Paddy and the Rats

Paddy And The Rats
Paddy and the Rats - Live concert in 2012
Background information
Origin	Miskolc, Hungary
Genres	Celtic Punk, folk punk, punk rock
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Napalm Records
Members	Paddy O'Reilly (Kristóf Oravecz) Sam McKenzie (Sándor Szabó) Joey MacOnkay (Géza Maczonkai) Vince Murphy (Péter Takács) Seamus Connelly (Balázs Pongrácz) Bernie Bellamy (Bernát Babicsek)
Past members	Sonny Sullivan
Website	www.paddyandtherats.hu

Paddy And The Rats is a celtic punk band from Miskolc, Hungary. The group was founded by Paddy O'Reilly (songwriter, vocals), Vince Murphy (bass) and Joey MacOnkay (electric guitar) in 2008. Seamus Connelly (drums), Sonny Sullivan (accordion) and Sam McKenzie (fiddle, Irish whistles, bagpipes, mandolin) later joined the group. The music is Irish and Celtic folk but they combine punk rock, and some Russian, Romani and polka elements.

In 2010, the band's first album Rats on Board was released. It was a big hit even outside Hungary, even winning second place in the album of the year poll from Celtic-rock portal. In 2010 they were the most downloaded Hungarian band on iTunes.

In 2011, the second album from Paddy and the Rats was released titled, Hymns For Bastards, which was a more upbeat album.

In 2012, their third album, Tales From The Docks was released. In 2012 Sonny Sullivan left the band while Bernie Bellamy took his place.

On September 7, 2015, the fourth album, Lonely Hearts' Boulevard was released. Paddy stated that this album was more experimental and darker than their previous album and wanted a title that showed that. The title was also influenced by Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".

On June 7, 2017, they released the fifth album Riot City Outlaws. They worked with the famous producer, Cameron Webb.

On January 12, 2018, they signed with Napalm Records.

Discography

• Rats on Board (2009)
• Hymns for Bastards (2011)
• Tales from the Docks (2012)
• Lonely Hearts' Boulevard (2015)
• Riot City Outlaws (2017)