Ken Casey Discusses Dropkick Murphys’ Legacy, New Album + Extra

Ken Casey joined Loudwire Nights on Thursday (July 17) to dive into For the People, the prime minister album from Dropkick Murphys.

Take heed to the total dialog within the participant close to the tip of this text.

“Anytime you launch new music and also you’re about to go on tour, it is thrilling,” Casey advised host Chuck Armstrong.

“Quite a lot of time goes into that course of — we began to jot down these songs a 12 months in the past. By the point you write them, report them, do all of the stuff you bought to do with the paintings and submitting it, come on, it is a lengthy course of. So it is like Christmas when it comes out.”

For the Individuals marks Dropkick Murphys’ thirteenth studio album and Casey admitted it is arduous to consider the band is at this level.

“I do not understand how that occurred,” he admitted.

“The band began on a guess. I by no means performed music and a child that I labored with had me put a band collectively to open for his band with three weeks discover … Now, three many years later and 13 albums and I have a look at a bunch of the laminates and the place we have toured and all of the miles we have gone, if somebody stated would you do it once more, I would in all probability say no.”

Casey stated he takes each step of his journey sooner or later at a time and he attributes the longevity of the band to that mindset.

“We received the three many years by doing the subsequent present and the subsequent album and really a lot having fun with the trip alongside the best way,” he shared.

“However yeah, generally, it does make me wish to scratch my head and go, ‘How the hell did that occur?'”

Casey advised the Loudwire Nights viewers that he sometimes would not spend a lot time reflecting on his profession, however as Dropkick strategy 30 years, he can not help however pause and look again.

“We have spoken out towards racism and far-right politics and social injustice since we began,” Casey stated.

“In case you have been going to be a band of that ilk for 30 years and now you are on this second and also you did not converse out, why would you try this? Frankly, lots of people [are doing that] as a result of they’re bending the knee, as a result of they’re scared. They do not need their enterprise affected or possibly they do not wish to have the military of trolls come after them or no matter.”

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As Casey considered that, he was fast to say that has by no means been an choice for Dropkick Murphys.

“Lots of people are selecting to only sort of maintain their head down on this second. However that may be a betrayal to every part that Dropkick Murphys was created to be about. So right here we’re.”

What Else Did Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey Focus on on Loudwire Nights?

• The authenticity of his band’s songs: “I do not assume we have ever written a track about one thing that we weren’t, , emotionally impacted by or concerned in. Properly, possibly ‘Kiss Me, I am Shitfaced,’ we weren’t emotionally impacted by it … [But even that] is in regards to the annoying one who’s not residing in actuality as a result of they’re drunk and silly. However that is the fantastic thing about Irish music. Individuals can take essentially the most downtrodden track, a track about loss of life and struggle and famine, and nonetheless sing it prefer it’s an anthem.”
• Why he would not get overwhelmed by writing music that carries a message: “The better highway in something you do is usually not the rewarding highway, what I imply? So generally taking a tougher path about talking our thoughts is what makes it rewarding. It will be simpler and extra peaceable if we shut our mouth. However then I do not assume I would be fulfilled as an individual as a lot.”
• Why he is excited to hit the highway with Bad Religion: “It is good to be a band for 30 years and go on tour with one other band the place we are the little brothers. Their message and music has impressed us and it is bands like that that have been outspoken and political [who] gave us a voice that we have been in a position to make use of. It’s going to be good to spend a summer time with like-minded folks.”

Take heed to the Full Interview within the Podcast Participant Under

Ken Casey joined Loudwire Nights on Thursday, July 17; the present replays online here, and you’ll tune in live every weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you can even see if the show is available on your local radio station and listen to interviews on-demand.