Folk-Punk

Folk -punk, sometimes called high-speed Folk, refers to the blending of style elements and approaches of punk music with elements of folk music and / or folk rock. The first Irish folk - punk band The Pogues were founded in 1981. Also bands like The Levellers, New Model Army and The Men They Could not Hang have been associated with this subgenre. Among the best known representatives of the folk - punk today include the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, as well as in Germany Fiddler's Green and Across the Border.

History

The Pogues acquired early 80s in the London Pub and Bar Scene regional celebrity, with their albums Rum, Sodomy & the Lash and If I Should Fall from Grace with God, they were also in the U.S. and in Asia, for example, in Japan, very well known. Their 1988 single released Fairytale of New York was a hit, it helped the folk - punk to a larger audience. If I Should Fall from Grace with God took third place, Fairytale Of New York the second in the British charts.

At the same time as the Pogues The Men They Could not Hang developed a similar style, but less was based on the Irish folk. Their first single, Green Fields of France, was in the British indie charts a hit, received intense airplay on John Peel show and finished second in the Festive Fifty fourth place. With their albums Waiting For Bonaparte and Silvertown the band continued its success, Silvertown reached in the British charts the thirty-ninth place and was the most successful album of the group.

The Scottish band Nyah Fearties began in 1982 - a year after the Pogues - to combine folk music with punk rock. The group also had a share of the folk punk scene and accompanied the Pogues even on a tour through France. The drummer of the Pogues, Andrew Ranken, had on the first album of Nyah Fearties a cameo appearance as a singer. However, the group had no commercial success and never reached as regional awareness, although it may have a loyal fan base to call their own today.

In 1989 appeared Thunder and Consolation, the fourth album of the post-punk band New Model Army, which was marked by the strong folk influences and the use of the violin. Since then, this band is associated with the style of folk punk. The album reached the twentieth place in the British charts in Germany, the album was awarded a gold disc.

In the 1990s, acquired, among other bands such as the established in 1988 The Levellers, The Mahones, Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys prominence today among those of the most popular groups of the folk - punk. The albums of the bands often reach high chart positions, the most successful folk -punk albums of recent years were in 2011 published Flogging Molly album Speed ​​Of Darkness and that derived from the same year the Going Out In Style Dropkick Murphys.

Also in the German-speaking countries, there is a folk - punk scene, known German bands such as Fiddler 's Green, Across The Border, The Porter and Mr. Irish Bastard, in Austria, for example, Living Lâche a representative of style. In Australia, existed from 1985 to 1992 the band Roaring Jack, whose singer, Alistair Hulett, was a successful singer-songwriter later. In Canada, the Real McKenzies are among the most important folk - punk bands, the group is connected in appearance and musical style strongly with their Scottish origins. The Chicago band The Tossers and the Young Dubliners are associated with the style.

Gallery

New Model Army

The Real McKenzies

The Tossers

Mr. Irish Bastard

Fiddler's Green

• Style Punk
• Folk genre