Dropkick Murphys é uma banda de celtic punk formada em Quincy, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Primeiramente tocavam juntos no porão de um barbearia de um amigo, eles misturaram Oi!, música irlandesa, e hardcore. Suas influências incluem bandas como Stiff Little Fingers, The Pogues, The Clash e Swinging Utters. O nome da banda foi tirado de um centro de reabilitação de drogados.
Origem do Nome
Existem diferentes versões sobre a origem do nome da banda.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Verse 1: F#A It's Friday night, and the street's filled with freaks, BF# Come watch as the useless flock to the beat F#A Of the techno noise that enhances their high, BF# A bomb's gonna blow, and I think you know why!
Chorus: F#E Everybody's running out, bodies hit the ground, F#CBA You'd better take cover, it's a Pipebomb on Lansdowne F#E Everybody's running out, bodies hit the ground, F#CBAF# You'd better take cover, it's a Pipebomb on Lansdowne Street
F#,A,B,F#
Verse 2: F#A There's no room for dancing on your precious floors, BF# Cause you've got to save space for the jocks and whores F#A You say that our shows are for violent thugs, BF# But we're not the ones on designer drugs
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus x1
Intro x1
Verse 3: F#A It's not a bunch of little kids we're out to harm and maim, BF# So make sure the night you hurl the pipe there's no baseball game F#A Look for flyers, check the phoenix, are there any decent shows, BF# If Keith Bennett isn't working then the bomb is good to go...
Pre-Chorus x1
Chorus x1
Outro: CBA Pipebomb on Lansdowne! (x3) F#~ Street!