DROPKICK MURPHYS – Boston’s Celtic Punks Chant ‘FOR THE PEOPLE’ On Their New High-Energy LP
7 July 2025
Boston‘s celtic punks DROPKICK MURPHYS cause
sonic havoc and massive sing-alongs since 1996.
Last weekend they unleashed their 13th album including two tribute
ones (2021 and 2023) dedicated to legendary left activist and folk hero
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967).
They baptized it FOR THE PEOPLE.
Press info: “For The People shows courage and confidence, speaking up against
the injustices happening in the United States, doing so with the strength and power
that harkens back to Dropkick Murphys’ earliest punk rock roots. For The People is
more than a title. It’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is, and who
they’ve always been.
For The People rises to its moment: an expression of humanity at a time of relentless dehumanization, a promise of hope in an era fueled by fear-mongering, a declaration
of solidarity in an age of disunion, a defiant rebuttal to the charlatans and demagogues
who seek to divide us for their own power.
TUTV: With every Dropkick Murphys album you can be sure of two things. Their never-ending support for the weak, the unwanted and the oppressed and their high-energy paroxysm. Once they ignite their Celtic punk engines they never look back and chase
the powers that be. In this case Trump‘s chaotic and discriminating administration.
Vocally they sound like a full army of blue collar soldiers. Accordions, flutes, aggressive guitars, frantic drums and their vintage full of vim and vigour choruses are soaked with
a combative call to arms, sinewy and muscular. Hail, hail!
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