LONDON CELTIC PUNKS WEB-ZINE

  • EP REVIEW: KRAKIN’ KELLYS- ‘Irish Tribute’ (2019)

    Celtic Skate Punk, beer and bar fight ! What happens when traditional Irish Rock n’Roll meets American Punk music? Here the Krakin’ Kellys take six Irish folk music classics and unite punk-rock riffs with Gaelic-inspired melodies. Angry microphones, greasy bass lines meet bagpipes, flutes and accordion for a drunken party which will leave everyone pumped…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: TORTILLA FLAT LIVE AT OLD CAPITOL (2019)

    Full blooded Highland bagpipes and chugging punky guitars from one of Europe’s greatest Celtic-Punk bands. The new album from Switzerland’s Tortilla Flat is a special dual CD and DVD release of their concert in Langenthal at this refurbished beautiful old cinema. A week after we reviewed our first live album in over a year lo…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: THE LED FARMERS- ‘Irish Folk Out Straight’ (2018)

    Well I never it’s actually an Irish band from Ireland! The Led Farmers hail from Dublin and their brand new EP features seven absolute Irish folk classics done of course in that special Led Farmers way! The Led Farmers are four Dublin fella’s who love what they do, playing upbeat Irish folk music and more. Boasting a…

  • THE HISTORY OF CELTIC-ROCK MUSIC

    Today the 30492- London Celtic Punks web zine is four years old today so what better way to celebrate our birthday than to give you this small but perfectly formed potted history of Celtic-Rock. We have never just wanted to be a place that only reviews new records we want to celebrate everything that makes us…

  • INTERVIEW WITH PAUL ‘Mad Dog’ McGUINNESS FROM THE POPES

    A couple of years back the whole celtic-punk community were shocked to hear that Paul ‘Mad Dog’ McGuinness, vocalist with The Popes, has been involved in a serious car accident in east London. The Popes were best known originally as Shane MacGowan’s backing band but also became a God damn brilliant celtic rock/punk band in their own…

  • ALBUM REVIEW: BUNCH OF BASTARDS- ‘My Drinkin’ Ain’t Done’ (2016)

    ‘FULL FORCE FOLK’ from a Bunch Of Bastards from The Hague, Rotterdam and Dordrecht! I’m not sure quite what it is about the word Bastard in celtic-punk but their are a whole host of bloody brilliant bands about with it in their name. Think Mr Irish Bastard from Germany, Bastards On Parade (now shortened to just…

  • INTERVIEW WITH JOHNNY CAMPBELL

    A fast, ruthless, uncompromising sound with influences from far and wide. Material that embraces traditional music and sometimes frantic Bluegrass style picking with self penned songs of protest and debauchery. We are extremely happy that Johnny took time out from megabussing it around the country from gig to gig to do a little interview for us. The…

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