Middle Class Bastards

Middle Class Bastards are for certain one of the most original bands in the Celtic-Punk scene at the moment and it will also not suprise me one bit that you’ll have never heard of them either. Tucked away in northern Russian in a city, Arkhangelsk, that streteches for over 25 miles along the northern Dvina river in an area that is most famous for its story telling and its folklore. The internet claims thats its a ‘dead art’ but we’ve heard that too many times to start believing it. Maybe this old art form is actually as dead as the thriving celtic languages of Cornish or Manx! Middle Class Bastards were formed way back in 2006 by a group of mates who wanted to start playing good old fashioned Punk Rock. Many have passed through the band for them to end up where they are now. For most of the current line up the band was their first band but since then some of them have also side-projects mostly punk but Alexander and Dmitry play in a Russian traditional Folk-Punk band  and MacGregor the bands piper also plays in a medieval Metal Folk band. So the band are doing their bit you could say to not only spread the Celtic but also to keep alive their local traditions. Most Celtic-Punk bands sound like any combination of The Clash, The Dubliners and The Pogues but these guys take after a much better era of Punk and play what use to be called UK82 style Punk Rock, most famously played by Scots Rockers The Exploited. The music started as a working class subculture right across the estates of Britain. Punk before this was the preserve of the public schoolboy and its pretensions were obvious to all. UK82 shook the music scene. Middle Class Bastards take UK82 and the anger and angression and infuse it with the spirit of the Celtic nations. MacGregor the piper is proud to be actually descended from a Scottish regiment’s warrior who arrived in Arkhangelsk in the years of the Russian Civil War 1918-1920. I guess that makes them a Celtic Punk band dont you think?

Russian By Nature, Celtic By Heart (2013)

01 - Russian By Nature, Scottish By Heart
02 - Cheap Whisky, Folk And Raw Punk Rock
03 - Drink With Irish, Sleep With Fish
04 - Modern Day Robin Hoods Anthem
05 - Reliable Citizens
06 - I Don't Wanna Be Like You
07 - Untitled (Instrumental)
08 - Smuggler's Song
09 - Believe In Nothing
10 - Over The Hills And Far Away
11 - Tanks In The City
12 - Night Of The Dead Drunk

Rebel To The Core EP (2014)

01 - Putin In The Charts Again
02 - Rebel To The Core
03 - Cop Land
04 - Politicunts (Deserve The Boot!)
05 - Boston Hospitality

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