Celtic Rock
02 Iunie 2008 Morrison
Celtic rock is a genre of rock music which incorporates Celtic
music, instrumentation and/or themes. The prototypical celtic rock group was
the Irish group Horslips who in the early 1970s were the first group to use
the term 'Celtic Rock' to describe their music. Horslips had all the
elements of Celtic rock - traditional Irish/Celtic music and
instrumentation, celtic themes and imagery, concept albums based on Irish
mythology all powered by driving hard rock. Although Horslips were the first
band to use the term Celtic rock and best represent what the genre means,
there were other earlier bands who to a lesser extent could be considered to
fall under the Celtic rock banner, most notably Sweeneys Men, Fairport
Convention and Steeleye Span. Other mostly Irish bands that picked up on
some of the Celtic rock influence of Horslips and dabbled with the genre but
were not primarily belonging to the genre included Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore
and Mama's Boys.
Another wave of music started by The Pogues combining Irish traditional
and folk music with punk rock may also be considered to fall under the
Celtic Rock genre but that is arguable since the music of The Pogues and
their followers (including Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys) for the most
part do not deal with Celtic themes or imagery.
