The Challenge 19/10/09

Renesongs

Celtic Rock Metal

Rudolf wrote: My choice for a topic is actually thanks to Master Tailon and the chat crew. This week we do "Irish folk rock". Drew suggested we open it up a bit so all things Irish/Celtic/Scottish will be considered good, in my mind their all pretty equal anyways. Only constraint be it must be heavyish, rock or metal! Dust off the bagpipes! 8)

DonovanB

Only constraint be it must be heavyish, rock or metal! Dust off the bagpipes!

Huh?

chris77

Bloody hell... You mean like in AC/DC covering Foster&Allen??

CDee

chris77 wrote: Bloody hell... You mean like in AC/DC covering Foster&Allen??

:roflmao: :roflmao:

Squonk

Try listening to the Drop Kick Murphy's and Floggin Molly.
Good inspiration for Celtic rock!

Heath

On the heavier side try a little waylander ..... Time to dust off the violin and flute

Renesongs

Any U2 wannabes here's your chance, I hope the Junk mail filter on my PM doesn't reject your entries though ?

Bob-Dubery

You could also try listening to Fairport Convention (from the Liege and Lief album onwards) or Jethro Tull circa The Broadsword and the Beastie.

I pity the poor judges who have to decide what is and isn't "celtic".

You might even try some of the earlier Fairport albums. Unhalfbricking included "A Sailor's Life" which many regard as the birth of British folk-rock.

Bob-Dubery

Renesongs wrote: Any U2 wannabes here's your chance, I hope the Junk mail filter on my PM doesn't reject your entries though ?

U2 are Irish, but they are NOTHING to do with any kind of folk-rock.

You might consider the Pogues even, but not U2. If you want the "guitar as bagpipes" thing then consider Big Country or Richard Thompson. Big Country have the sound, Thompson has the licks and the drone.

Heath

Seven nations is also a good starting point .

Squonk

have a listen to The Dropkick Murphy's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropkick_Murphys

or Flogging Molly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flogging_Molly

Both of these acts do Irish Folk with a bit of Punk thrown in

andrewjbryson

Curses... my GT8 is still out of action...

I'm going to have to record everything with the Rode NT2

MikeM

AYE!!! Good thing I am a little bit scott. Will try get something for this one. Oh crap no electric guitar up here ?

Riaan

Ha! I'm thinking some of the older Queen stuff, or Blackmore's Night. Hurdy-gurdy and banjo's, with a Ritchie Blackmore type lead. Won't be easy to pull that off!

AlanRatcliffe

MikeM wrote: AYE!!! Good thing I am a little bit scott.

Well, I'm scot-free, but I'll give it a bash with my 1/8th Irish.

Heath

I am going try this with my irish blood and a can of gunisness..... Now whered i put that flute and violin

Rudolf

Excellent! Seems everyone's on top of this one. ? I do hope I can find a way to getting around to recording something. Meetings, setup clinics and a work trip to Durban's on my agenda this week. Grrrr.

evolucian

ok... me in this one... should be cool... just gotta get round to playing

Garth-S

Take a listen to Phil Keagey to get some ideas.

evolucian

Bloody hell.... almost blew my eardrums on the mixing... freakin hell. Luckily the mp3 doesn't portray the volume of that.