Bagpipes

[Chase]

Are there any good Rock bands that utilize the pipes and what are their names...I would like to hear some?

Thanks - Chase

[TheKiltedWonder]

Are there any good Rock bands that utilize the pipes and what are their names...I would like to hear some?

I was always a fan of Wolfstone. In high school if friends were taking the p!ss out of me for listening to "old fart music" like the chieftains or the battlefield band, I always used Wolfstone to try and introduce them to a broader musical spectrum.

Needfire was a band fitting that description that played at the Richmond Celtic Fest but my sis was dancing at about the same time, so I couldn't give them a proper listen. They're worth a quick glance; I believe they're online.

[12stones]

Are there any good Rock bands that utilize the pipes and what are their names...I would like to hear some?

Thanks - Chase

Chase, there's the Dropkick Murphys and The Tossers. They use both flute and pipes, though they're not main instruments all the time.


As for the pipes, I love them if they're played well and not overdone. I don't think riffing on a set of bagpipes like you would on a guitar sounds good. But the pipes played well can bring out emotions like no other instrument I know of.

[McJore]

Chase, there's the Dropkick Murphys and The Tossers. They use both flute and pipes, though they're not main instruments all the time.


As for the pipes, I love them if they're played well and not overdone. I don't think riffing on a set of bagpipes like you would on a guitar sounds good. But the pipes played well can bring out emotions like no other instrument I know of.

theres also the kilted generation

[beloitpiper]

Are there any good Rock bands that utilize the pipes and what are their names...I would like to hear some?

Thanks - Chase

Dropkick Murphys and the Tossers are ok, but they both identify as being "irish punk". Listen to The Real McKenzies for Scottish Punk!