BagpiperDon:
I don't recall any Ramones tunes with bagpipes, though there are some punk-looking bagpipers at the Johnny Ramone Birthday Bash Tribute. We're trying to get that gig, one of our members is the brother of Richie Ramone, but Richie has moved on and is not that involved anymore. We try to play tunes that people actually know rather than traditional or modern bagpipe tunes. So Louie Louie, We Will Rock You, Iko Iko, Dancing with Myself, etc fit the bill. I personally would rather do real pipes tunes, of which there are thousands of great ones, but I am amazed at the crowd reaction we get doing the material that we do. We do parades and suddenly people are dancing and singing along with the tunes, so we give the people what they want. We've even done Build Me Up Buttercup and the Final Countdown for
our local 4th of July parade, thankfully only once, and hopefully will have a Guns and Roses tune up by November.
One of the things that has helped us is getting Shepherd Orchestral chanters, pitched in Concert Bb, which makes playing with other instruments, guitars, bass, brass, etc. much easier. Smallpipes or electonic pipes also help, anything to get away from the "normal" GHB pitch will save the bass player from breaking strings and the guitarists complaining about the strain on their hands from tuning up to standard GHB pitch.