Biography
If The Pubcrawlers aren't the perfect soundtrack to a rowdy, drunken night out (and the morning to follow) then nothing is. Whether you're listening to them on a CD or, even better, live (as long as you don't mind going home wearing more beer than you've consumed), their unique, high-energy, "throw-your-fist-in-the-air-and-sing-along" mix of traditional Celtic drinking tunes and melodic punk rock will have you throwing down on the dancefloor whether you mean to or not! With songs of friendship & fighting, love & loss, damnation & redemption - and a few pratfalls along the way - The Pubs guarantee a rollicking, rowdy good time.
Starting over seven years ago with the meeting of three complete strangers in a Dover, New Hampshire pub, The Pubcrawlers quickly grew to a seven-member crew of friends and family on the shared dream of free beer and just maybe making a record one day. None of the members actually expected to accomplish any of those things but, against all odds, word began to spread and, on the strength of their uncompromising DIY ethics and an early demo that they now pretend doesn't exist, The Pubcrawlers soon started seeing their name popping up in blogs and message boards all across the Internet. Five years later, the band, with somewhat confused looks on their faces, realized that they were up to a humorously large 10 members and had managed to carve out a solid niche for themselves in the folk/punk world, helping to carry on the tradition coined many years ago by the legendary Pogues. Those five years have seen the band play countless shows across the Northeastern United States, receive heavy radio play throughout the US, Europe and Japan, win several musical awards, record two best-selling full-length albums, become a favorite staple of several podcasts around the world, appear on several internationally-distributed compilations, travel to the UK where they shared the stage with a veritable "who's who" of legendary punk acts and current favorites at the world-famous Wasted/Holidays In The Sun festival and, most recently, establish a yearly headlining appearance at the annual ShamRockFest in Washington DC where, along with the likes of Flogging Molly, The Street Dogs, Great Big Sea and many more, they regularly perform for an audience of more than 50,000 people.
The Pubcrawlers' mere presence on stage - if they can all fit - is a sight to see, with everything from guitars, bass and drums to accordions, tin whistles, banjos, mandolins, fiddles and bagpipes on display.
Instrumentation
AJ: bass
Andy: drums
Brian: vocals
Dana: guitars, mandolin
Emily: fiddle
The Rabbi: accordion
Seth: banjo, mandolin
Travis: bagpipes, tin whistle, vocals
Discography
Falling Through The Floor (demo, 2003)
From The Barn To The Bar (demo, 2004)
Another Night On The Floor (2005)
Shite 'n Onions, vol 2: What The Shite (comp 2006)
Backstreets of American Oi! and Streetpunk vol. 2 (comp 2006)
Paddy Rock vol. 3 (comp 2007)
One Too Many Again (2008)
Links
| http://www.the-pubcrawlers.com |
| The Pubcrawlers' MySpace profile |