# Dropkick Murphys

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropkick-murphys/498782 "2009-06-05T04:38:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropkick-murphys/498782/5 "2009-06-05T06:33:28Z")

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> [@RedRosesForMe](#):
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> I liked Do or Die, The Gang’s All Here, and some stuff off whatever the one was called that had a brick wall with their logo painted on it.
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> But then I got into the Pogues, the Clancy Brothers, and Flogging Molly, and Dropkick’s stuff doesn’t even come close. Not Irish enough, or punk enough, for my tastes anymore. Although I did like “Shipping Up to Boston” which I heard via The Departed, and that seemed a lot closer to the energy they used to have.
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> I think part of their problem is the constant changes in the lineup. I didn’t freak out as much as my friends when Al Barr became the lead singer, but it definitely changed the band. And of course, since then they’ve changed the lineup again.
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> So I’ll still rock out to some old Dropkick, but I’m not a diehard fan anymore.

I’ve listened to Flogging Molly but not the other two you mentioned. I was actually thinking of starting a thread asking for different bands of that genre. I’ll save that for tomorrow though.

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