Boys & Bhoys From the County Hell

**Mon May 22, 2006 8:17 am**

F yis all... wrote:Yeah saw them in armagh on paddys day. mental gig place went ballistic!! absolutely spot on as a tribute. Dunno how long they on the go but I see they've a few gigs lined up on their site...

where abouts did they play?

**Sat May 27, 2006 7:50 am**

satanicsurferz wrote:They are really weak... they even make mistakes in the lyrics... and the singer has really a poor voice.

We have one Pogues cover band in Québec, Canada called the "Lazy Drunken Bastards" and they are way better!

Haha, I play in that band!

**Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:17 pm**

BFCH played Gildernews (Northern Bar) last paddys nite. Lined up again for Aug26 methinks! Not to be missed!!...

**Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:09 pm**

This is a reply to paddy rolling stone!! If you want to hear a good pogues tribute band in Ireland youre after the wrong tribute. Bhoys from the County Hell are as authentic as they come and im afraid The Rogues dont have a patch on them! First of all the "Shane mac Gowan" of the band with a Dundalk accent palpable in his singing leaves a lot to be desired. Second of all it seems from a recent press release its all about the boozing and whatever else with The Rogues! If you want to hear a passionate, proper and pure legendary pogues tribute band the Bhoys from the County Hell are your band.

**Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:56 pm**

I hope they're playing over Christmas, I'd love to hear them.

**Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:22 am**

Pokerface wrote:This is a reply to paddy rolling stone!! If you want to hear a good pogues tribute band in Ireland youre after the wrong tribute. Bhoys from the County Hell are as authentic as they come and im afraid The Rogues dont have a patch on them! First of all the "Shane mac Gowan" of the band with a Dundalk accent palpable in his singing leaves a lot to be desired. Second of all it seems from a recent press release its all about the boozing and whatever else with The Rogues! If you want to hear a passionate, proper and pure legendary pogues tribute band the Bhoys from the County Hell are your band.

I have since seen The Bhoys From The County Hell, 2 or 3 times in Drogheda. Top band alright, great sound. I'm not too fond of McHughs as a venue though. Is it just me, or is the sound shite? :shock:

I wouldn't knock the Rogues, put on a decent show everytime I seen them.

**Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:52 pm**

Well each to their own and all that!! haha!! Still think BFCH top The Rogues without a doubt!! Savage singers n players!! Sound in mc hughs not great, nice venue tho!! Kinda miss de ould fire tho!!

**Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:04 pm**

Michaelo wrote:I think they're ok. I prefer this to bands like DKM and Flogging Molly- if you're gonna try and copy the Pogues then you may as well try and make it as faithful to the original as you can.

Niave argument.

Thats exactly the same weak argument that Noel Hill and other traditional purists said when the Pogues started to tear lumps out of Traditional and Dubliners songs.

With Irish Traditional music, there are no rules anymore. This is mostly down to the Pogues. Its about taking the original and making of it what you want.

**Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:11 pm**

Guest wrote:
Michaelo wrote:I think they're ok. I prefer this to bands like DKM and Flogging Molly- if you're gonna try and copy the Pogues then you may as well try and make it as faithful to the original as you can.

Niave argument.

Thats exactly the same weak argument that Noel Hill and other traditional purists said when the Pogues started to tear lumps out of Traditional and Dubliners songs.

With Irish Traditional music, there are no rules anymore. This is mostly down to the Pogues. Its about taking the original and making of it what you want.

Oh, there ARE still rules, trust me. Nothing good can come of RIVERDANCE, for example. Or the Cranberries.

**Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:52 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
Guest wrote:
Michaelo wrote:I think they're ok. I prefer this to bands like DKM and Flogging Molly- if you're gonna try and copy the Pogues then you may as well try and make it as faithful to the original as you can.

Niave argument.

Thats exactly the same weak argument that Noel Hill and other traditional purists said when the Pogues started to tear lumps out of Traditional and Dubliners songs.

With Irish Traditional music, there are no rules anymore. This is mostly down to the Pogues. Its about taking the original and making of it what you want.

Oh, there ARE still rules, trust me. Nothing good can come of RIVERDANCE, for example. Or the Cranberries.

hey, zombie was a decent song