SPUD NIGGER: Scratch Tracks

Spud Nigger

Scratch Tracks

© 2008 Spud Nigger (5391512443115) (format: CD-R)

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Irish Acoustic Punk from the geographical arsehole of Ireland.

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From the O'Nigger family, Spud Nigger hails from a proud tradition of infighting and life-threatening alchohol consumption. How on earth these three lads got ahold of instruments and managed to stay sober enough to finish recording their album is an insoluble mystery.

Combining catchy, aggressive punk music and humour, da spuds are poised to take Ireland by storm! (or call a storm down on Ireland - one or the other)

Spud Nigger (da spuds) is a punk acoustic band from the geographical arsehole of Ireland (Athlone). "Acoustic and PUNK??!" you may be thinking . . . and you would not be alone. Even after listening to the music many folks find themselves more confused than before they began. If Les Claypool (Primus) wrote songs for a Dropkick Murphys acoustic album, you might be getting close . . .

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  • Spud Nigger review from Shitenonions.com
    author: Christopher Toler, THE Blathering Gommel

    As a sub-genre, ‘Celtic Folk Punk’ tends to be a hybrid; a combination of traditional and punk styles. Nevertheless, almost as if this seemingly instinctive concept wasn’t properly explained, along comes ‘Spud Nigger,’ a band that is Celtic (being from the very middle of the Emerald Isle), Folk (well, acoustic anyways) and Punk (in almost every other interpretation of the definition). ‘Spud Nigger’ is an acoustic punk trio out of County Westmeath. Made up of acoustic guitar, bass, drums and vocals, the three-piece outfit plays fast-moving, upbeat punk in a stripped-down, minimalist style entirely like itself and no one else. The lyrics themselves are clever, laden with locally specific terminology, (i.e. ‘The Gardai,’ ‘Donegal,’ or as in lines like “when coming off the smack you stole the bogroll in the jacks,” from ‘Cake ‘N’ Beer,) and often humorous, and, partially due to the shortage of competing sounds, distinct and easy to make out. The songs are also very sing-along-able, (although some discretion is suggested due to certain “grown-up words,” especially in the song, ‘Donegal!’) Describing Spud Nigger’s sound is not an easy task. There are elements here and there that may remind the listener of something else, (like the attitude of The Ramones every now and again, or occasional rhythms reminiscent of Nirvana,) but, as there really is no one else doing this style that I am aware of, I won’t continue to attempt this exercise. Definitely a band to watch out for.

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