Find dates & links on Dropkick Murphys are known to many as one of the best Celtic rock and Celtic punk bands around. PLUS we're doing our FIRST EVER ACOUSTIC THEATER TOUR to bring these new songs – plus all your DKM faves – straight to you in your hometown. The common thread that I see through everything was this love for people and this understanding of the universal truth that there is no one person fundamentally better than another person.” DKM is capable of delivering them all.”ĭKM’s James Lynch said, “Nora gave us the privilege of going through the archives and selecting some lyrics to use. Ken Casey is a master at understanding Woody’s lyrics, which can be complicated, long, deadly serious, or totally ridiculous. Nora Guthrie explained, “I collected lyrics on all kinds of topics…lyrics that seemed to be needed to be said – or screamed – today. The end result is This Machine Still Kills Fascists – the true fruition of like-minded rebellious artists collaborating – albeit nearly a century apart. The perfect time to take on the Woody project had presented itself, and the band leapt at the chance to bring more of Woody’s timeless lyrics to life with a Dropkick Murphys musical twist.
When Dropkick Murphys co-lead vocalist Al Barr was sidelined in the latter half of 2021 – taking a leave of absence from the band to care for his ailing mother – the band was apprehensive about making a normal DKM album. The challenge was always finding the right time to pull it together. The idea for the collaboration that became This Machine Still Kills Fascists has been percolating between Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie and the band for more than a decade, with Nora curating a collection of her father’s never-published lyrics for the band over the years. Musically, the intriguing project will bring together the band’s songwriting style paired with some lyrics Guthrie wrote but never used in songs, part of a lengthy history between the band and Guthrie’s daughter, Nora:
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