Artist Street Dogs
-
Website
Street Dogs
Many younger fans of Dropkick Murphys might not remember Mike McColgan, the group’s original singer, who quit after the band’s 1998 debut, Do Or Die, to become a Boston firefighter. Punk rock called him back, though, and McColgan resurfaced in 2002 as the leader of Street Dogs. And 2008’s State Of Grace was McColgan’s most lyrically intimate—he paid tribute to obvious influence Joe Strummer with the eulogy “The General’s Boombox”—and brought a warmer, Celtic sound to his band’s snarling street punk. The 2010 self-titled album ups the rabble-rousing, pointing a swaying, drunken finger at the Man on the most pressing of today’s issues, but still pauses to pay another Irish tribute, this time to “Poor, Poor Jimmy,” former owner of the late Boston punk club The Rat.
Updated 02/21/2011
Related Interviews
Austin:
Staff Only: Fun Fun Fun Fest security crew members Doug Hart and Brendan Smith
Related Jock Itchs
-
Denver/Boulder:
A Street Dog's guide to sports
October 19, 2010
Denver/Boulder:
The Offspring, Alkaline Trio, The Vandals, Street Dogs, Frontside Five, and more, May 28 at Red Rocks
Austin:
The Offspring, Alkaline Trio, and Street Dogs at Austin Music Hall
Madison:
Recap and Photos: “Frostbite And Freedom Tour” at the Monona Terrace
