Band Name: Dropkick Murphys
Music Album: The Warrior's Code
Album Release Date: June 2005
Music Genre: Punk Rock Oi
Record Label: Hellcat Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 14 Tracks CD Album
Oi! Punk band from Boston, MA, formed in 1996 by Ken Casey (bass/vocals), Rick Barton (guitar) and Mike McColgan (vocals). The band is known for its Oi!/punk sound, its frequent covers of Irish standards, and lyrics which often focus on unions and working class ethics and concerns. In 1998, the band signed to Hellcat Records, a label run by members of Rancid and connected to Epitaph Records. After the release of their first LP, "Do Or Die", Mike McColgan left the band to pursue his desire to become a firefighter. The split was amicable and McColgan would return to music a few years later, fronting the Street Dogs. He was replaced by Al Barr. Rick Barton left after the band's second album, "The Gang's All Here" to pursue outside interests. By the release of their next album, "Sing Loud, Sing Proud", the band had expanded to include Casey, Barr, longtime drummer Matt Kelly, 2 guitarists, a mandolin player, and a bagpipe player.
In 2004, the Dropkick Murphys recorded and released the song "Tessie", an old tune associated with the Boston Red Sox baseball team. The song was featured in the movie "Fever Pitc (...)
| 1 | Your Spirit's Alive | 2:20 |
| 2 | The Warrior's Code | 2:29 |
| 3 | Captain Kelly's Kitchen | 2:48 |
| 4 | The Walking Dead | 2:07 |
| 5 | Sunshine Highway | 3:22 |
| 6 | Wicked Sensitive Crew | 2:59 |
| 7 | The Burden | 2:55 |
| 8 | Citizen C.I.A. | 1:28 |
| 9 | The Green Fields Of France | 4:45 |
| 10 | Take It And Run | 2:44 |
| 11 | I'm Shipping Up To Boston | 2:33 |
| 12 | The Auld Triangle | 2:41 |
| 13 | Last Letter Home | 3:32 |
| Bonus Track | ||
| 14 | Tessie | 4:15 |
Tracks 1 to 13:
Recorded at Q Division, Somerville, MA.
Mixed at The Outpost, Stoughton, MA.
Track 14:
Recorded at The Outpost, Stoughton, MA
Engineered, mixed and vocals recorded at Woolly Mammoth Studios, Boston, MA
Mastered at Peerless Mastering, Newtown, MA
All songs published by Boston Scally Punk ascap except:
Track 9 published by Music Sales Corp ASCAP
Track 11 © Copyright 2002 by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. (BMI)
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