Tim Brennan

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Tim Brennan
Origin	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Genres	Celtic punk, hard rock, rock and roll, punk rock
Instruments	Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, accordion, tin whistle, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, piano
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Born & Bred, Hellcat
Associated acts	Dropkick Murphys, Gimme Danger, Double Nines, West Beverly, GlueSeaSpiders

Tim Brennan is the lead guitarist, vocalist and one of the primary songwriters of the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys.^[1] Brennan played drums for numerous punk, hardcore and rock bands in CT before moving to Worcester, MA in 2000 to attend Assumption College. In 2003, Brennan was asked to join the band on tour to sell merchandise.^[1] While on tour they had him play accordion on a few songs and he was eventually asked to join the band full time as the accordion/mandolin/tin whistle/banjo player.^[1] ^[2] Brennan also played in the band Gimme Danger along with Marc Orrell, James Lynch, and Ben Karnavas.^[3] When Orrell left the Dropkick Murphys, Brennan became the band's lead guitarist, but also continued to play the accordion. Tim continues to play the tin whistle on all Dropkick Murphys recordings despite having switched to lead guitar. Brennan also played drums in the band Double Nines with Dropkick Murphys' tech Kevin Rheault.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "EXCLUSIVE: MoTM Talks to Tim Brennan of the Dropkick Murphys". Mutiny on the Microphone. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Krisher, Dan. "Tim Brennan of Dropkick Murphys: Cranking the V-Accordion Up to 11". Roland Users Group. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
↑ "Gimme Danger". Last.fm. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

External links

Tim Brennan on Twitter

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Studio albums	Do or Die The Gang's All Here Sing Loud, Sing Proud! Blackout The Warrior's Code The Meanest of Times Going Out in Style Signed and Sealed in Blood

EPs	Boys on the Docks Tessie Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity EP

Compilation albums	The Early Years The Singles Collection, Volume 1 Singles Collection, Volume 2

Live albums	Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA

Singles	"Curse of a Fallen Soul" "10 Years of Service" "Good Rats" "The Spicy McHaggis Jig" "The Wild Rover" "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" "Walk Away" "Time to Go" "Fields of Athenry" "Tessie" "Sunshine Highway" "The Warrior's Code" "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" "The State of Massachusetts" "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya" "The Chosen Few" "Going Out in Style" "Memorial Day" "Sunday Hardcore Matinee" "Rose Tattoo" "The Season's Upon Us" "The Boys Are Back" "Rose Tattoo (w/ Bruce Springsteen) "Out of Our Heads"

Split releases	Dropkick Murphys/Ducky Boys Split 7 inch The Bruisers/Dropkick Murphys Split 7 inch Anti-Heros vs Dropkick Murphys German Lager vs. Irish Stout Mob Mentality Unity Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys Fat City Presents...One For the Ages!

Related articles	Discography The Outlets The Bruisers The Ducky Boys Everybody Out! Street Dogs

Book:Dropkick Murphys

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