Chip On My Shoulder - Cock Sparrer

Advantages: A Passionate Desire, May Burn A Gem-Like Fire...
Disadvantages: Consumed By Flames Of Woe; We All Someday Must Go...

...was about 4, my nursery school chums and I always knew what our "favourite things" were... and we were quite ardent in our devotion to them too. There was no hesitation or indecisiveness; no pausing to reflect or reconsider our selections. We only had one shot at rehearsing them to politely tolerant, but otherwise totally indifferent adults: "Favourite superhero-- SPIDERMAN; favourite colour-- BLUE, favourite toy-- TONKA FIRE ENGINE, favourite ice cream flavour--MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP..." None of us particularly CARED whether or not you wanted to hear them recited either. You just DID. That was the rule. You had no choice. We didn't make a distinction between a cornered listener's "captivated, rapt amazement" and his or her "fast-eroding, insincere tolerance." Why? Because, without our mind-numbingly tedious "favourite-thing rap," we had no way... Read review

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Advantages: A variety of tracks all with a distinct Oasis sound to them
Disadvantages: Poor quality compared to previous releases

...After the departure of two of the bands most influential ‘Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants’, the bands fifth album, was released with great hype and expectation to see if the new members could retain the old sound of the band with a new look Liam and an apparently apprehensive Noel around the release of this album no-one knew what to expect from it. ‘Be Here Now’ had in the eyes of many failed to reach the levels of ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ simply because the album didn’t contain a song which was as successful and well known as ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’. However, this didn’t stop the music actually being as good. ‘The Masterplan’ drew together some of the bands greatest B-sides and kept interest in the band flowing awaiting the release... Read review

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Advantages: Great sing-along tracks and memorable melodies
Disadvantages: Standard Few Weak Tracks

...The Dropkick Murphys are a band that combines the sound of Irish Folk music with punk rock. Listening to the music you can hear how the band has been influenced by the likes of the Pogues, Cock Sparrer and the Clash. The end result is a unique style of punk that in itself has influenced other American-Irish Punk bands. The bands lyrics are heavily influenced towards their Boston, American, Irish and working class roots. In 2001 the Dropkick Murphy's (DKM) released Sing Loud, Sing Proud an album filled full of rowdy, drunken sing-alongs and a few sentimental pieces that reflect on friends and family. The line-up of DKM is: Al Barr (Lead Vocals) Ken Casey (Vocals, Bass) Matt Kelly (Drums, Vocals) James Lynch (Guitar, Vocals) Marc Orrell (Guitar, Piano, Vocals) Tim Brennan (Accordion, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals) Spicy... Read review

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