Blood or Whiskey

Well, if ur in the mood for some ol' timey backwoods Irish folk rock, than this is the album for you. If u want something a little more hardcore, stick to the fail-safes....such as Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys. The Pogues are always a good choice for the in between. As for this album...only listen to it w/ a bottle and some heartache.

To start out, I do not like Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys at all.
I was a bit hessitant to check out Blood Or Whiskey. I am a Pogues, Popes, Dubliners, and the Wolfe Tones to name a few kinda guy. Blood or Whiskey is a strong band. The CD is good, has that Shane Macgowan rough punk like feel to it but with a little more modern sound.
Like other reviews have stated if you like the soft sound of Flogging Molly you should probably look elsewhere. If you like The Pogues ect you will at least enjoy listing to it from time to time.

Without a doubt, Blood or Whiskey is my favorite group of all time. The music is catchy and I find that I can't get it out of my head. The lead singer has a very deep raspy voice, and unlike Dropkick or Flogging Molly, Blood or Whiskey are actually based out of Ireland and have a real Irish flair. Blood or Whiskey tend to steer clear of obnoxious guitar riffs and instead stick to banjo and mandolin solos, and some amazing penny whistle solos. Truely a great Irish band with flare and talent.

If you like real Irish roots music ie. The Pogues, The Dubliners, buy this CD. If you're more into over produced pseudo punk bands like Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphy's, then don't. Blood or Whiskey are very good songwriters who mainly play trad Irish instruments. This is great drinking music, and is perfect for arond St. Paddy's Day and all year long.

ok...well if you wanna waste $11.98 than buy this cd cuz thats all you'll be doing is wasting it. I suggest you go out and buy Drunken Lullabies, Swagger, or Within a Mile of Home by Flogging Molly. Blood or Whiskey may be irish but they need to think up a better career...i was very disapointed, especially after having listened to dropkick murphys and flogging molly and then listenin to them...

I enjoy this cd very much, i've always been a fan of the paddy punk scene. I also listen to a lot of straight up traditional folk music, so anything nearly folk related I usually like. Ever since I first heard Blood Or Whiskey they have always failed to disappoint. IMO their first cd is better but thats probably because that was the first cd I heard from these guys. Cashed Out On Culture features a new singer and a more punked up attitude then their previous releases, which can be a good thing. I've heard plenty of people express their hate for this cd, not on amazon, but others just can't get over that fact that Barney their first singer is gone. Bands mature, grow, and experiment with their sound as the years go on, putting out the same sounding cd every couple years would get boring and too repetitive, so this is a welcomed release. This is another solid release and sign of better things to come as well.

if you like this band also try flogging molly dropkick murphys, filthy thieving bastards, the tosser, the pouges and maybe a bit of the real mckenzies........thos are some good celtic punk bands for ya!!! enjoy and Sla'inte

I first saw these guys in 2001 in Virginia Beach, VA, at a pub in the mall, fer cryin' out loud. As a longtime Dropkick and Flogging Molly fan, I was pleased to see what the lads from Kildare had turned out. Barney was such a cool vocalist, and Dugs (he was a founding member, by the way, not Barney's replacement) was the most ferocious acoustic guitarist I had ever seen. I have spent the last 4 years enjoying their two previous albums, and when "Ca$hed out on Culture" was released, I was blown away! To see how much they have grown as a punk act is amazing. As one reviewer noted, they are now a true punk Irish band. And I admit, I am finally glad to have a recording of "Poxy Pub", a song that I heard at that first show but was not on any of their records at the time. Well done lads, and I hope to see you soon. For all those out there who enjoy the CD, make it a mission to see them in person when you get the chance. You will not be disappointed!

Wow,
Cashed out on culture is a very good album.This irish punk group is too good. If you like Dropkick Murphys , Tossers, pogues Flogging Molly or just punk and ska fan , you must listen this album. This album is more punk and ska than the two others. Blood or whiskey is now a punk rock irish group and not a irish punk group like before but it's okey, it's different a like that. There is also rancid and ska style. The songs are very differents: there is ska,ballad and punk rock. The Musical Instruments give a unic style too the music. They use banjo,bugle,accordian,tin whistles,vibroslap and percussion.

1 No Answers: A Punk rock irish song, good lyric, not bad not excellant
2 Doors of Hope: A ballad irish song, very good song, the voice is very good
3 Stuck Together: Very irish, it rock a little bit, not very good but okay
4 Poxy Pub: Irish but more ska, very good track even if the song look like other ska song in general
5 Requiem For A King: A calm song , no lyric , good , it's for a king and the king it's me!
6 Glory O': Punk rock and ska,not very irish,rancid style,very good song rock a lot probably the best song with doors of hope
7 Jar'd for Life: The banjo is very good, irish, good
8 Impaired Vision: A little bit irish, a punk rock song like rancid style, excellant
9 Ruler Ruler : Blood or whiskey style, ballad,irish,good lyric and perfect!
10 Holy Trinity: Special track, very irish, a ballad, very good
11 Shattered Dreams: Very calm song ,irish a lot, okay
12 The Black Cross of Crumlin: No lyric again, irish a lot , rock a lot, take a beer, listen this track and drink!
13 Deadwood & the Cash Deceiver: OOO excellant song, no very irish, punk rock
14 They Say No!: good end track, good lyric, irish , rock ,good, the end of the track is tooo goooood it's very irish and rock a lot

No it's finish! Blood or whiskey is very special their song are all good some very good but there is no very very very very good song. They are special because more listen their music more you like that. The first time, I listen the album and i was not convinced but now after 25 time i am. You are never to nauseate to hear some Blood or whiskey and it's th first group that I see who do that....................Soooooooooooooooooooooo buyyyyyyyyyy Cashed out on culture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well Finally the third LP by Blood or Whiskey has hit the states again with their best yet!! These guys come straight out of Dublin, Ireland so they know how to Celtic Drinking music with a twist of Punk rock for good measures!! If you love music to listen to while having a pint and hang with your mates this is a must a have!! They have a new lead singer Dugs Mullooly whose picked up the torch from Barney Murray. Which sometimes change up on lead vocal can go bad but, in this case they're just as solid as ever!!! They even have Cait O'Riordan (from the Pogues for those who don't know) guest vocals on a few songs!! Yes, if you're a fan of Pogues you must pick this up and their first two LP's too!! Flogging Molley and Dropkick fans will instantly love this too!!
Ok, for some reason Amazon seems to not to know what a great cd they have so let me give you the nitty grit of info....
14 tracks
1 No Answers
2 Doors of Hope
3 Stuck Together
4 Poxy Pub
5 Requiem For A King
6 Glory O'
7 Jar'd for Life
8 Impaired Vision
9 Ruler Ruler
10 Holy Trinity
11 Shattered Dreams
12 The Black Cross of Crumlin
13 Deadwood & the Cash Deceiver
14 They Say No!

Well there you go!! What more you need to know?!? If you have a pulse and love pub music than pick this up!

I enjoy this cd very much, i've always been a fan of the paddy punk scene. I also listen to a lot of straight up traditional folk music, so anything nearly folk related I usually like. Ever since I first heard Blood Or Whiskey they have always failed to disappoint. IMO their first cd is better but thats probably because that was the first cd I heard from these guys. Cashed Out On Culture features a new singer and a more punked up attitude then their previous releases, which can be a good thing. I've heard plenty of people express their hate for this cd, not on amazon, but others just can't get over that fact that Barney their first singer is gone. Bands mature, grow, and experiment with their sound as the years go on, putting out the same sounding cd every couple years would get boring and too repetitive, so this is a welcomed release. This is another solid release and sign of better things to come as well.

if you like this band also try flogging molly dropkick murphys, filthy thieving bastards, the tosser, the pouges and maybe a bit of the real mckenzies........thos are some good celtic punk bands for ya!!! enjoy and Sla'inte

I first saw these guys in 2001 in Virginia Beach, VA, at a pub in the mall, fer cryin' out loud. As a longtime Dropkick and Flogging Molly fan, I was pleased to see what the lads from Kildare had turned out. Barney was such a cool vocalist, and Dugs (he was a founding member, by the way, not Barney's replacement) was the most ferocious acoustic guitarist I had ever seen. I have spent the last 4 years enjoying their two previous albums, and when "Ca$hed out on Culture" was released, I was blown away! To see how much they have grown as a punk act is amazing. As one reviewer noted, they are now a true punk Irish band. And I admit, I am finally glad to have a recording of "Poxy Pub", a song that I heard at that first show but was not on any of their records at the time. Well done lads, and I hope to see you soon. For all those out there who enjoy the CD, make it a mission to see them in person when you get the chance. You will not be disappointed!

Wow,
Cashed out on culture is a very good album.This irish punk group is too good. If you like Dropkick Murphys , Tossers, pogues Flogging Molly or just punk and ska fan , you must listen this album. This album is more punk and ska than the two others. Blood or whiskey is now a punk rock irish group and not a irish punk group like before but it's okey, it's different a like that. There is also rancid and ska style. The songs are very differents: there is ska,ballad and punk rock. The Musical Instruments give a unic style too the music. They use banjo,bugle,accordian,tin whistles,vibroslap and percussion.

1 No Answers: A Punk rock irish song, good lyric, not bad not excellant
2 Doors of Hope: A ballad irish song, very good song, the voice is very good
3 Stuck Together: Very irish, it rock a little bit, not very good but okay
4 Poxy Pub: Irish but more ska, very good track even if the song look like other ska song in general
5 Requiem For A King: A calm song , no lyric , good , it's for a king and the king it's me!
6 Glory O': Punk rock and ska,not very irish,rancid style,very good song rock a lot probably the best song with doors of hope
7 Jar'd for Life: The banjo is very good, irish, good
8 Impaired Vision: A little bit irish, a punk rock song like rancid style, excellant
9 Ruler Ruler : Blood or whiskey style, ballad,irish,good lyric and perfect!
10 Holy Trinity: Special track, very irish, a ballad, very good
11 Shattered Dreams: Very calm song ,irish a lot, okay
12 The Black Cross of Crumlin: No lyric again, irish a lot , rock a lot, take a beer, listen this track and drink!
13 Deadwood & the Cash Deceiver: OOO excellant song, no very irish, punk rock
14 They Say No!: good end track, good lyric, irish , rock ,good, the end of the track is tooo goooood it's very irish and rock a lot

No it's finish! Blood or whiskey is very special their song are all good some very good but there is no very very very very good song. They are special because more listen their music more you like that. The first time, I listen the album and i was not convinced but now after 25 time i am. You are never to nauseate to hear some Blood or whiskey and it's th first group that I see who do that....................Soooooooooooooooooooooo buyyyyyyyyyy Cashed out on culture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well Finally the third LP by Blood or Whiskey has hit the states again with their best yet!! These guys come straight out of Dublin, Ireland so they know how to Celtic Drinking music with a twist of Punk rock for good measures!! If you love music to listen to while having a pint and hang with your mates this is a must a have!! They have a new lead singer Dugs Mullooly whose picked up the torch from Barney Murray. Which sometimes change up on lead vocal can go bad but, in this case they're just as solid as ever!!! They even have Cait O'Riordan (from the Pogues for those who don't know) guest vocals on a few songs!! Yes, if you're a fan of Pogues you must pick this up and their first two LP's too!! Flogging Molley and Dropkick fans will instantly love this too!!
Ok, for some reason Amazon seems to not to know what a great cd they have so let me give you the nitty grit of info....
14 tracks
1 No Answers
2 Doors of Hope
3 Stuck Together
4 Poxy Pub
5 Requiem For A King
6 Glory O'
7 Jar'd for Life
8 Impaired Vision
9 Ruler Ruler
10 Holy Trinity
11 Shattered Dreams
12 The Black Cross of Crumlin
13 Deadwood & the Cash Deceiver
14 They Say No!

Well there you go!! What more you need to know?!? If you have a pulse and love pub music than pick this up!