Dropkick Murphys

11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory is the ninth studio album by American band Dropkick Murphys and was released on January 6, 2017, on the band's Born & Bred Records label. It is the band's first studio album in four years since 2013's Signed and Sealed in Blood.

One of the most refreshing things about Finnish metallers Children of Bodom is that they never cease to provoke their fans by doing exactly what they want to do when they want to do it. They take great pleasure in thwarting expectations at every turn. Ironically, this makes their (many) hardcore fans even more devoted. Holiday at Lake Bodom: 15 Years of Wasted Youth, a CD/DVD compilation that ranges from their debut offering in 1997 straight on through to 2011, contains 20 tracks from virtually every period in their existence. It's sure to piss off almost everyone for what's been excluded, though no one can argue that what's here is essential, with the possible exception of the previously unissued cover version of Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl"…

2018 four CD set in clam shell box featuring all the releases by Cock Sparrer between 1977-87. Disc One is the ultra-rare self-titled debut LP - previously only released in Spain - containing the singles 'Runnin' Riot' and 'We Love You' and now comes with five bonus cuts that effectively round up all of the band's earliest known recordings. Shock Troops - one of the greatest punk rock albums of all time - is to be found on Disc Two. Remastered from the original tapes it now comes with the addition of the seminal 'England Belongs To Me' single. Bands such as Agnostic Front and Dropkick Murphys have covered songs from this album. It's a masterpiece! The third disc contains the Running Riot In 84 album which featured the Oi! Compilation album classic 'The Sun Says'. Disc Four is the band's first ever official In Concert recording, 1987's Live And Loud. Again, it's re-mastered from the original tapes. Current Sparrer guitarist Daryl Smith has overseen the whole project with full input from the band. The booklet features sleeve notes and pictures of all the relevant singles, many now ultra- rare and expensive punk collectors' items.

The Dubliners were instrumental in popularising Irish folk music in Europe, though they did not quite surpass the popularity of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the United States.