Alternative Ulster

Alternative Ulster are a Celtic Punk band from Ulster County, New York and Rebellion is their first album. I would describe the sound of Rebellion as snot, spit and safety-pins Punk Rock of the 1982 variety being held ransom by a manic, whiskey swigging highland piper. The whole album is a ton of energy and enjoyment. 16 tracks in all with 10 originals based on Tip O’Neill’s political mantra that all politics good music is local (“Riot in the Rondout” tells about the Kingston, NY waterfront area notorious for street brawls. “Ten Guns for Kingston” is about their home town and “The British are Burning Kingston” recalls October 17 of 1777 when the British put Kingston to the torch. “Bannerman Island Ghost Wench” tells the story of a haunted island in the Hudson River) and six covers; Sham 69‘s “If The Kids Were United”, The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”, The Sex Pistols “Seventeen” (though I would like to hear’em do Winger’s “Seventeen”) and an amazing cover Black Sabbath’s “Supernaut”.

Rebellion! (2016)

01 - Riot In The Rondout

02 - Irish Wake

03 - Ten Guns For Kingston

04 - Jenny Metals

05 - Seventeen

06 - Bannerman Island Ghost Wench

07 - Mary McCarthy

08 - Ulster County Jailbreak

09 - Highland Cathedral

10 - Mary Magdalene And The Holy Grail

11 - Blitzkrieg Bop

12 - The British Are Burning Kingston

13 - The Gael

14 - If The Kids Are United

15 - Ghost Piper

16 - Supernaut

Pog Mo Thoin (2018)

01 - Pog Mo Thoin

02 - Drunk As Fuck

03 - This We Will Defend

04 - Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore

05 - Krampus

06 - Ghetto Piper

07 - Irish Wake

08 - Free Beer Tomorrow

09 - Haggis

10 - Self-Appointed Kilt Inspector

11 - Stairway To Reason

12 - Ladies From Hell

13 - Sgt. MacKenzie

Merry Feckin' Christmas! (2018)

01 - All I Want For Christmas Is A Divorce (Duet)

02 - Krampus

03 - Fairytale Of New York

04 - Ode To Joy

05 - Christmas In New York

06 - Mull Of Kintyre

07 - Twelve Days Of Christmas

08 - The Gael

09 - Kilted Christmas

10 - All I Want For Christmas

11 - Auld Lang Syne

12 - The Parting Glass

Boobies, Banjos, Bagpipes & Beer (2018)

01 - No Queen, No Crown

02 - Boobies, Banjos, Bagpipes & Beer

03 - The Sheep Preten

04 - Alternative Ulster (Punk)

05 - Sail Home British Soldiers

06 - Bonnie Little Scott

07 - Dudelsack

08 - Spilt Upon Me Kilt

09 - Chuck It In The Fuck-It Bucket

10 - Counting Other's Sins

11 - McGovern's Bar And Grill

12 - Alternative Ulster (Trad)

13 - Crawl Back In Your Shithole

Craic Agus Ceol (2019)

01 - It Took A Lot Of Love (To Hate You The Way I Do)

02 - Justice For The Craigavon 2

03 - Port Of New York

04 - Battle Lines

05 - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

06 - Drunken English Punk

07 - Swine Before Pearls

08 - Punch A Nazi

09 - Danny Boy

10 - If It Ain't Scottish It's Crap

11 - Drinking Tonight

12 - Shipping Up To Boston

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