Your way in
Celtic punk 1985
Tin whistle, mandolin and accordion over distorted guitar. Irish pub songs turned up to eleven.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 7
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- London / Boston
- Tempo
- 140-190 bpm
- Song length
- 2.5-4 min
- Written about
- Emigration, Drinking, Working-class life, Irish and Scottish history
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | Celtic punk | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shouting, but I can still hear the words When someone is singing, what should come out? | shouted | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 7 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1985 | 40% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Emigration, Drinking, Working-class life, Irish and Scottish history | 50% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 82% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 10. Celtic punk leads the next by 2 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Ramones, Ramones 1976
Ramones - Ramones. Fourteen songs in twenty-nine minutes, not a wasted note.
- 2The one to put on first
The Pogues, Rum Sodomy & the Lash 1985
The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash. Produced by Elvis Costello, and it shows.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Punk rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Celtic punk's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Pirate metal 78%
Power metal with accordion and lyrics about rum. A small genre, entirely shameless and very effective live.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Celtic punk.
The way into Pirate metal -
Groove metal 77%
Thrash slowed to a groove that hits you in the chest: syncopated riffs, mid-tempo drums, barked vocals.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Celtic punk.
The way into Groove metal
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Anger at something real put 108 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Black metal, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 10.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.