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'''Ballydowse''' was a Celtic punk rock band from [[Chicago, Illinois]] with a rare mix of anarchist and religious ideas infused into their music. Many of the group's members were from the [[Jesus People USA]] commune.<ref>[http://centerstage.net/music/whoswho/Ballydowse.html Biography] at Centerstage.net. Accessed October 25, 2007.</ref><ref name=map>interview with Andrew Mandell group founder</ref> In addition to the group's [[Mekons]]/[[Pogues]]-style [[Celtic punk]] influences, the group also draws from [[world music]]s such as [[klezmer]] and [[Tibetan throat singing]].<ref>[http://www.tollbooth.org/features/ballyd.html Interview], ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', August 1999. Accessed October 25, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3849/is_200003/ai_n8894053 Album Review], ''Sojourners'', Mar/Apr 2000. Accessed October 25, 2007.</ref> Ballydowse released two albums both engineered by [[Steve Albini]]. The debut was entitled ''The Land, the Bread, and the People'' and was a home place for many who found common cause with certain elements of Christianity while rejecting the American right wing bias so prominent in the church at the time. Their second album Fertile Crescent continued this trajectory with a growing Eastern European flavor. The group's political activism over the [[economic sanctions]] on Iraq in the 2000s, prison reform, death penalty and the short-comings of capitalism was unique among Christian bands of the time.<ref name=map/> The group disbanded in 2003. |
'''Ballydowse''' was a Celtic punk rock band from [[Chicago, Illinois]] with a rare mix of anarchist and religious ideas infused into their music. Many of the group's members were from the [[Jesus People USA]] commune.<ref>[http://centerstage.net/music/whoswho/Ballydowse.html Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410055056/http://centerstage.net/music/whoswho/Ballydowse.html |date=2007-04-10 }} at Centerstage.net. Accessed October 25, 2007.</ref><ref name=map>interview with Andrew Mandell group founder</ref> In addition to the group's [[Mekons]]/[[Pogues]]-style [[Celtic punk]] influences, the group also draws from [[world music]]s such as [[klezmer]] and [[Tibetan throat singing]].<ref>[http://www.tollbooth.org/features/ballyd.html Interview], ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', August 1999. Accessed October 25, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3849/is_200003/ai_n8894053 Album Review], ''Sojourners'', Mar/Apr 2000. Accessed October 25, 2007.</ref> Ballydowse released two albums both engineered by [[Steve Albini]]. The debut was entitled ''The Land, the Bread, and the People'' and was a home place for many who found common cause with certain elements of Christianity while rejecting the American right wing bias so prominent in the church at the time. Their second album Fertile Crescent continued this trajectory with a growing Eastern European flavor. The group's political activism over the [[economic sanctions]] on Iraq in the 2000s, prison reform, death penalty and the short-comings of capitalism was unique among Christian bands of the time.<ref name=map/> The group disbanded in 2003. |
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
| Genres | Christian Christian punk Celtic rock |
| Years active | year - 2003 |
Ballydowse was a Celtic punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois with a rare mix of anarchist and religious ideas infused into their music. Many of the group's members were from the Jesus People USA commune.[1][2] In addition to the group's Mekons/Pogues-style Celtic punk influences, the group also draws from world musics such as klezmer and Tibetan throat singing.[3][4] Ballydowse released two albums both engineered by Steve Albini. The debut was entitled The Land, the Bread, and the People and was a home place for many who found common cause with certain elements of Christianity while rejecting the American right wing bias so prominent in the church at the time. Their second album Fertile Crescent continued this trajectory with a growing Eastern European flavor. The group's political activism over the economic sanctions on Iraq in the 2000s, prison reform, death penalty and the short-comings of capitalism was unique among Christian bands of the time.[2] The group disbanded in 2003.
Discography
- The Land, the Bread, and the People (Grrr Records, 1998)
- Out of the Fertile Crescent (Diamante Music Group, 2000)
Members
- Andrew Mandell - vocals
- Robin Mandell - vocals
- Nate Gustafson Peters - vocals, guitar, mandolin
- Craig Holland - guitar
- Brian Grover - bass, didgeridoo, whirligig, bodhran, bullroarer
- Dan Kool - vocals, moohran, bodhran, concertina
- Chris White - drums
- Dave Baumgartner - violin
- Darren Davick - guitar, octave mandolin
- Levi Nerad - drums
- Don Anderson - drums on Out of the Fertile Crescent
External links
(domain has been sold)
References
- ^ Biography Archived 2007-04-10 at the Wayback Machine at Centerstage.net. Accessed October 25, 2007.
- ^ a b interview with Andrew Mandell group founder
- ^ Interview, The Phantom Tollbooth, August 1999. Accessed October 25, 2007.
- ^ Album Review, Sojourners, Mar/Apr 2000. Accessed October 25, 2007.
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