DKM- Question

CR83 - 4-3-2006 at 11:51 AM

OK, I saw DKM as they came thorugh St. Louis a few weeks ago and have been listening to them steadily. It's a nice change. OK, Al Barr (Brusiers fame I believe), was he in the original line up of DKM? Then it seems that a new singer came in for a bit and now Al is back? Also, my cousin from Boston was telling me this info over the weekend as well.

Can anyone exlpain this all to me?

Thanks everyone!

Gooch - 4-3-2006 at 12:00 PM

Al wasn't the OG singer. I can't think of the first singers name is(Mike something), but he sang on everything up to "Do Or Die". Al came in on "The Gangs All Here" and has been the singer since.

CR83 - 4-3-2006 at 12:13 PM

Ah Ha! Thank you very much. The first Gentleman seems to have a pretty unique accent. I wonder why the line up change? hhhhmmmmmm...

XHonusWagnerX - 4-3-2006 at 12:21 PM

The original singer is now the singer of The Street Dogs.

CR83 - 4-3-2006 at 12:39 PM

Thanks Honus!

brooklyn - 4-3-2006 at 02:39 PM

yeah, Al Barr came after Mike McColgan who now sings for Street Dogs and Al came from The Bruisers.

CR83 - 4-3-2006 at 04:15 PM

I just saw this interview. Reading it now.

http://www.ink19.com/issues/november2003/interviews/mikeMcco...

DeathByForce - 4-3-2006 at 05:51 PM

Interesting tidbit.. the only original member is Ken.

The original drummer was actually Bill Close from the Freeze.

tireironsaint - 4-3-2006 at 06:36 PM

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Originally posted by DeathByForce
Interesting tidbit.. the only original member is Ken.

The original drummer was actually Bill Close from the Freeze.

Hmm, I knew Ken was the only original member, but I thought Jeff Erna was the original drummer. I know he was credited as the drummer on the split with the Ducky Boys, which I believe is the first release. Was Bill Close in the band before they recorded anything or something?

On a side note, what's the deal with Jeff Erna? He started off with The Murphys, disappeared when they got big, started Street Dogs with Mike McColgan and dropped out of that when they started blowing up. Now I hear he has a new band. Does he have some issue with touring or what? Anybody know?

DeathByForce - 4-3-2006 at 06:43 PM

Jeff came after Close. And yeah, Close was out before they officially recorded anything.

Jeff has problems with touring because he has a full time job and a family to support. So he can't afford to take the time off of work. He's currently in The Good Fight with Mike McColgan's brother though.

joemaconmovies - 4-4-2006 at 12:24 AM

The Good Fight are a good band. Mike's bro sings a lot like Mike and I've been told that it's like seeing a mini-Mike on stage. I haven't seen them yet. I wish The Welch Boys cd release party wasn't canceled so I could have seen them.

brooklyn - 4-4-2006 at 01:53 AM

any site for The Good Fight? I'm very interested in checking them out

DeathByForce - 4-4-2006 at 02:24 AM

http://www.good-fight.com/

CR83 - 4-4-2006 at 09:43 AM

Thanks for all the info Boys. Have a great one!

joemaconmovies - 4-4-2006 at 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by joemaconmovies
The Good Fight are a good band. Mike's bro sings a lot like Mike and I've been told that it's like seeing a mini-Mike on stage. I haven't seen them yet. I wish The Welch Boys cd release party wasn't canceled so I could have seen them.

I should add I meant the orignal reccord release party, not the one this Saturday.

brooklyn - 4-4-2006 at 03:00 PM

just heard the Good Fight and its good stuff

DeathByForce - 4-4-2006 at 03:22 PM

Yeah, the songs on the myspace sound awesome.

I really like 6 to 8!