Bands to Help you Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Style

So it's that time of the year again; St. Patrick's Day.  Break out the Corn Beef & Cabbage, pour a nice pint of Guinness with your friends.  Dawn your greenest apparel and your lucky Tweed Cap and tell the ladies "Kiss me I'm Irish".  One thing that can help make our break your St. Patty's day is the Music;  So I have listed some of the Best Irish & Celtic Punk Bands to help you celebrate your St. Patty's Day in Style!

1.) The Pogues

Shane MacGowan of the Pogues.
How can you not fall in love with that smile?

Well of course, the Pogues were the Original Celtic Punk Band.  The band was fronted by the Ugliest Gent you'd ever laid eyes on, Shane MacGowan, but beneath that hideous Irish Mug, and pasts the bottles of Whiskey layed the heart of a true Poet and and songwriter.  MacGowan and the Pogues had moderate success in the U.S., but nonetheless were the first official Celtic Punk Band.  Not only did the write and perform their own songs but they also covered a number of old Irish folk songs such as "The Irish Rover", "The Rocky Road to Dublin", and "Dirty Old Town".  In fact the bands original name was "Pogue Mahone" and it was derived form the Old Gaelic Saying that translates out to "Kiss my Arse".  Look of you're going to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with some good music then you need to have at least one song by the Pogues on your play list.  I reccomend tracks like "If I should fall from grace with God", "Sally MacLeanne", "Boys from County Hell, "Sunny Side of the Street and "Dirty Old Town".

2.) The Dropkick Murphy's

I went to College in the Boston-Metro Area, so one thing you have to learn to do is Love the Celtic Punk Legends The Dropkick Murphy's.  Known Most famously for their song "Shipping up to Boston" which was featured in the Martin Scorsese film "The Departed", the Dropkick Murphy's represents the old town charm of Boston, and has other great songs such as "Kiss me I'm Sh!tfaced".  Just give them a listen.

3.) Flogging Molly

      This band is a perfect fusion of the Old Irish Folk Songs and California Punk Rock.  I'd recommend tracks like "Drunken Lullabies", "Us of Lesser Gods",  "Devil on the Dance Floor' and "Rebels of the Sacred Heart".

4.)  Flatfoot 56

      This Chicago Celtic Punk Band is Ideal for any young fan of Punk Rock.  Flatfoot 56 features some great tracks to mosh to and fierce bag pipes.  Check out tracks like "Brotherhood" and "Warriors" to see the awesomeness and seriously dig the sound that is Flatfoot 56.

5.)  Black 47

      Are you an radical Irish Sympathizer.  Do you have  relative who served as a soldier in the I.R.A.?  Do you hate those British Bastards and dream of Free Belfast and a free Ireland.  Well then my friends the politically honest lyrics of the Black 47 are perfect for your.  The bands name was actually inspired by the great Irish Potato Famine of 1847, that resulted in the deaths of thousands.  Black 47 had a track called "The Big Fella" that was featured in an episode of Season 3 of the hit TV show "Sons of Anarchy".  Check it out it's really good.  (0:52 is where the song really starts to rock out)