Tin Pot Operation
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The Tin Pot Operation or TPO are an indie-punk band originally from Belfast Northern Ireland, where they have a large local following.
They are notorious for the political content of their music with songs about racism, media manipulation, war and so on.
The band have also played support to the likes of The Stranglers, Aslan and Duke Special
They have released a 14 track album entitled Manufacturing Dissent (2005) and a 6-track EP called Here! It's the Tin Pot Operation. They most recently released a download only single "Blackeye" in December 2006.
The band were featured as part of a documentary on the music of Northern Ireland following The Troubles[1]. Also noted as being one of the few non-traditional bands to actively write and perform in the Irish Language. They have appeared live on BBC2 NI's Irish Language Music show "An Stuif Ceart"[2] and reached the final of the Irish Language band competition "Deis Roc" [3] judged by Horslips member Jim Lockhart.
The political content of their music has also seen them listed at The Centre for Political Song at Glasgow Caledonian University [http://www.caledonian.ac.uk/politicalsong/links/artists.html