Neck (band)
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NECK - the six-piece self-proclaimed London-Irish Psycho-Ceilídh Celtic Punk band from the North London neighbourhood of 'County' Holloway (known informally thus due to its Irish population), home to John Lydon and Shane MacGowan. Led by Leeson O'Keeffe, a former member of Shane MacGowan and the Popes and featuring bona fide traditional musicians alongside the Punk Rockers, Neck take their lead, both musically and ideallogically, from two other (iconic) London rebel bands - The Clash and The Pogues. A typical example of this belligerent juxtaposition is their recent Anti-racist single Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley! which charted in the UK Top 100.
Their defiant, uplifting music reflects the life experience of the emigrant and second-generation Irish, and can be heard on the documentary The Emerald Diamond, a documentary on the Irish National Baseball Team; they contributed two songs, the traditional Star of the County Down and the original Every Day's Saint Patrick's Day. They also appeared performing the traditional Carrickfergus and the original The Ferry Fare in the 1999, Belfast-set, film With or Without You. Neck have toured extensively throughout Europe (including Moscow), the USA, UK And Ireland .
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[edit] Discography
- 2006 / 2007 -- Full-length Album: Plastic 'N' Proud (to be released)
- 2006 - CD & Vinyl Single -- Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley!: Proceeds go to Love Music Hate Racism
- 2005 - Full-Length Album: Sod `Em & Begorrah!
- 2004 - Full-Length Album: Here's Mud in Yer Eye!
- 2002 - CD Single: The Fields of Athenry
- 2001 - Full-Length Album: Necked (A Few Odds From the Oul' Sods)
- 2000 - EP: The Psycho-Ceilídh EP
[edit] Band Members
- Leeson O'Keeffe -- Lead vocals / guitar / banjo
- Stephen Gara -- Uilleann pipes / banjo / tin whistle / mandolin / octave mandola / bouzouki /backing vocals
- Marion Gray -- Fiddle / backing vocals
- Guido McCiste -- Bass / backing vocals
- Marky Mark Garfield -- Drums / backing vocals
- Sara-Lou Bowrey -- Tin whistle / guitar / mandolin / backing vocals
