- Apr 16, 2012
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Not familiar with Kneecap. Yeah my dads family is from off the Fall’s Road. There’s actually a Hamill St there. One of my buddies is in Sinn Fein. He gave us a tour of the area when I was there. He lives in Dublin and his vehicle tags show he’s not from the North so we did catch some threats up around that area.Speaking of Belfast--the group Kneecap (two from the Falls Road and the other from Derry) who rap in a mix of Irish and English....more often than not it seems more Irish than English (and I don't speak Irish) and they're very good and the bits in English sometimes hilarious and often political. They've had a running battle with DUP politicians ever since they started. They kind of see themselves as Irish language ambassadors.
I've seen SLF twice and Jake Burns on his own doing an acoustic set once.....that was at a Dropkicks/Flogging Molly concert.
There were so many. I have an idea you have a more extensive record collection and knowledge on the subject than I do. Well I got that almost right off.
I also did some day drinking in Belfast with Jim Reilly, the original drummer from SLF who was also in the US band Red Rockers. His brother was shot in the back and killed by a British soldier. I got a LOT of history lessons in a short period of time that visit.