The Tossers

**Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:35 pm**

Didn't know they were touring again. I'll have to look out for them. Love the Tossers.

**Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:10 am**

in_the_morning wrote:Love this band, the true heritage of the Pogues, love nearly all their stuff, especially the sad songs, but that's just me and applies to the Pogues and Shane as well...the new album is brilliant, my personal favorite is "St. Patrick's Day", but I love all the songs. Fuck Floggin Molly (don't get me wrong, don't want to discredit them as a band, but they can't compare to the Tossers)...by the way, Tony Duggins seems to be a very nice bloke!

My sentiments exactly, all around.

The Tossers tell me they're not allowed in Canada. Anyone know what this is all about??

**Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:10 pm**

Sober wrote:
Lucifrank wrote:Fourth generation streetpunk mixed with tin whistles does not a great band make.

True, but The Tossers are different. They don't use electric instruments and their songs are really great. They're fast, yes, but that is not their main appeal. The ballads may be stunningly beautiful at times and the lyrics are somewhat witty and touching.

I understand that you may not like Dropkick Murphys or Flogging Molly, but give The Tossers a chance, they are more of a folk band than a punk band anyway. And they are definitely not street punk.

I know this is an old post, but it'sas true six years later today, as it was in 2007.

IMO the Tossers are nothing like the other thousand Celtic Punk bands out there who's main draw is speed, and not talent. I think they are closest to what the Pogues did. DKM come in third, but really, though I find them appealing, they're nothing like the Pogues, not that a band has to sound like the Pogues.

I like the Tossers because they seem like they're genuinely trying to carry on the traditional of Irish Music, not just make a buck from it by playing irish music poorly and masking it by speed and distortion and screaming.

I think they're even less punk than the Pogues, which isn't necessarily good or bad.

I used to think the Mahones were the next best thing to the Pogues but today I just think they're horrible. Infact, I was listening to Draggin' The Days yesturday, for the first time, likely in years, and it's not as good as the Tossers.

**Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:17 pm**

theCOOP wrote:
Sober wrote:
Lucifrank wrote:Fourth generation streetpunk mixed with tin whistles does not a great band make.

True, but The Tossers are different. They don't use electric instruments and their songs are really great. They're fast, yes, but that is not their main appeal. The ballads may be stunningly beautiful at times and the lyrics are somewhat witty and touching.

I understand that you may not like Dropkick Murphys or Flogging Molly, but give The Tossers a chance, they are more of a folk band than a punk band anyway. And they are definitely not street punk.

I know this is an old post, but it'sas true six years later today, as it was in 2007.

IMO the Tossers are nothing like the other thousand Celtic Punk bands out there who's main draw is speed, and not talent. I think they are closest to what the Pogues did. DKM come in third, but really, though I find them appealing, they're nothing like the Pogues, not that a band has to sound like the Pogues.

I like the Tossers because they seem like they're genuinely trying to carry on the traditional of Irish Music, not just make a buck from it by playing irish music poorly and masking it by speed and distortion and screaming.

I think they're even less punk than the Pogues, which isn't necessarily good or bad.

I used to think the Mahones were the next best thing to the Pogues but today I just think they're horrible. Infact, I was listening to Draggin' The Days yesturday, for the first time, likely in years, and it's not as good as the Tossers.

About ACCENTS...

You know, I really don't care whether his accent is real or not. I don't think you absolutely need to be from ireland to sing in the accent best suited to the music as long as it's not overdone. Does anyone criticise a fiddle player about playing in a style (say for example, Cabe Breton style) if they're not from Cape Breton?

**Mon May 20, 2013 10:33 am**

The Tossers leave a message Philip on their Facebook site

http://www.facebook.com/TheTossers

**Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:52 pm**

Can't get into Canada with a DUI. Here in Wisconsin, virtually everyone has a DUI. How the hell those people have a tourist industry is beyond me.

Regarding accents: Singing and speaking are two separate things. If you learn how to sing predominately from Irish musicians singing Irish music, chances are you're gonna start picking up an accent. You can fight it, or you can go with it. Either way, I don't see it as insincere.

It's a pity that shit like the Decemberists is popular and the Tossers are on the fringe, but such is the nature of humanity and its seeming inability to distinguish globs of utter shit from bullion.

The Tossers' new album is better than I expected. Lyrics are more coherent and precise than they have been, as is the music to some extent. Not on par with 'In the Valley of the Shadow of Death' (which is something of a classic in the genre), but definitely better than 'One Fine Spring Evening.' Picked it up around the same time I picked up Frank Turner's new album, and must confess I prefer Duggins singing about whiskey and young girls on his knee to Turner whining about how he has too many tattoos and no one loves him and he wants to dance.

**Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:17 am**

I love the Tossers but I had never paid attention to their lyrics. Sometimes, I just realized that the songs are quite... obscure. Or maybe too poetic for me? Like A Night of Earth, it does not make much sense. Like "it could be our last night until 'morn". Isn't it always the case? And the rest of the lyrics is no better. But maybe that's what poetry is like, I don't know. Shane's songs always make sense in their own universe. That's why I like them so much.

**Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:39 am**

Sober wrote:I love the Tossers but I had never paid attention to their lyrics. Sometimes, I just realized that the songs are quite... obscure. Or maybe too poetic for me? Like A Night of Earth, it does not make much sense. Like "it could be our last night until 'morn". Isn't it always the case? And the rest of the lyrics is no better. But maybe that's what poetry is like, I don't know. Shane's songs always make sense in their own universe. That's why I like them so much.

I've always liked the lyrics. Their earlier lyrics are good, but like you said, kinda are a bit obscure. I think Tony Duggins has become a much better songwriter since 2000. Listen to the newest album.

**Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:15 pm**

Why have they got such a shite name? Tossers on a t shirt? No thanks. Who do you listen to? Tossers. Na...

Just their name puts me off. Never listened to them.

**Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:14 pm**

Fr. McGreer wrote:Why have they got such a shite name? Tossers on a t shirt? No thanks. Who do you listen to? Tossers. Na...

Just their name puts me off. Never listened to them.

Met some of them in Chicago at a Pogues show, they were nice. Checked out some of their tunes and they were good. Give them a listen.

**Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:18 pm**

My second favorite live band. They were here Friday, I danced and danced. You are missing out, Father.

**Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:42 pm**

Fr. McGreer wrote:Why have they got such a shite name? Tossers on a t shirt? No thanks. Who do you listen to? Tossers. Na...

Just their name puts me off. Never listened to them.

In my opinion, you won't find a closer band to the Pogues. At the same time though they are doing their own thing. They are great musicians and Tony is a great song writer. I have all of their albums and saw them live in March.

Try these ones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7rrLXlIo8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP6gmbkUqFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gErUKo2E-jo

Just some of my favorites.

**Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:26 pm**

Will wrote:It's a pity that shit like the Decemberists is popular and the Tossers are on the fringe, but such is the nature of humanity and its seeming inability to distinguish globs of utter shit from bullion.

I dissagree about the Decemberists. I think they're awesome. I don't know where they're "popular", it certainly isn't here because nobody I mention them to know anything about them. They had what, 4 or 5 or 6 albums before I bought "The King Is Dead" at Starbucks, without having even heard of them. Colin Meloy is quite a (children's) auther too with his Wildwood Chronicles.

I'm making tentative plans now to see The Tossers in Cambridge MA, March 4 2014.

**Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:32 pm**

CAN'T WAIT to see them in NJ again! if anyone is nearby you would be insane to miss this!!!

**Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:01 pm**

I think I'll be going to the Chicago show, but I sure wish it was the Pogues instead!

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