flogging Molly... O'Keeffe's also guested with The Alabama 3 & co-written a track on Hayseed Dixie's latest album. ----------------------------------------- The band's rowdy, exhilarating live show's now firmly established them as International Festival favourites from Moscow (in front of 7,000) to Texas - & all points in between! Along with their own headline tours, shows & festival appearances (i.e. Paas Pop, NL's 2nd stage), they've performed with acts such as their U.S. contemporaries (& buddies) The Dropkick Murphys & Flogging Molly; as well as Shane MacGowan, The Levellers, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, Hayseed Dixie & The Misfits. And, amongst others, 2008 is their sixth year at Rebellion/Wasted & the UK's biggest festival, Glastonbury - the only band to play Left Field as many times as Tony Benn & Billy Bragg! 2007 was in front of 5,000! ----------------------------- 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! NECK have, subsequently, made two U.S. trips in 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the imminent release of ‘Come out Fighting!’, their début album for Golf Records, they set a whole-new bench-mark... and remain, unquestionably, at the cutting-edge of this music - not just for their songs & the fact that they're taking it in new directions, while still staying true to their Irish-folk roots; but also in the sheer audacity, courage, speed and soul of their Irish musicians! Recorded with the legendary producer Pat Collier, his powers & skill give NECK a new focussed, lean & muscular voice, which should see them take their rightful place amongst their contemporaries. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Make no mistake - amongst the leaders and followers of Irish-folk influenced punk bands all over the world - with their roots, understanding and command of the music, NECK are most certainly the real deal! - Eye-brows will be raised. Toes will tap. Tears will be shed. Bodies will be thrown all over the shaggin’ dance floor! NECK will bring The Hooley! ......Fact! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just some of the Festivals NECK have rocked the bejaysus out of............ Glastonbury, UK [x6 / 5 stages]; Rebellion/Wasted, UK [x6]; Punk 'n' Disorderly, D [x3]; Ardoyne Fleadh, N.Irl [x3]; Beautiful Days, UK [x2]; Solfest, UK [x2]; Strummercamp, UK [x2]; Gas Yard Feile, N.Irl [x2]; Waterford Spraoi, Irl [x2]; Crawley Folk Festival, UK [x2]; Paas Pop, NL; SXSW, TX, USA; Dublin Irish Festival, OH, USA; Irish2000Fest, NY, USA; Wickerman, UK; Tantsy, RUSSIA; Huntenpop, NL; Wickham, UK; Wildwood Irish Fest, NJ, USA; With Full Force, D; Skagen, DK; Music on the Hill, UK; Endorse-it-in-Dorset, UK; Nirwanas TuinFeest, NL; Great Escape, UK; Stadfest, D; Postplatz, CH; Nextpunk, CH; Travobaccano, ITA; Goorock, BE.
Workhouse Festival, Llanfyllin, Pwys, Cymru / Wales - 11th July 2009 United Cultures Festival, Rotterdam, NL, 20th December 2008 Off the Tracks Spring Festival - May 23rd 2009 Riverside Festival, Stamford logo Rain Rock Festival, Austria

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Jul 7 2009 6:33 PM

hey guys, we're over the moon to announce three UK gigs in August,
hope to see you around Cheers & Beers

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Jul 7 2009 4:43 PM

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Jul 5 2009 8:39 AM

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Jul 2 2009 1:00 PM

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10/07/2009
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Jun 28 2009 7:49 PM

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