A bunch of disparate characters masquerading under unlikely aliases Donal, Bootsy, Christy, DJ, Doc and Rusty - if only the seven dwarfs had been second generation Irish punk folkies.  Among them the famous and not so famous, but all the sort of good time musicians who drink and play hard.  Totally tongue in cheek, this sounds like an addled cross of The Pogues and Jack the Lad, if such a thing were imaginable.   Drummer DJ Mahone - big clue there - has a suitable sandpaper n' Guinness vocal which tackle a bunch of witty originals like Mahones World Tour and Tear it all Down particularly pertinent to Manchester, the Mahones' home stomping ground.  Tackling trad staple The Raggle Taggle Gypsies in an appealing, cockeyed, north west bluster, which typifies their whole approach; bugger authenticity, what's the beer like?  Well worth investigating. " Simon Jones, Folk Roots April 2000"

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Recorded live 'on a Monday night in Manchester', the debauched glory is captured on their raucous workouts featuring accordian, fiddle, bano and guitar all of which collide against a suitable stomping backline and intelligently irreverent lyrics ..."Well it's a too-ra and a loo-ra we forget the bloody words; the one we know are slurred......" Although a decidedly lo-fi production job, the band certainly fire out the tunes with real authority as a mandolin-led 'Kaliope House / Lark in the Morning' shows, and like Mr. MacGowan, they are no slouches in the atmospheric balled department ("Cheese and Beer") DJ (aka Mark Radcliffe, Radio 1 DJ) is actually the vocalist and drummer of these Manchester-based nutters, who should be appreciated for their sense of humour and sheer fun. Enjoy". Sean McGhee - Rock 'n Reel