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  Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest    
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Formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1996, the Dropkick Murphys have slowly built a loyal following of fans who enjoy their mix of punk and Celtic music.
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  Take this Dropkick Murphys Lyrics Quiz   great trivia quiz  
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It's time to sing loud, and sing proud, as we take a trip through the musical world of the Dropkick Murphys. Enjoy!
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  DKM Songs And Albums    
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If you are a big DKM fan this should be easy...if not, good luck.
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Dropkick Murphys Trivia Questions
1. "When there's nowhere left to run" is a line from which song?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: You're a Rebel

"You're a Rebel" features on the Dropkick Murphys 1998 release, "Curse of a Fallen Soul". The chorus is: "When there's nowhere left to run, you're a rebel. No more battles to be won, you're a rebel."

2. Who plays the bagpipes on the album "Do or Die"?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: Joe Delaney

Spicy didn't come along until later.

3. Dropkick Murphys released a number of EPs before releasing their first album, 'Do or Die', in the USA in 1998. On which record label was this released?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Hellcat

The only album to feature lead vocalist Mike McColgan, 'Do or Die' was released in 1998 with lead single 'Barroom Hero' as a video single. The album was a mix of hardcore punk and Oi songs but also included traditional Irish and Irish-American songs such as 'Finnegan's Wake' and 'Cadence to Arms'. McColgan left the band soon after the release of this album to become a Boston firefighter.

4. Which song are the following lyrics from: "By now he saw double through his drunken eyes neither had looks or appropriate size he came to his sense"?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: The Spicy McHaggis Jig

"The Spicy McHaggis Jig" is a record about the band's bagpipe player. McHaggis plays throughout the record, which is a fun jibe about the size of the man.

5. Finish this quote - "Welt the floor..."

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: your trotters shake

A qoute from "Finegans Wake."

6. Al Barr replaced McColgan as lead vocalist for the band's second album 'The Gangs All Here' (1999). For which band had Barr previously sung?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: The Bruisers

Al Barr founded and was also lead vocalist of The Bruisers from their formation in 1988 to his departure in 1998. The Bruisers had only released two albums but had released numerous EPs and singles. Barr was hired by the Dropkick Murphys after the Bruisers had played numerous together with the Murphys.

7. "An' everybody's doing just what they're told to, an' nobody wants to go to jail!" is a verse from which song?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: White Riot

"White Riot" appears as a live track on the band's "Singles Collection" album. The record was, of course, oringally recorded by The Clash. Other live tracks on this record include "Cadence to Arms", "In the Streets of Boston", and "Guns of Brixton".

8. How many sold out shows did DKM have for their "Live on St. Patrick's Day" celebration in 2002?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: Three

This was one hell of a weekend.

9. The band's second album 'The Gangs All Here' (1999) included a traditional song dedicated to which New York based infantry unit?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: The Fighting 69th

The 69th Infantry Unit is a New York Army National Guard Unit known as 'The Fighting 69th' as christened by General Lee during the American Civil War. The Fighting 69th have fought in wars ranging from the American Civil War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unit has also been christened 'The Fighting Irish' as stated in the poem 'When the 69th Comes Home' by Joyce Kilmer.

10. "The Rooters showed up at the grounds one day. They found their seats had all been sold." Which song are these lyrics taken from?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: Tessie

"Tessie" is a song about baseball's Boston Red Sox. As the band hail from Boston, they are, naturally, Red Sox fans. It ends with "Red Sox, you are the only only only."

11. The song "Nutty" is subtitled what?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: Bruin's Theme

As they say when the song starts... "old time hockey."

12. The release of their third album 'Sing Loud, Sing Proud' in 2001 saw numerous line-up changes. Ryan Foltz was added to the line-up primarily to play which instrument?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Mandolin

A producer, an engineer and technician for various bands, Foltz primarily played the mandolin during his three years with the Dropkick Murphys, but also played other instruments such as a dulcimer and tin whistle. Foltz only features on one album before departing the band prior to the release of 'Blackout'. Spicy McHaggis joined the band at the same time to play the bagpipes.

13. On an album of the same name, from which song are these lyrics taken? "Its not a rebel cry of some socialist scheme to push for human rights."

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: Do or Die

"Do or Die" was released in 1998. The song is about life's struggle through a depression of wealth, culminating in the need to 'do or die'.

14. According to the lyrics for 'The Spicy McHaggis Jig', Spicy is always looking for chicks who are what?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Over 400 pounds

According to the lyrics, Spicy is going: 'From city to city, running around Always looking for chicks over four hundred pounds.' Spicy had joined the Murphys during 2001 to play bagpipes as original piper Joe Delaney could not play with the band on a full-time basis due to other commitments.

15. The lyrics "We're the first ones to starve, the first ones to die, the first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky", are taken from which song?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: Worker's Song

The lyrics to "Worker's Song" suggest that while the average person goes to work and toils every day, the rich get richer without having to go through what the worker does to earn his check at the end of the week.

16. Which album is "Skinhead On The MBTA" on?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: Do or Die

It's the last song on the album.

17. The album 'Blackout', released in 2003, featured the Irish folk ballad 'The Fields of Athenry'. According to the lyrics, Michael had been jailed for stealing corn and is awaiting transportation to where?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Botany Bay

According to the lyrics: 'As that prison ship sailed out against the sky Sure she'll wait and hope and pray, for her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely 'round the fields of Athenry.'

18. "I remember it well, still I always knew that she was destined to be my bride. This woman had pride, she was full of life." Which song are these lyrics taken from?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: Upstarts and Broken Hearts

"Upstarts and Broken Hearts" is a song with an Irish feel to it. It charts the story of how people can change, and one person's love for another.

19. What did the skinhead's wife hand him every day about a quarter past two?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: a grenade

20. "They're a band of men brave, stout and bold, from Ireland they came. And they have a leader to the fold, and Cocoran was his name." What song are these lyrics taken from?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th were originally an army of Irish immigrants, who fought as the 165th Infantry during World War I. More recently, they became known as the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry (Mechanized), NY Army National Guard.

21. In 2004, the Murphys recorded and released a song called 'Tessie' which is the anthem for which sporting franchise in the United States?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Boston Red Sox

The song features as a bonus track for their album 'The Warrior's Code', released in 2005, though the song was originally released as a single in 2004 prior to the 2004 MLB season. Most of the band members are Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruin fans. The song opens with the following commentary on the album version: "Swing and a ground ball, stabbed by Foulke. He has it. He underhands to first. And the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions. For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's World Championship. Can you believe it?"

22. "Ridin' down the highway, goin' to a show. Stop in all the by-ways, playin' rock 'n' roll." Which song are these lyrics taken from?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N Roll)

The song is probably best known as originally recorded by AC/DC, but the Dropkick Murphys add a touch of Irish-American class to Bon Scott and Angus and Malcolm Young's lyrics.

23. Which band member will only answer to the name "Reverend"?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: Ken Casey

He actually became a reverend over the internet because one of his fans wanted to marry her boyfriend, but then she dumped him and now Ken is out of work. You can find this out on their St. Patty's Day album.

24. The Murphys 5th studio album, 'The Warrior's Code' was released in 2005. It contains one of the band's signature tunes 'I'm Shipping Up to Boston'. This song was the title tune for which 2006 Academy Award winning film?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: The Departed

'I'm Shipping Up to Boston' was previously recoded and released with 'The Field of Athenry' single but was re-recorded and added to 'The Warrior's Code'. The song also featured heavily in the film 'The Departed', which was set primarily in the Boston area, and also featured on one of the film's two soundtrack releases.

25. "Could he listen no he won't, that's all she wrote. He'll be dead before the daylight shines but the thoughts and prayers of a million strong might keep this fool from dying." Which song are these lyrics taken from?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys Lyrics

Answer: Barroom Hero

"Barroom hero" depicts the tale of a man who is an alcoholic, but everyone likes him that way. It is a reminder that no matter what some people think, alcoholism is a disease in its own right.

26. Which song has two versions in which one of them is Murphy's Pub Version?

From Quiz DKM Songs And Albums

Answer: Boys On The Docks

27. Which song on 'Going Out in Style' begins with the following: 'Now the fog and smoke is lifting from the fallen row on row In 1861 they prayed for God to keep their souls'

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Broken Hymns

'Broken Hymns' is one of many songs from all Murphys albums that have a traditional Irish sound and deal with issues affecting Irish immigration to the United States. 'Broken Hymns' is about a young man called Jimmy, who left home in April 1861 and in 1862: 'Writes his mother back home in Brighton, but he ain't got much to say He's forgotten what his town looks like, the smell of death is all around He dreams of the blue Atlantic to once again be homeward bound'

28. 'When the boss comes callin' they'll put us down When the boss comes callin' gotta stand your ground When the boss comes callin' don't believe their lies' From which song on 'Going Out in Style' are these the opening lines?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Take 'Em Down

The Murphys released 'Take 'Em Down' in February 2011 through their own website in support of Union workers in Wisconsin who were protesting against a budget plan by then Governor Scott Walker. The album 'Going Out in Style' debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

29. Studio album number 8 was released in 2013. What was it called?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: Signed and Sealed in Blood

The band announced through their Facebook page in August 2012 the title of the new album, 'Signed and Sealed in Blood', and first single, 'Rose Tattoo', from which the album name is derived. The album was released worldwide on January 8, 2013.

30. The Murphys continuously tour and were in Europe during Winter 2013 in support of their new album release. On January 18 and 19th they played two shows at which venue in London?

From Quiz Dropkick Murphys - Boston's Finest

Answer: HMV Forum

The Murphys played two shows at the HMV Forum in London. The band visited most of Europe before a return to the USA for their St. Patrick's Day tour which ended in Boston on March 17th, 2013.

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