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The Redneck Manifesto - Dublin - January 24th 2025

Started by StoutAndAle, December 05, 2024, 08:56:54 AM

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December 05, 2024, 08:56:54 AM
Not metal but I know that there's a few heads on here into them.

TRM have some mighty riffs and are one of the best live bands that this island has produced in the last 30 years.

€20 too - bargain in this day and age. Nice way to beat the January blues.

I got my ticket from Whelan's website rather than Ticketbastard. 


https://www.whelanslive.com/ticket/the-redneck-manifesto/



#1 December 05, 2024, 10:22:52 AM
Must be twenty years since I saw them live, but they were indeed mesmerising. The two albums I have (plus a 7" or two) didn't quite capture the live energy I felt, but they were decent enough. I must root them out for a revisit. I didn't know they were still going.
#2 December 05, 2024, 03:38:32 PM
I caught them at beyond the pale in the summer. They were stunning. So proggy and the band was on fire.
#3 December 05, 2024, 03:49:07 PM
Think I was the opposite, thought the records were great but didn't enjoy the shows. Will head along to this one, great news all the same.
#4 December 05, 2024, 05:43:43 PM
Listened to them a ton as a teenager and caught one of the few gigs they've done since, it was unreal, might have to go to this
#5 December 05, 2024, 07:25:50 PM
Never heard a note. Recommendations?
#6 December 05, 2024, 07:34:41 PM
Fairly sure they were one of the Richter Collective bands, with that scene of math-y bands, so if that's not your thing you'll probably hate them, but this was the one that I remember hearing and getting me hooked


And a live version for good measure!

#7 December 06, 2024, 02:24:16 AM
I don't think that's for me, but thanks.
#8 December 06, 2024, 08:56:56 AM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 05, 2024, 10:22:52 AMMust be twenty years since I saw them live, but they were indeed mesmerising. The two albums I have (plus a 7" or two) didn't quite capture the live energy I felt, but they were decent enough. I must root them out for a revisit. I didn't know they were still going.

I like their records but, you are 100% correct, their live show has never been done justice on any album.

Last time that I saw them was in 2018 (Christ almighty!) on a cold January night in Whelan's. Missed the 20th anniversary show in Vicar St.

Their output/gigs are fairly sporadic these days. Richie has lived in Sweden with his wife and kids for years, doing the Jape thing. Matty has live in Malmo for over a decade as well.

There's only 3 original members left in the band now - Mervyn, the drummer, doesn't play with them any longer. I'm curious to see what they'll be like without him, he was unreal behind the kit. 

Quote from: Carnage on December 05, 2024, 07:25:50 PMNever heard a note. Recommendations?

If I was going to recommend any T.R.M. song to someone I would say it's "We Still Got It" - as close as they came to a "hit" single.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGpYz33Wyw0
#9 December 06, 2024, 09:28:06 AM
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on December 05, 2024, 07:34:41 PMFairly sure they were one of the Richter Collective bands, with that scene of math-y bands, so if that's not your thing you'll probably hate them, but this was the one that I remember hearing and getting me hooked


Yeah, they were part of the Richter Collective. They produced a new track, "Hidden Hands", a few months back that was released via RC's Bandcamp but I think the label is actually defunct for over a decade. I found that whole deal confusing because their records were put out on labels like Trust Me I'm A Thief and Greyslate as well.

I had a flashback reading your post. There were some excellent bands under the RC umbrella T.R.M., Adebisi Shank, Jogging, ASIWYFA, etc.

A band I was in a million years ago supported a few of those bands when they played in Cork - we always felt like the poor cousins from the South - most of those bands had played in AMERICA (!) and came back with cool clothes and records that we never even heard of.

The Redneck Manifesto lads, to a man, we some of the soundest heads I ever dealt with though. 

#10 December 06, 2024, 02:16:48 PM
Adebisi Shank, haven't heard that name in a whlie. Saw them in Galway yonks ago, savage stuff. I have a CD somewhere, I think.
#11 December 06, 2024, 03:15:21 PM
Quote from: Carnage on December 06, 2024, 02:16:48 PMAdebisi Shank, haven't heard that name in a whlie. Saw them in Galway yonks ago, savage stuff. I have a CD somewhere, I think.

They only announced a few weeks ago they are reforming for a few gigs.
#12 December 06, 2024, 07:46:43 PM
I remember seeing that name on gig flyers in the past. I don't think I ever saw or heard them.

Anyone remember Hilton Weir? I saw them opening for Refused in 98 and never saw it hard anything from them again. They were Redneck Manifesto-y as I recall.
#13 December 10, 2024, 10:41:30 AM
First gig is sold out - second night on sale. I had a feeling that'd be the case from day one.
#14 December 10, 2024, 11:33:28 AM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 06, 2024, 07:46:43 PMI remember seeing that name on gig flyers in the past. I don't think I ever saw or heard them.

Anyone remember Hilton Weir? I saw them opening for Refused in 98 and never saw it hard anything from them again. They were Redneck Manifesto-y as I recall.

Yep. Guitarist is the drummer in TRM. Saw them twice back in the day, they were cool, wasn't anyone else really doing that kind of emo-y thing here at the time..shame they didn't record,but they seemed like a shambles.

Briefly jammed with the basis in another project once and he didn't really play much from what I recall  :laugh:
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